Offensive Security · VAPT

Penetration testing services that find the breach before attackers do

Authorized, expert-led penetration testing and VAPT for web, mobile, API, network, cloud and AI systems. We simulate real-world attacks, prove what's exploitable, and hand you a fix-it plan — with retesting and a safe-to-host certificate.

CERT-In Empaneled CREST Accredited ISO 27001:2022 PCI DSS
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CVEs published in 2025 — a new all-time record, ~131 per day
Source: CVE / NVD, Jan 2026
₹22Cr
Average cost of a data breach in India in 2025 — highest on record
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2025
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Cyber incidents handled by CERT-In in 2025, up ~44% year-on-year
Source: APCERT / CERT-In 2025
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Median time to mass-exploit critical edge-device flaws in 2025
Source: Verizon DBIR 2025
The short answer

What are penetration testing services?

Penetration testing services are authorized, simulated cyberattacks carried out by certified ethical hackers to find and safely exploit security weaknesses in your applications, networks, APIs and cloud — before a real attacker does.

A vulnerability scan tells you what might be wrong. A penetration test proves what an attacker could actually do — which flaws can be chained together, what data is reachable, and how far an intruder could move through your environment. That difference is the difference between a checklist and a defensible security posture.

Our VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing) engagements combine the breadth of automated scanning with the depth of manual, business-aware exploitation. You get findings ranked by real risk, proof-of-concept evidence, and a remediation plan your engineers can act on immediately — then we retest to confirm every fix.

VA vs PT — AT A GLANCE
Vulnerability Assessment

Automated, broad, fast. Lists known weaknesses. Answers "where are the doors?"

Penetration Testing

Manual, deep, goal-driven. Proves exploitability & impact. Answers "which doors open, and what's behind them?"

Coverage

Types of penetration testing services we provide

Every attack surface has its own weaknesses. We test the full stack — each engagement scoped, executed and reported by specialists in that domain.

01

Web Application Testing

Deep manual testing against the OWASP Top 10 — injection, broken access control, authentication flaws, business-logic abuse and more.

  • OWASP Top 10
  • SQLi / XSS
  • IDOR
  • Auth bypass
02

Mobile Application Testing

Android & iOS testing aligned to OWASP MASVS — insecure storage, weak crypto, hardcoded secrets, and runtime tampering.

  • MASVS
  • SAST + DAST
  • Frida
  • Reverse eng.
03

Network Testing

Internal and external network penetration testing — the largest single share of the market. Firewall, segmentation, lateral movement and privilege escalation.

  • Internal / External
  • Nmap
  • Priv-esc
  • Pivoting
04

API Penetration Testing

REST, GraphQL & SOAP testing against the OWASP API Security Top 10. 84% of security teams report at least one API breach in the past year.

  • API Top 10
  • BOLA / BFLA
  • Rate limits
  • Token abuse
05

Cloud Penetration Testing

AWS, Azure & GCP configuration and workload testing — the fastest-growing testing modality. Misconfigurations, IAM abuse and exposed storage.

  • AWS / Azure / GCP
  • IAM
  • Misconfig
  • Container
06

AI & LLM Testing

Security testing for AI-enabled apps and chatbots against the OWASP LLM Top 10 — prompt injection, data leakage, model misuse and insecure plugins.

  • OWASP LLM Top 10
  • Prompt injection
  • Data leak
  • Jailbreak
07

Wireless Testing

Wi-Fi and wireless infrastructure assessment — rogue access points, weak encryption, evil-twin attacks and segmentation gaps.

  • WPA2/3
  • Rogue AP
  • Evil twin
  • Segmentation
08

IoT & Embedded

Firmware, hardware and communication-protocol testing for connected devices — a white-space where legacy testers have limited expertise.

  • Firmware
  • Hardware
  • BLE / Zigbee
  • Protocol
09

Thick Client Testing

Desktop and thick-client application testing — local storage, IPC, memory analysis, and insecure client-server communication.

  • Binary analysis
  • Memory
  • IPC
  • Traffic
10

Social Engineering

Phishing, vishing and physical-access simulations that test your people and processes — 68% of breaches involve a human element.

  • Phishing
  • Vishing
  • Pretexting
  • Awareness
11

Red Team Assessment

Goal-based, multi-vector adversary simulation mapped to MITRE ATT&CK — tests detection and response, not just prevention.

  • MITRE ATT&CK
  • Full-scope
  • Evasion
  • Purple team
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Secure Code Review

Manual and tool-assisted source-code review to catch vulnerabilities at the root — before they ship to production.

