Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
We assess your applications and infrastructure using real-world attack techniques and identify the findings that present genuine risk.
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An assessment should reveal what automated scanning alone cannot. We test applications and infrastructure as an attacker would: chaining a low-severity information leak into an account takeover, or using an overlooked staging host as a route toward production. Automated scanning provides coverage; the findings that shape remediation priorities typically come from manual investigation that no tool can replicate. Every engagement is conducted within an agreed scope and testing window, with a direct channel to your team whenever sensitive systems are involved.
Types of Pentests
Black Box
Testing begins with no information beyond a domain, replicating the position of an external attacker. We assess the perimeter and work inward, which also establishes whether your team detected the activity.
Grey Box
Testing is conducted with limited access, such as credentials or documentation, so effort is directed at depth rather than discovery. This model closely reflects how most breaches begin: an attacker holding one valid account and determining what it can reach.
White Box
Architecture documentation and source code are reviewed alongside live testing. Race conditions, hardcoded secrets and authorisation checks that pass for the wrong reason typically surface only at this level of visibility, as they are not observable externally.
Our Methodology
Reconnaissance
We map your external exposure: subdomains, overlooked staging hosts, and administrative panels on non-standard ports. This stage regularly identifies assets missing from the organisation's inventory.
Mapping
Nmap sweeps combined with manual analysis to fingerprint the technology stack, enumerate endpoints and trace how requests move between services, establishing where trust boundaries sit before testing begins.
Discovery
Automated scanners address volume: known CVEs, outdated components, weak TLS configurations. Manual testing through Burp Suite then covers what scanners cannot judge, including broken access control and business logic flaws where a malicious request appears legitimate.
Exploitation
We validate that each finding is exploitable rather than theoretical, and chain related issues where they connect, so the report demonstrates realistic attacker impact rather than isolated severity ratings. Testing stops at the boundaries defined during scoping.
Automated tools reliably identify known vulnerability classes. Logic errors, attack chains and long-standing design assumptions require a skilled tester, and that is where the majority of our effort is applied.
Tools & Techniques
Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit and Wireshark, supported by open-source utilities and scripts developed in-house for each engagement. Tooling alone does not differentiate an assessment. The value lies in testers who recognise when two medium-severity findings combine into a critical one, and who can identify which issues warrant remediation first.
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Contact us to discuss your testing requirements, beginning with a free initial consultation. We scope every engagement honestly, and if a full penetration test is more than you currently need, we will advise you accordingly.
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