Penetration Testing

FILE 05 · Adversarial

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Best for: Proactive threat assessment, compliance, M&A diligence
Turnaround: 3–6 weeks (scope-dependent)
Deliverable: Executive summary + technical findings + remediation walkthrough
Engagement type: Remote + on-site (per scope)

We simulate the actors of concern — externally, internally, through the human surface, and across wireless — then document findings in a form your team can act on. Not a checkbox exercise; an engagement built to materially improve your security posture.

Every layer simulated, then documented — external, internal, human, and wireless surfaces under one engagement.

Engagement components

External attack-surface assessment
Internal network & endpoint testing
Social-engineering & phishing assessment
Cloud configuration review
Wireless infrastructure testing
Web application & API testing
Executive summary (non-technical)
Technical findings & severity ranking
Remediation walkthrough with your team

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// TRIGGERS

What usually puts a pen test on the calendar.

Engagements rarely start with "we'd like a pen test." They start with one of these — a deadline, a peer event, or a change in the environment that shifts the calculus.

TRIGGER · 01

Compliance or audit deadline.

SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI — auditors increasingly ask for evidence of independent adversarial testing, not just vulnerability scanning. We deliver the artifact your auditor accepts.

TRIGGER · 02

A peer in your industry got breached.

Same vendors, same stack, similar threat model. The post-mortem reads uncomfortably close to your own architecture. The board wants to know whether you're next.

TRIGGER · 03

You just shipped a new external surface.

A customer-facing portal, a new API, a partner integration, a fresh acquisition added to your perimeter. Untested attack surface looks the same to an attacker either way.

TRIGGER · 04

M&A due diligence asked.

Either side of an acquisition: the acquirer wants assurance, or the seller wants to demonstrate posture before diligence finds an unpleasant surprise.

TRIGGER · 05

Cyber insurance renewal asked for evidence.

Carriers increasingly require third-party testing as a condition of renewal or to qualify for the limits you want. Underwriters want an artifact, not a self-attestation.

TRIGGER · 06

Your leadership read a story and wants assurance.

A ransomware case study, a supply-chain compromise in the news, a board member who started asking questions. Sometimes the trigger is qualitative — the answer needs to be quantitative.

// PROCESS

Scope, test, report.

PHASE · 01

Scope.

Define attack surface, blast radius, rules of engagement, and success criteria. Coordinated with your security, IT, and legal stakeholders. NDAs and authorization letters in place before any traffic is sent.

PHASE · 02

Test.

Multi-day adversarial simulation across the agreed surfaces. Critical findings escalated in real time — we don't sit on a domain-admin compromise for two weeks to make the report look better.

PHASE · 03

Report.

Executive summary your board can read, technical findings your engineers can act on, and a live remediation walkthrough so the gap between report and fix stays short.

// FAQ

Common questions.

How is this different from a vulnerability scan?

A scanner returns a list of CVEs; an engagement returns a story — here's how we got from your perimeter to your data, here's what didn't matter even though it scored high, here's what mattered most even though it scored low. Scans are an input to pen testing, not a substitute for it.

Will testing disrupt production?

Standard engagements are non-destructive by default — we exploit access, we don't break things. When tests carry meaningful disruption risk (DoS, brute-force, destructive payloads), we surface them in scope discussions and require explicit go-ahead.

Who needs to know we're being tested?

Your call. "Announced" engagements brief the security/IT team in advance — faster, lower-risk, better remediation collaboration. "Unannounced" or red-team-style engagements test detection and response. We support both; the choice depends on what you're trying to learn.

What if you find something critical mid-engagement?

Real-time escalation. Anything that exposes customer data, money movement, or production stability is reported immediately to your defined escalation contact — not held until the report.

Do you retest after we remediate?

Yes — targeted retest of remediated findings is included for 60 days post-delivery. You get a clean appendix confirming what's been closed, which auditors and underwriters appreciate.

How do you handle findings confidentially?

NDA on file before scoping. Findings transmitted via encrypted channels only. Engagement data is destroyed on a defined schedule after delivery and retest window close — not retained as a "case study."

// RELATED

If the situation isn't quite adversarial testing.

FILE 01

Independent adversarial assessment of every surface that matters.