  • SAST
  • Manual review
  • Secrets
  • Logic flaws
Market research · 2024–2032

The penetration testing market, in numbers

Rising cyber threats, cloud migration and compressed regulatory deadlines are moving penetration testing from an annual audit to an always-on control. Here's what the 2025–2026 data shows.

Global market growth

Market size in USD billion · forecast to 2032
Consensus of industry forecasts (Grand View Research, Mordor Intelligence, Research & Markets), 2025–2026. Figures are illustrative of the ~15–16% CAGR range.

Where the testing demand is

2025 market share by testing type
Source: Mordor Intelligence, Penetration Testing Market, 2026. Network held the largest share; cloud is the fastest-growing modality.

India's cyber incidents are accelerating

Cyber security incidents handled by CERT-In · in lakhs (100,000s)
Source: APCERT Annual Reports / CERT-In. India handled ~29.4 lakh incidents in 2025, up ~44% from 2024 — with unauthorized scanning & probing now ~83% of all handled incidents.
20%
of all breaches in 2025 involved vulnerability exploitation — a 34% year-on-year rise (Verizon DBIR 2025)
32%
of newly-exploited flaws in 2025 were hit before disclosure or within 24 hours of it (VulnCheck 2026)
30%
of breaches now involve third parties — a figure that doubled year-on-year (IBM 2025)
68%
of breaches involve a human element — error, social engineering or stolen credentials (Verizon DBIR 2025)
The cost of skipping it

What happens without complete VAPT

Nearly every major breach traces back to a weakness that a thorough penetration test is designed to surface: an unpatched service, an exposed API, a misconfiguration, or a stolen credential that should have been caught.

2025Critical / RCE

React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182)

A CVSS 10.0 unauthenticated remote-code-execution flaw in React Server Components. Nearly 29,000 IP addresses remained exposed and were rapidly weaponized to deploy crypto-miners and backdoors.

// Root cause: unpatched, internet-facing dependency
2024–25Ransomware

Ransomware in 44% of breaches

Ransomware appeared in 44% of all breaches analyzed in 2025, up from 32% the year before. Manufacturing was hit hardest with a 61% year-on-year rise in victims — most entry points were known, testable weaknesses.

// Root cause: exposed services + unpatched CVEs
2025Supply chain

The third-party blind spot

Third-party and supply-chain compromise was the second-costliest attack vector at ~$4.9M and took the longest to contain. In India it was the #2 initial cause of breaches at 17%.

// Root cause: untested vendor & integration exposure
2024Nation-state

India power-grid intrusions

State-sponsored actors targeted Indian energy and defence entities via phishing and modified info-stealers. Unique command-and-control servers doubled year-on-year — reconnaissance most organizations never detect.

// Root cause: phishing + weak detection & response
2025API / Auth

The API breach epidemic

84% of security teams reported at least one API security breach in the past year. Broken object-level authorization (BOLA) and missing authorization checks dominate — classic findings a proper API pen test surfaces immediately.

// Root cause: untested authorization logic
2025Edge devices

Zero-day to mass-exploit

For critical firewall and VPN-gateway flaws, the median time from disclosure to mass exploitation was zero days. Edge devices made up 18.3% of all first-exploited vulnerabilities in 2025.

// Root cause: unhardened perimeter, no continuous testing
How we work

Our VAPT methodology & approach

A structured, repeatable lifecycle aligned to the industry's leading frameworks — PTES, NIST SP 800-115, OWASP, OSSTMM and MITRE ATT&CK — so every engagement is thorough, evidence-based and defensible.

01

Scoping & Rules of Engagement

We define exact targets, testing windows, depth (black / grey / white box), and safety controls in a signed agreement — so testing is authorized, safe and aligned to your business risk.

PTES: Pre-engagement
02

Reconnaissance & Intelligence Gathering

Passive and active information gathering to map your real attack surface — exposed hosts, services, technologies, subdomains and leaked credentials an attacker would find first.

PTES: Intelligence Gathering
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Threat Modeling

We map likely adversaries, high-value assets and attack paths to prioritize testing where a breach would hurt most — not just where it's easiest to look.

MITRE ATT&CK
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Vulnerability Analysis

Automated scanning combined with manual verification to eliminate false positives and identify weaknesses that scanners simply cannot see — especially business-logic and authorization flaws.

OWASP + NIST 800-115
05

Exploitation

Controlled, manual exploitation to prove real impact — what data is reachable, which controls fail, and how findings chain together into a genuine breach scenario.

Manual, non-destructive
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Post-Exploitation & Lateral Movement

Where authorized, we demonstrate privilege escalation, persistence and lateral movement to quantify blast radius — the difference between "one bug" and "full compromise".

