Cloud & Application Security

We find the vulnerabilities that scanners miss

For over two decades our clients have valued our flexibility, trust, and expertise to deliver high quality security testing results. We're not a scanner company - we're the team hired to dig deeper.

Our approach

How we test

Cloud and application pen testing finds vulnerabilities through a combination of dynamic testing, code review, design review, and infrastructure review. For AI-powered applications, we also test model-specific risks through our AI and LLM security testing practice.

Dynamic Testing

Whether white box or black box, we identify hotspots in the runtime - proving out potential vulnerabilities or validating that security controls like authentication and authorization are working.

Source Code Analysis

Through custom tooling and manual review, we sift through millions of lines of code, identifying logic flaws and vulnerable code while filtering out false positives.

Infrastructure Auditing

We've audited Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, on-prem, and other environments from small to massive - identifying unintended exposures, alignment with best practices, and configuration vulnerabilities.

Developer Deep Dives

We schedule meetings with your engineering team to understand the architecture and walk through authentication flows in code. Serious design-level issues are often identified during these sessions, complementing our threat modeling during the design phase.

Testing methods

Black box, gray box, or white box

We take a gray box approach by default, weighing the specific needs of your application against the benefits of each method. Our test programs include the best elements of all three.

Black Box

Zero-knowledge testing from the outside in - simulating a real attacker with no internal access. Fast ramp-up, identifies obvious weaknesses and design flaws.

Gray Box

Our default approach. Some knowledge of code and architecture for more focused testing that finds vulnerabilities automated tools miss. A cost-effective balance.

White Box

Developer-level access to source code and design documents. The most thorough assessment - highly targeted at finding the most impactful vulnerabilities.

How we work

Our process

Step 1

Scoping

Assess the attack surface and define key security objectives. We present a detailed proposal with fixed pricing.

Step 2

Kickoff

We develop a test plan with top priorities, deep diving into the architecture, features, and code to ensure a knowledgeable engagement.

Step 3

Execution

Targeted code analysis combined with runtime testing and informed infrastructure analysis across your entire product.

Step 4

Reporting

Detailed findings with repro steps and recommended mitigations. We highlight strengths as well as thematic or systemic issues, and present findings to all stakeholders.

What you get

Results and deliverables

In-depth, actionable reports that catalog your product's strengths and weaknesses, document meaningful vulnerabilities, and recommend key improvement measures. We also deliver any custom tools and test cases developed for your engagement, and debrief your management and development teams.

Capability briefs

How we test in detail

Our technical capability briefs describe specific testing disciplines - what we look for, how we approach it, and the categories of issues we find.

Web Application and API Security Testing

Authentication flaws, authorization bypass, injection, and business logic issues.

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Azure Cloud Infrastructure Security Review

Identity management, network segmentation, AKS container security, and platform services.

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AWS Cloud Infrastructure Security Review

IAM, network controls, EKS container security, and platform services.

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Common questions

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a penetration test and a vulnerability scan?
A vulnerability scan uses automated tools to identify known weaknesses. A penetration test goes further - our consultants manually investigate your application, chain vulnerabilities together, and demonstrate real exploitability. We find the issues that scanners miss.
What does a web application penetration test include?
Our assessments include dynamic testing of the running application, source code review, API security testing, authentication and authorization analysis, business logic testing, and infrastructure review. We provide a detailed report with findings, reproduction steps, and remediation guidance.
Do you perform source code reviews?
Yes. Source code review is a core part of our methodology. We analyze your codebase for security vulnerabilities, following data flows and tracing potentially vulnerable paths from input to impact. This catches issues that runtime testing alone cannot find.
Which cloud platforms do you test?
We test applications and infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Our experience includes testing the cloud platforms themselves - not just applications built on them - giving us deep knowledge of cloud-specific security risks.

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We've tested the most demanding platforms in the world. Let's talk about yours.

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