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Penetration testing that finds and proves the vulnerabilities attackers would exploit, then hands you a prioritized, fix-ready roadmap to close them.

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Penetration testing is a controlled, authorized attack on your systems that finds and safely exploits real weaknesses before criminals do. StrikeCyber delivers penetration testing to organizations across the United States, giving you clear proof of what an attacker could reach and a prioritized plan to shut it down.

Attackers Have Industrialized. Your Testing Should Too.

American organizations are being targeted at record volume. Ransomware crews buy initial access from brokers rather than finding it themselves, supply chain compromises turn one trusted vendor into a doorway to hundreds of downstream businesses, and cloud misconfigurations expose data that never had a firewall in front of it. Attackers are also using AI to automate reconnaissance, generate convincing pretexts and chain exploits faster than most defenders can patch, which is exactly why we pair expert operators with our own AI offensive security platform.

The pattern in the incidents that actually hurt is rarely a missing patch. It is an identity that reached further than anyone intended, a segmentation boundary that existed only on a diagram, or a service desk talked into enrolling an attacker's authentication factor. A point-in-time report listing theoretical issues does not address any of those, so our engagements focus on proven, exploitable attack paths and the business impact behind each one.

For lighter, breadth-first coverage between tests, our vulnerability assessment services pair well with a focused penetration test, and mature teams can layer on continuous adversary simulation for ongoing assurance across our nationwide coverage.

  • Ransomware and extortion groups targeting mid-market and enterprise organizations
  • Supply chain and managed service provider compromise
  • Cloud identity, storage and misconfiguration exposure
  • AI-accelerated phishing, credential theft and identity workflow abuse

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Penetration Testing

Proving what an attacker could reach, by hand.

In detail

Types of Penetration Testing We Deliver

Every surface an attacker can reach, scoped to your environment and tested by hand rather than by checklist.

01

External Network Penetration Testing

Testing of your internet-facing hosts, services, VPNs and perimeter controls, exactly where an outside attacker begins. It confirms what an unauthenticated adversary can actually reach and exploit from the public internet.

Our methodology

We enumerate exposed ports and services, probe for weak configurations and unpatched software, then chain exploitable findings into a proven path to impact. Work is aligned to PTES and NIST SP 800-115, and every finding is verified by hand before it reaches you.

  • Perimeter
  • OSINT
  • Service exploitation
  • NIST SP 800-115
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02

Internal Network Penetration Testing

Testing from the perspective of an attacker who already has a foothold inside your network, whether through a compromised laptop, a rogue device or a malicious insider. It models how far that foothold could spread.

Our methodology

We simulate an internal foothold and pursue lateral movement, privilege escalation and access to sensitive data across network segments. Weak segmentation, credential reuse and over-trusted internal services are surfaced and proven with safe, controlled exploitation.

  • Lateral movement
  • Privilege escalation
  • Segmentation
  • Credential reuse
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03

Web Application Penetration Testing

Deep testing of your web applications and portals, the systems that hold customer data and drive revenue. It goes beyond automated scanning to exercise real business logic and access controls.

Our methodology

Testing is aligned to the OWASP Top 10 and ASVS, covering injection, broken access control, authentication and session flaws, SSRF, insecure deserialization and business logic abuse. Findings are manually confirmed and demonstrated with evidence your engineers can reproduce.

  • OWASP Top 10
  • ASVS
  • Business logic
  • Access control
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04

API Penetration Testing

Testing of the REST, GraphQL and service APIs that increasingly carry more sensitive data than the applications in front of them, and that are routinely less well defended.

Our methodology

We test against the OWASP API Security Top 10, concentrating on broken object level authorization, function level authorization, excessive data exposure, token handling and the trust assumptions between services. Multi-tenant isolation is examined deliberately.

  • OWASP API Top 10
  • Authorization
  • Tenant isolation
  • Token handling
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05

Mobile Application Penetration Testing

Testing of native and hybrid iOS and Android applications, including the backend services they depend on, where client-side controls are frequently assumed to be stronger than they are.

Our methodology

Aligned to the OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide, covering local data storage, certificate pinning, reverse engineering of client-side controls, and the API authorization that actually enforces access once the client is bypassed.

  • OWASP MASTG
  • iOS and Android
  • Data at rest
  • Certificate pinning
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06

Cloud Penetration Testing

Configuration review and exploitation across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, where for many organizations the control plane has become the network and identity has become the perimeter.

Our methodology

We test identity and access management, privilege escalation paths, cross-account and cross-tenant trust, exposed storage, secrets handling and workload identities, plus the hybrid identity that turns a cloud compromise into a domain compromise.

  • AWS, Azure, GCP
  • IAM privilege escalation
  • Storage exposure
  • Hybrid identity
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07

Active Directory Penetration Testing

Focused testing of the identity backbone most organizations still run on, where the path from a standard user account to domain administrator is usually shorter than anyone expects.

Our methodology

We test Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, delegation abuse, credential harvesting, certificate services misconfiguration and the trust relationships between domains and forests, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK privilege escalation and lateral movement tactics.

  • Kerberos abuse
  • Delegation
  • AD CS
  • MITRE ATT&CK
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08

Wireless Network Penetration Testing

Testing of corporate and guest wireless, answering the practical question of whether somebody in the parking structure, the lobby or the adjacent tenancy can reach your internal network.

Our methodology

We assess authentication and encryption configuration, guest and corporate segregation, rogue and evil twin scenarios, and what an authenticated wireless client can actually reach once connected.

