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Network penetration testing.

The perimeter is one phishing email deep. We test what an attacker reaches from outside, and separately what they achieve once they are already inside.

At a glance

Typical duration
1 to 3 weeks depending on host count
Modes
External, internal assumed-breach, or both
Standards
PTES, NIST SP 800-115, MITRE ATT&CK
Delivery
Remote via jump host, or on-site
Retest
Included
01Overview

What we look for.

External testing answers what is exposed. Internal assumed-breach answers the more useful question: given one compromised laptop, how far does an attacker get, and how long does it take. Most organisations are comfortable with the first answer and unprepared for the second.

02Coverage

What we test.

External attack surfaceExposed services, forgotten hosts, VPN and remote-access endpoints, mail infrastructure, certificate and DNS hygiene.
Perimeter service exploitationKnown vulnerable services, weak or default credentials, misconfigured management interfaces.
Active Directory attack pathsKerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, delegation abuse, ACL misconfiguration, path enumeration to domain admin.
Lateral movementCredential reuse, pass-the-hash and pass-the-ticket, remote execution paths, session hijacking.
Privilege escalationLocal escalation on workstations and servers, service account abuse, unquoted paths and weak permissions.
Network segmentationWhether cardholder, production and corporate zones are actually separated or only separated on the diagram.
Credential exposurePasswords in shares, scripts and group policy, service accounts with excessive rights, stale privileged accounts.
Detection and responseWhether your tooling generated an alert for what we did, and how long it took someone to notice.
03Deliverables

What you receive.

01Executive summary

Risk posture in plain language for leadership and the board, with the two or three things that actually matter.

02Technical findings

Severity, proof-of-concept evidence, reproduction steps and specific remediation, written for the engineer who has to fix it.

03Compliance annex

Findings mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and HIPAA controls so your auditor can use the report directly.

04Attestation letter

A shareable letter confirming scope, dates and outcome, reissued free after we verify your fixes.

04Fit

Who needs this.

  • Organisations with on-premise or hybrid infrastructure and Active Directory
  • Anyone claiming network segmentation for PCI DSS scope reduction
  • Companies whose last external scan was an automated one
  • Regulated businesses under RBI, SEBI or sectoral cybersecurity frameworks
  • Teams that have never validated whether their EDR actually alerts
05Questions

Frequently asked.

What is assumed breach and why does it matter?

We start from the position an attacker reaches within hours of a successful phish: one standard user account on one workstation. It skips the part you cannot prevent and tests the part you can control, which is how far that foothold travels.

Do you need to be on site?

Usually not. Internal testing is normally delivered through a small virtual machine or jump host inside your network. On-site is available where policy requires it.

Will this set off our security tooling?

We hope so, and we record whether it did. Detection coverage is part of the finding set: an attack path that your team caught in ten minutes is a materially different risk to one that ran unnoticed for three days.

Can you validate our PCI segmentation?

Yes. Segmentation testing is a specific PCI DSS requirement and we will test and document whether the boundary holds, in a form your assessor can use.

Ready to find out what an attacker would find?

Tell us about your environment and we will come back with a scoped quote and a start date. No discovery-call marathon, no obligation.