OFFENSIVE SECURITY TESTING
Penetration Testing Services
Attackers do not need your password any more. In 2026, exploiting an unpatched vulnerability became the single most common way into a business network. A penetration test finds those paths while you still control what happens next.
Why a real test beats a scan
A vulnerability scanner produces a list. A penetration test produces proof. Our testers chain findings together the way an attacker would, then show you which handful actually put the business at risk and in what order to fix them.
Exploitation has overtaken stolen credentials
Vulnerability exploitation now accounts for 31% of initial access in confirmed breaches, up from 20% a year earlier. It is the first time in the report's 19-year history that it has outranked stolen credentials. Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report
The patching window is getting wider, not narrower
The median time to remediate a known-exploited vulnerability rose to 43 days, up from 32. Only 26% of CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities were fully remediated, down from 38% the year before. Exploitation is measured in hours; remediation is measured in weeks. Verizon 2026 DBIR
Ransomware keeps coming through the same doors
Ransomware grew to 48% of all breaches, up from 44%, and third-party involvement jumped 60% year over year to roughly half of all breaches. The initial foothold is usually something a test would have surfaced first. Verizon 2026 DBIR
The bill for finding out the hard way
The average data breach reached $4.99 million in 2026, a record, and the mean time to identify and contain one rose to 247 days after five straight years of decline. IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026
Your auditors and insurers already expect it
PCI DSS 4.x requires internal and external penetration testing at least annually and after any significant change (Requirement 11.4), with segmentation testing annually and every six months for service providers. SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA assessors ask for the same evidence, and most cyber insurers now ask on the application. Testing folds naturally into a wider audit readiness or compliance and risk engagement.
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31%
of breaches now begin with an exploited vulnerability, the number one initial access vector
Verizon 2026 DBIR
43
days is the median time to remediate a known-exploited vulnerability, up from 32
Verizon 2026 DBIR
26%
of CISA known-exploited vulnerabilities are fully remediated, down from 38%
Verizon 2026 DBIR
$4.99M
average cost of a data breach in 2026, an all-time high
IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2026
WHAT WE TEST
Types of penetration testing we perform
External network testing
Your internet-facing perimeter: VPN concentrators, firewalls, mail gateways and remote access. Breaches traced to remote-access and edge devices more than tripled in the last DBIR, from 1.5% to 5%.
Internal network testing
We assume an attacker already has a foothold and answer the question that matters. How far do they get? Lateral movement, privilege escalation and the path to full domain compromise.
Web application and API testing
Injection, broken authentication, access-control gaps, business-logic flaws and the APIs behind your app, including the ones that never made it into the documentation.
Social engineering
Phishing, pretexting and help-desk impersonation, run against your real people and processes. Pairs naturally with ongoing phishing simulation and training.
Wireless testing
Rogue access points, weak authentication and the segmentation between your guest network and everything you assumed was separate from it.
Cloud and identity testing
Microsoft 365, Azure and AWS configuration, consent grants, conditional access and the permission paths that quietly turn one compromised account into tenant-wide access.
OUR APPROACH
How an iFlock penetration test works
- 1
Scope
We agree what is in play, what is off-limits and who to call if something unexpected happens. Rules of engagement are in writing before anyone touches a system.
- 2
Reconnaissance
We map the attack surface you actually have, not the one on the diagram. That usually includes a forgotten subdomain, an old appliance and a service someone stood up for a project years ago.
- 3
Exploitation
Our testers safely prove which weaknesses are genuinely reachable and chain them the way a real attacker would, with your permission and without disrupting the business.
- 4
Report
Findings ranked by real-world risk, with an executive summary your leadership can read and exact remediation steps your technical team can act on. Plain language, no filler.
- 5
Re-test
Once you have made the fixes we test again and confirm they hold. It is part of the engagement, not an upsell. Want the longer version? We walk through a full penetration test, start to finish — what happens at each stage, what the report contains, and what you should expect from your tester.
QUESTIONS
Penetration testing FAQs
What is the difference between a vulnerability scan and a penetration test?
A scan lists what might be wrong. A test proves what an attacker can actually do with it, including chaining several low-severity issues into one serious path a scanner would never flag. The two are complementary: most clients run continuous vulnerability management and test on top of it.
How often should we test?
At least once a year, and again after any significant change to your network or applications. PCI DSS requires exactly that under Requirement 11.4, and SOC 2, ISO 27001 and cyber insurance applications increasingly ask for the same evidence.
Will testing break anything?
The engagement is scoped and the rules of engagement are agreed in writing first. Destructive techniques such as denial-of-service are excluded by default and only run if you specifically request them inside a controlled window.
What do we actually receive?
An executive summary, a technical findings section ranked by real-world risk with evidence for each finding, exact remediation steps, and a re-test once the fixes are in. The report is written to be handed to an auditor or an insurer as it is.
We are a small business. Is a penetration test overkill?
Attackers scan the entire internet; they do not check your headcount first. For most smaller organizations a scoped external network test is the right starting point, and our free security assessment is a good way to find out what is worth testing before you commit to anything.
What happens after the test?
You can take the report and remediate in-house, or we can help you close the findings, either as a project or as part of our ongoing managed security services so the gaps stay closed between tests.
Find the gap before someone else does
Tell us what you are running and we will scope a test that fits it. No obligation, no pressure, and a straight answer about whether you need one.