  • Guest segregation
  • Rogue access points
  • Enterprise authentication
  • Physical proximity
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09

Social Engineering and Phishing

Testing of the human and process controls that most real intrusions actually begin with, including the identity workflows that attackers now target directly.

Our methodology

Targeted phishing, pretext calling against service desk and credential reset workflows, and physical access testing, all carefully authorized in advance and reported on the process and the controls rather than on the individuals who answered.

  • Targeted phishing
  • Help desk pretexting
  • MFA bypass
  • Physical access
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AI-augmented methodology

Machine Speed, Operator Judgment

Automation covers the volume so our operators can spend their time where human judgment wins. Every result is verified by an expert before it reaches you.

Our work aligns to recognized standards including the OWASP Testing Guide and ASVS, PTES, NIST SP 800-115, OSSTMM and MITRE ATT&CK.

How the platform works
01

Autonomous reconnaissance

Continuous mapping of your external attack surface, surfacing new exposures the moment they appear.

02

AI-assisted exploit chaining

Individual weaknesses connected into realistic, high-impact attack paths a real adversary would take.

03

Continuous validation

Findings reflect your live environment, not a stale snapshot, so you act on what is true today.

04

AI-accelerated reporting

Evidence turned into clear, prioritized guidance in a fraction of the usual time, every result human-verified.

How an engagement runs

A tested process, not a black box

Every StrikeCyber engagement follows the same disciplined path, so you always know where you are and what comes next.

  1. 01

    Scope & kick-off

    We agree targets, rules of engagement, timing and success criteria. No surprises, fixed scope, fixed price.

  2. 02

    Offensive testing

    AI-augmented reconnaissance and manual exploitation across your networks, applications, cloud and people.

  3. 03

    Real-time critical alerts

    Anything critical or actively exploitable is escalated the moment we find it, not weeks later in a report.

  4. 04

    Report & debrief

    A prioritized report with reproducible steps and a live debrief for your technical and executive stakeholders.

  5. 05

    Retest & validate

    Once you remediate, we retest to prove the fix holds. Typically one business day per component.

What you receive

Deliverables Built to Be Acted On

Reports engineers can execute against and boards can understand, backed by a live portal from kick-off to retest.

01

Prioritized findings

Every issue ranked by real-world risk and exploitability, not raw scanner severity, so your team fixes what matters first.

02

Reproducible evidence

Step-by-step proof and artefacts for each finding, so engineers can confirm, reproduce and remediate without guesswork.

03

Risk ratings & impact

Clear likelihood and business-impact ratings, mapped to CVE identifiers and the controls behind each weakness.

04

Remediation guidance

Practical, environment-specific fixes and hardening advice, written for your stack and your tooling.

05

Board-ready summary

An executive briefing that translates technical risk into business language for leadership and directors.

06

Live client portal

Track findings, remediation status and retests in real time, with critical issues escalated the moment we find them.

FAQ

Penetration Testing FAQs

How much does a penetration test cost?

Most engagements run from the low thousands for a focused single web application test to the mid five figures for a broad internal, external and cloud assessment across a large organization. Cost is driven by the number of hosts, applications, user roles and API endpoints in scope, and by whether on-site work is required. We quote fixed scope and fixed price after a short scoping call, so the invoice holds no surprises.

How is a penetration test different from a vulnerability scan?

A scan enumerates known weaknesses and produces a list. A penetration test establishes which of those weaknesses are actually exploitable in your environment, chains them into a path an attacker could really take, and demonstrates the business impact at the end of it. The difference matters most in the report: one tells you what might be wrong, the other tells you what somebody could do today.

Will testing disrupt our systems?

Not if it is scoped properly. We agree targets, timing, rules of engagement and explicit exclusions in writing before anything is touched, and for production, clinical, manufacturing and operational environments we scope conservatively by default. Where a system genuinely cannot tolerate active testing, we say so and assess it another way rather than proceeding and hoping.

Which compliance requirements does penetration testing support?

Commonly SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CMMC and NIST SP 800-171, NYDFS Part 500, FedRAMP, ISO 27001 and NIST CSF, alongside state privacy laws requiring reasonable security. Several states also offer safe harbors or affirmative defenses for organizations conforming to a recognized framework, where the benefit turns on evidence of genuine implementation.

How long does an engagement take?

A single web application or external perimeter test generally runs three to five testing days, with the report about a week after testing closes. Larger programs across internal networks, multiple applications and cloud tenants are phased over several weeks. Critical findings are raised the day we confirm them rather than held for the report.

Do you retest after we fix the findings?

A retest of remediated findings is available as an optional add-on, typically scheduled within one business day per component once you confirm fixes are in place. Retested items are updated with a clear closed or still open status, which is the evidence an auditor, examiner or enterprise customer actually asks for.

Explore

The full offensive arsenal

Six offensive disciplines, one operator mindset. Every engagement ends with prioritized, reproducible findings your team can act on the same day.

01

Penetration Testing

Find and fix exploitable weaknesses before attackers do.

See how we test
02

Red Teaming

Full-spectrum adversary emulation against people, process and technology.

Inside a red team
03

Vulnerability Assessments

Continuous, prioritized visibility of your attack surface.

Assess your surface
04

Maturity Level Assessments

NIST CSF, SOC 2, ISO 27001 and CIS benchmarking.

Benchmark your maturity
05

Threat Intelligence

Know who is targeting you and how, before they strike.

See the intelligence
06

Adversary Simulation

Test detection and response against real attacker tradecraft.

Simulate the adversary

Ready to take the offensive?

StrikeCyber specializes in penetration testing and red teaming engagements that deliver actionable findings. Connect with us for a free consultation.

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