Application penetration testing
Authenticated web and API testing across every role, business logic included.
Application testing
Practice 03 · Offensive Security & Enterprise Resilience
Think like the adversary. Recover like an institution.
Testing that shows exactly what an attacker could reach, and the resilience that decides how well you absorb the day something gets through.
- 11 service lines
- Testing
- Resilience · Risk · Privacy
Prevention is a hypothesis. Testing is the evidence.
Every security program rests on assumptions: segmentation holds, admin functions stay admin-only, backups restore. We test them from both directions.
Offensive work measures how far an attacker gets. Resilience work measures how well you detect, contain and recover.
Core services
Two core services. Nine specialist lines.
Core servicePenetration Testing
Weaknesses chained into demonstrated attack paths, scoped for PCI DSS 11.4 and DORA.
Explore Penetration Testing
Core serviceMulti-Framework Compliance
One control set across SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI DSS, with evidence collected once.
Explore Multi-Framework ComplianceSecurity testing
How far could an attacker get?
Application, network and cloud testing are covered in depth on the Penetration Testing page.
Network penetration testing
External exposure, lateral movement, directory attack paths and segmentation.
Network testingCloud penetration testing
Identity escalation and workload compromise in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
Cloud testingMobile application security testing
iOS and Android apps tested against OWASP MASVS, together with the APIs behind them.
- Local storage, transport and pinning
- Hard-coded secrets and debug paths
- Back-end authorization and data exposure
Social engineering & physical testing
Phishing, pretexting and physical entry under signed authorization. Reports cover processes, not named individuals.
- Phishing with reporting-rate analysis
- Help-desk identity verification
- Tailgating, badges and terminal tamper checks
Vulnerability assessments
Breadth, judgment and ownership.
Accurate asset coverage, triage that strips out the noise, and a named owner for every fix.
Run the sample assessment
A synthetic assessment of a fictional company. Watch discovery and triage run, then sort the findings by contextual priority.
- Authenticated scanning (PCI DSS 11.3.1.2)
- CVSS combined with EPSS, CISA KEV and exposure
- Manual validation of high-impact findings
Loading interactive demonstration…
Every asset, finding and score in this panel is synthetic and generated in your browser. Nothing is scanned, collected or sent.
Enterprise assurance
The disciplines that decide how bad a bad day gets.
Resilience is a set of decisions made before an incident.
Assume encryption. Plan the recovery.
Attackers go after identity and backups first. We test whether you can restore from backups they could not reach.
- Readiness mapped to the attack lifecycle
- Backup isolation and restore testing
- Executive tabletop exercises
Cyber risk in the risk committee’s language.
Appetite, tolerances and indicators that move when the risk moves, aligned with ISO 31000, COSO and NIST CSF 2.0.
- Taxonomy and register
- Board reporting pack
- Scenario-based quantification
Plans that survive a real outage.
Business impact analysis, RTOs and RPOs, then proof through exercises. Aligned with ISO 22301 and DORA.
- BIA with recovery objectives
- Dependency mapping, third parties included
- Exercises from tabletop to full recovery
Privacy obligations, engineered in.
The technical side of GDPR and CCPA/CPRA, delivered hand in hand with your counsel and DPO.
- Data discovery and records of processing
- DPIA support and privacy by design
- ISO/IEC 27701 readiness
Multi-Framework Compliance
One control set and one evidence calendar across SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS and more.
Explore Multi-Framework ComplianceHow the practice works
From a finding to a closed risk.
- 01 · Discover
Model the threat
Who attacks, what they want and what you cannot afford to lose.
- 02 · Assess
Test the assumption
Tests and exercises that produce hard evidence.
- 03 · Remediate
Close the path
Prioritized fixes, each with an owner.
- 04 · Validate
Prove the fix
Retest until the path is closed.
- 05 · Sustain
Keep it closed
Scanning, exercises and risk reporting.
FAQs
Common questions.
Vulnerability assessment or penetration test first?
If you lack a reliable inventory or scanning program, start with a vulnerability assessment. A penetration test delivers the most value once that baseline exists.
Are your vulnerability scans valid for PCI DSS?
Yes. Internal quarterly scans under 11.3.1 can be run by qualified personnel, and ours are authenticated as 11.3.1.2 requires. Quarterly external scans for PCI DSS 11.3.2 must come from a PCI SSC Approved Scanning Vendor. We coordinate with your ASV and help evidence failing results.
Do social-engineering reports name employees?
No. We report on controls and processes in aggregate, and every campaign is agreed in advance with HR and legal.
Can you prepare us for ISO 22301 or ISO/IEC 27701 certification?
Yes. We take you through readiness, remediation and a pre-assessment so you walk into the certification audit prepared.
Speak with an expert
Find the path before someone else does.
Tell us what you need tested and by when. A senior tester will come back with a scope, rules of engagement and a start date.