Penetration testing & red team engagements
We break into the things attackers would break into: networks, applications, cloud, and your people. Then we hand your team findings they can actually close, not a stack of jargon to translate.
Two engagement types, covering the two questions that actually matter: is anything broken, and would anyone notice before it mattered.
Structured testing of web applications, infrastructure, cloud environments and wireless networks against a defined scope. Every finding is severity-rated and mapped to a fix, so a report starts a conversation with an auditor rather than ending one with a client.
Objective-based operations that test people, process and technology together, not just the perimeter. We measure what your detection and response actually catches, not what the runbook says it should.
Web apps and APIs, tested against the OWASP Testing Guide and ASVS rather than a single automated scan.
Internal and external estate: what's reachable, what's misconfigured, and what chains together into something worse.
Identity, permissions and configuration in cloud environments, where most real exposure now sits.
Phishing and social engineering scenarios that test whether a policy actually holds up against a real attempt.
Four stages, every time. No engagement ends at the PDF.
Agree targets, rules of engagement and objectives before anyone touches a keyboard, following the pre-engagement steps set out in PTES.
Senior testers work the scope by hand against the OWASP Testing Guide, mapping red team activity to MITRE ATT&CK tactics rather than running a fixed script.
Findings are severity-rated and written for the person who has to fix them, not just the one who commissioned it.
We confirm the fix actually closes the finding, so the next audit isn't a repeat of this one.
No engagement is handed to a junior running a scanner. The person who scoped it tests it.
Every finding carries a rating, in words as well as colour, so it still means something printed in greyscale.
Reports map cleanly onto the frameworks your compliance team already answers to.
Every issue ships with remediation your engineers can act on the same day.
Testers hold industry certifications that require passing a hands-on exam, not a multiple-choice test.
A penetration test checks a defined scope, such as an application or network, for as many exploitable issues as possible in the time available. A red team engagement is objective-based: it tests whether a specific goal, like reaching a crown-jewel system, can be achieved and whether your people and detection tooling notice along the way.
Yes, always. Scope, targets and rules of engagement are agreed and signed off before any testing begins, in line with standard pre-engagement practice under PTES.
It depends on scope. A focused application test typically runs days, an infrastructure or cloud review longer, and a red team engagement longer still since it includes planning and a quieter operational phase. Timing is agreed during scoping, not guessed at afterwards.
Every finding is severity-rated, described in enough technical detail to reproduce, and paired with remediation advice your engineers can act on. A summary section is written for people who won't read the technical detail but do need to sign off on it.
Yes. Retesting confirms a fix actually closes the finding rather than just changing its symptoms, so the next audit doesn't repeat this one.
Rules of engagement set what's in and out of bounds, including any activity that could affect availability. Where a system is fragile or business-critical, we agree testing windows and safe limits in advance rather than finding out the hard way.
Tell us what you need tested and we'll come back with scope and timing, usually within a day.