Penetration Testing Services

A vulnerability assessment finds and prioritizes weaknesses broadly; a pentest uses controlled exploitation and manual analysis to validate attack paths and impact. Many programs use frequent assessments plus periodic, risk-based pentests.

Cadence depends on exposure, major releases, architecture changes, critical applications, customer commitments and regulation. Annual testing is a common baseline, not a universal answer.

Agreed scope and rules of engagement, manual and automated testing, controlled validation, technical evidence, risk-ranked reporting, an executive view and a remediation discussion. Retesting should be explicitly defined in the proposal.

Testing is planned to reduce operational risk through agreed windows, exclusions, rate limits and escalation contacts. No test is risk-free, so production constraints must be explicit.

Duration depends on assets, complexity, authentication, environments and depth. A focused application can take days; larger or multi-environment scopes take longer. Scoping determines a defensible schedule.