Penetration testing
Attackers do not wait for an invitation; the only question is who finds the weakness first. We test your applications and infrastructure the way a genuine adversary would, rank what we find by what is exploitable, and stay involved until the fixes are confirmed closed.
Service details
At a glance
- Application and infrastructure testing
- Techniques that mirror real attacker behaviour
- Findings ranked by exploitability and impact
- Remediation guidance, then retesting
Someone will test your security - choose who
Anything reachable from the internet gets probed constantly: automated, indiscriminate, and entirely uninterested in your change freeze. A penetration test puts a skilled, friendly adversary in front of your systems first, so the weaknesses get found by someone contractually obliged to tell you about them.
Chained, like a real attack
Real attackers rarely walk through one big hole; they chain small ones. So we test the same way - following low-severity issues to see where they combine - and the report reflects genuine attack paths rather than a raw count of findings. Scope and rules of engagement are agreed carefully first, so production stays safe while we work.
- Scope and rules of engagement agreed up front
- Issues chained to show real attack paths
- Findings with enough context to fix the root cause
Closed means retested
Every finding comes with specific remediation guidance your developers can act on, and once the fixes are in we test again - a vulnerability is only closed when someone has tried it a second time and failed. If you want help making the fixes, we can do that too.
Frequently asked questions
- Will testing disrupt our live systems?
- Scope and rules of engagement are agreed carefully before we start, and testing is run to protect production. Where the risk warrants it, we test against a staging environment that mirrors live.
- What do we get at the end?
- A prioritised report of genuinely exploitable findings with specific fixes - not a dump of low-severity noise - plus retesting once you have remediated.
- How often should we test?
- At least annually, and after significant changes to your applications or infrastructure. New code and new configuration mean new risk.
- Do you help fix what you find?
- Yes - guidance always, hands-on remediation if you want it, and retesting either way to confirm the holes are closed.
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