A penetration test is a simulated attack against your systems, carried out by certified professionals under a formal agreement, using the same tools and techniques a real attacker would use. Unlike a vulnerability scan, which lists potential weaknesses, we actively exploit them, chain them together, and prove real business impact.
Manual testing mapped to recognised, published standards.
OSCP and CREST-certified individuals on every engagement.
Every fix independently verified, so remediation is guaranteed.
"Penetration test" covers several distinct engagements. Which ones you need depends on what you're protecting, and most organisations need more than one over time.
Everything reachable from the internet: perimeter services, exposed applications, and the misconfigurations an attacker finds first.
What an attacker achieves once inside, whether through a phished user or a device on the network. Consistently where the most serious findings surface.
The application layer itself: authentication, access control, injection, and business logic flaws that scanners cannot reason about.
The endpoints behind your applications and integrations, tested for authorisation gaps, rate limiting, and data exposure.
Access points, network segregation and authentication, tested from the position of someone sitting in your car park.
iOS and Android applications tested for insecure storage, weak API authentication, and client-side logic that shouldn't be trusted.
Attempts to gain unauthorised access to premises, testing whether your physical controls hold up against a determined visitor.
Most organisations start with an external test, because that is the attacker's first move. The internal test is usually the one that changes how a business thinks about its own network.
The same four phases run on every engagement, whether it's a single application or a global estate.
We confirm assets, access level and rules of engagement, and agree exactly what success looks like before testing starts.
Manual-led testing against OWASP and MITRE ATT&CK, chaining weaknesses together the way a real attacker would.
An executive summary a board can act on, and control-level detail an engineer can reproduce and fix, with every finding rated Critical, High, Medium or Low.
Every fix independently retested and verified. A finding isn't closed until someone has proven it stays closed.
A vulnerability scan is automated, broad and fast, flagging known issues by signature. A penetration test is manual, targeted and adversarial: it chains weaknesses together to prove what an attacker could actually achieve, not just what might be wrong.
Testing follows OWASP (for applications and, where relevant, AI systems) and MITRE ATT&CK for adversary behaviour, so coverage is auditable and findings map to frameworks your auditors already accept.
Yes. Every fix is independently retested and verified before we consider a finding closed. Remediation is proven, not assumed.
It depends on scope, but most single-application or infrastructure engagements run one to two weeks of testing, followed by report delivery and a retest window once fixes are made.
Yes. Where an application includes a large language model, we test it separately against the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, covering prompt injection, data leakage, excessive agency and related risks.
Every engagement is scoped individually. We assess your environment, identify what needs to be tested, and recommend the most effective approach. Nothing more, nothing less.
Tell us what you're trying to protect, and we'll scope a test that actually answers it.