// Security Testing

A vulnerability assessment is scan-based: automated tools identify known vulnerability patterns but don't validate whether they're actually exploitable in your environment. Penetration testing is adversarial: a security expert or AI-driven agent attempts to actually exploit vulnerabilities, chaining findings into real attack paths that scanners miss, like business logic flaws and multi-step privilege escalation. We combine both: automated scanning for coverage and speed, AI-augmented penetration testing for depth and exploitability validation.

Traditional security audits can block releases and create tension between security and delivery teams. We integrate security directly into your CI/CD pipeline as automated gates running on every commit, with feedback in seconds instead of weeks. Early detection means smaller, faster fixes, and penetration testing is scheduled alongside your release process without delaying delivery. Security becomes a release enabler, not a blocker.

Business logic vulnerabilities require understanding your application's workflows and intended behavior, areas automated rules fail. During risk profiling, we map your business-critical workflows, payment processing, privilege assignment, transaction authorisation, then our AI-driven agents simulate attacks against them: manipulating payment amounts, escalating privileges through workflow gaps, exploiting race conditions, and bypassing authorisation. We validate these attacks in your environment to confirm exploitability.

APIs are the primary attack surface for modern applications. Our testing covers authentication and authorisation (token handling, session management, privilege boundaries), data exposure (BOLA, mass assignment, unintended leakage), input handling (injection attacks, deserialisation flaws), rate limiting and abuse prevention, and microservice data leakage across service boundaries. Every endpoint is tested with both automated scanning and adversarial simulation.

Yes. SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA certification require demonstrating that security controls are technically effective and continuously monitored. We provide control mapping to specific requirements, automated evidence collection (SAST results, pen test findings, access logs), gap analysis with remediation roadmaps, and continuous validation that controls stay effective post-certification, turning compliance from a periodic audit into ongoing proof.

SAST analyses source code without executing it, catching vulnerabilities early: SQL injection, XSS, buffer overflows, hardcoded secrets. DAST tests running applications from the outside in, discovering runtime issues like authentication bypasses and API misconfigurations. IAST instruments applications at runtime, combining DAST's speed with SAST's precision and eliminating false positives. We use all three: SAST early in development, DAST in staging, IAST in production for continuous coverage across the lifecycle.

Yes, increasingly critical. Our LLM and AI model security testing covers prompt injection (inputs can't escape the intended context), model poisoning (training data is validated), model inversion (outputs don't leak training data), data poisoning (real-time inputs are validated), and adversarial input handling (models gracefully reject crafted attacks). As AI becomes core to applications, model security is a critical vulnerability surface.

Cloud and container misconfigurations are common breach paths. We test Kubernetes security (pod policies, RBAC, network policies, secrets management), container images (scanning Docker images for vulnerabilities and malware), Infrastructure as Code (auditing Terraform and CloudFormation for policy violations), and cloud configuration (AWS, Azure, GCP settings for exposed secrets and misconfigured permissions), through both automated scanning and manual review.

Standard deliverables: an executive summary for leadership, a detailed findings report (every vulnerability with exploit path and remediation steps), a prioritized remediation roadmap with effort estimates, compliance mapping to ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, or PCI-DSS, raw evidence and documentation, CI/CD integration guidance, and optional remediation support sessions. Ongoing engagements also get continuous dashboards and monthly risk reports.