Structure Behind Every Engagement
Every service we deliver follows a documented, repeatable process, built on industry standards, refined through real engagements, and adapted to your specific environment. No black-box guesswork. No one-size-fits-all checklists.
All security assessments are point-in-time evaluations based on the scope and access available during the engagement. They do not guarantee the absence of all vulnerabilities. See our Terms for full details.
Methodology by Service Area
Structured approaches across penetration testing, security consulting, threat intelligence, and compliance audit.
Our 6-Step Pentest Process
Every pentest engagement (web, API, mobile, cloud, IoT, or AI) follows this structured process, adapted to the specific scope.
Open Web Application Security Project
OWASP Top 10, API Top 10, Mobile Top 10, LLM Top 10, ASVS, and MASTG. Comprehensive coverage across all application types we test.
Penetration Testing Execution Standard
Our engagement lifecycle follows PTES, from pre-engagement and intelligence gathering through exploitation, post-exploitation, and formal reporting.
Scoping & Planning
Define scope, testing objectives, rules of engagement, and communication protocols. Identify target systems, testing windows, and escalation contacts.
Reconnaissance
Map the attack surface, identify technologies and endpoints, discover hidden assets, and understand application business logic and data flows.
Vulnerability Discovery
Automated scanning combined with manual testing to find vulnerabilities, with emphasis on business logic flaws, chained attacks, and issues scanners miss.
Exploitation & Validation
Safely exploit findings to validate real-world impact. This demonstrates actual business risk rather than theoretical severity, so you can prioritise accurately.
Reporting
Executive summary, detailed findings with CVSS ratings, proof-of-concept evidence, and developer-friendly remediation guidance for every vulnerability.
Retest & Verification
Free retest within 30 days. We verify fixes are effective and issue an updated report confirming remediated issues and any remaining risk.
Advisory, vCISO & SDLC Security
We embed into your product and engineering lifecycle, not just review it from the outside. Security that ships with your product, not after it.
Security in the SDLC, Not After It
Most startups bolt security on after the architecture is set. We integrate it from the first sprint: threat models in design, security requirements alongside feature requirements, and security gates in your CI/CD pipeline. Fixing a flaw at design costs a fraction of fixing it post-launch.
Discovery & Context
Understand your product, team, tech stack, regulatory obligations, and investor or customer security expectations. Security has to fit your business, not the other way around.
Threat Modelling
Map your attack surface, data flows, and trust boundaries. Identify what attackers would target in your architecture and where the highest-impact risks sit.
SDLC Integration
Embed security into your development lifecycle: design reviews, secure coding standards, PR-level security checks, and developer security enablement.
Gap Analysis & Risk Prioritisation
Identify gaps against target standards (ISO 27001, SOC 2). Prioritise by business impact and likelihood, not just severity scores.
Roadmap & Implementation
A security roadmap that aligns with your product milestones and funding stage. We implement (policies, controls, processes), not just recommend.
Ongoing Advisory
Regular check-ins, fractional support hours, and available advisory. Security programmes don't run themselves. We're an extension of your team.
The Intelligence Lifecycle
Raw data isn't intelligence. We follow the full intelligence lifecycle, from defining what you need to know, to collecting, analysing, and delivering actionable findings.
Direction & Scoping
Define your intelligence requirements: what threats matter to your business, sector, and infrastructure. Map your digital footprint: domains, IP ranges, brand assets, executive profiles.
Collection
Deploy automated and manual collection using Shodan, Maltego, and DeepDarkCTI across dark web forums, paste sites, Telegram channels, breach databases, domain registrars, and app stores. Surface, deep, and dark web coverage.
Processing & Normalisation
Parse, deduplicate, and structure raw collected data. Filter noise from signal. Tag entities and correlate findings against your known infrastructure and assets.
Analysis & Correlation
Apply MITRE ATT&CK TTP mapping, Diamond Model actor analysis, and Kill Chain staging to determine threat actor intent, capability, and likely next actions.
Dissemination
Real-time critical alerts for active threats. Monthly threat landscape reports. Quarterly strategic briefings for leadership. Right information, right format, right audience.
Feedback & Refinement
Intelligence priorities evolve. We continuously refine collection scope based on feedback, new business context, and emerging threat trends relevant to your sector.
From Gap to Audit-Ready
We take you from "we need ISO 27001 or SOC 2" to "we're audit-ready", combining technical controls testing with documentation, evidence collection, and management reporting.
Scope & Framework Selection
Identify applicable standards based on your industry, customer requirements, and geography. ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 1/2, or multiple frameworks.
Current State Assessment
Review existing policies, controls, technical configurations, and documentation to understand your baseline compliance posture.
Gap Analysis & Risk Mapping
Map identified gaps to framework controls with risk-based prioritisation. Highlight critical findings that could impact external audit outcomes.
Remediation & Documentation
Guide your team through control implementation, policy creation, and evidence collection to address all identified gaps before the external audit.
Internal Audit Execution
Structured internal audits with evidence review, control testing, and stakeholder interviews to validate compliance readiness from an auditor's perspective.
Audit Readiness Report
Detailed audit report with findings, evidence gaps, and a compliance roadmap. Includes support for the external audit and ongoing readiness maintenance.
Security Testing Arsenal
Industry-standard tools guided by expert manual testing, across all service areas.
Reporting Standard
Every engagement (pentest, consulting, CTI, or audit) concludes with a detailed report designed for both technical teams and business stakeholders. No generic templates. Written for your context.
- Executive summary with business risk context
- Technical findings with CVSS v3.1 risk ratings
- Proof-of-concept screenshots and reproduction steps
- Developer-friendly remediation guidance
- Compliance mapping (ISO 27001, SOC 2)
- Free retest or re-assessment within 30 days
30-Day Free Retest
Every pentest engagement includes a complimentary retest within 30 days of initial report delivery.