Impact analysis
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Reporting & Risk Rating

An executive summary for leadership plus a detailed technical report — every finding rated by CVSS and business risk, with proof-of-concept evidence and clear, prioritized remediation steps.

CVSS + business context
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Remediation Support & Retesting

We work with your engineers through fixes, then retest every issue for free and issue a remediation-verification report and a safe-to-host / attestation certificate for clients, auditors and regulators.

Free retest included
The arsenal

Tools we use

Industry-standard offensive tooling in the hands of certified testers — backed by custom scripts and manual technique, because tools find symptoms and people find breaches.

Recon & Scanning

  • Nmap
  • Nessus
  • OpenVAS
  • Amass
  • Nuclei
  • Masscan

Web & API

  • Burp Suite Pro
  • OWASP ZAP
  • SQLmap
  • Postman
  • ffuf
  • Nikto

Exploitation & Post-Ex

  • Metasploit
  • Cobalt Strike
  • BloodHound
  • Impacket
  • Mimikatz
  • CrackMapExec

Mobile / Cloud / Code

  • MobSF
  • Frida
  • ScoutSuite
  • Prowler
  • Semgrep
  • Kali Linux
Beyond the report

The mitigation strategy we provide

Finding vulnerabilities is only half the job. We give your team a clear, prioritized path to a stronger security posture — and stay with you until it's verified.

Risk-prioritized remediation roadmap

Every finding ranked by exploitability and business impact, so your team fixes what matters first instead of drowning in a flat vulnerability list.

Step-by-step fix guidance

Concrete, developer-ready remediation for each issue — secure code patterns, configuration changes and compensating controls, not vague advice.

Free remediation retesting

After you deploy fixes we retest every finding and issue a verification report — proof to clients, auditors and regulators that the risk is closed.

Defense-in-depth recommendations

Strategic guidance beyond individual bugs — WAF tuning, network segmentation, virtual patching, logging and detection improvements to shrink your attack surface.

Continuous & scheduled testing

Move from annual to quarterly or continuous testing — because public exploits now appear within hours of disclosure, not months.

Compliance-ready documentation

Reports and certificates formatted for CERT-In, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, RBI, SEBI and IRDAI — ready to hand to auditors without rework.

Trust & accreditation

Credentials that regulators recognize

Our accreditations aren't badges — they're recognized proof of methodology, competence and independence, accepted by Indian regulators and global clients alike.

CERT-In Empaneled

Recognized by India's national cyber agency for security auditing

CREST Accredited

Internationally benchmarked penetration testing standards

ISO 27001:2022

Certified information security management system

PCI DSS

Compliant testing for cardholder-data environments

People also ask

Penetration testing FAQs

The questions buyers, engineers and AI assistants ask most about penetration testing services — answered plainly.

What are penetration testing services? +
Penetration testing services are authorized, simulated cyberattacks performed by certified ethical hackers to identify and safely exploit security vulnerabilities in your applications, networks, APIs and cloud infrastructure. The goal is to find exploitable weaknesses before real attackers do, then provide a risk-rated report with clear steps to fix each issue and verify the fix through retesting.
What is the difference between VAPT and penetration testing? +
Vulnerability Assessment (VA) uses automated scanning to produce a broad list of known weaknesses, while Penetration Testing (PT) is manual, goal-driven testing that proves which of those weaknesses can actually be exploited and chained into a real breach. VAPT combines both: the breadth of scanning plus the depth and business-context validation of manual exploitation, so you fix issues that matter rather than chasing false positives.
How much do penetration testing services cost in India? +
Penetration testing cost depends on scope, complexity and methodology. A single web application or mobile app assessment is typically priced per application, a network test is priced by the number of live IPs, and API or cloud tests are scoped by the number of endpoints or accounts. Larger red-team and continuous-testing engagements are quoted separately. Because pricing is driven entirely by scope, the most accurate way to get a figure is a short scoping call where we size the exact assets you need tested.
How long does a penetration test take? +
A typical application or network penetration test runs 5 to 15 business days of active testing depending on scope, followed by 2 to 5 days for report writing and quality review. Free retesting of fixed issues is scheduled after your team completes remediation. Complex environments, large IP ranges or full red-team engagements take longer, and timelines are confirmed during scoping.
Is your penetration testing company CERT-In empaneled? +
Yes. We are CERT-In empaneled, CREST accredited, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and a PCI DSS compliant testing provider. CERT-In empanelment means our audits are recognized by Indian regulators and can be used to satisfy RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and other compliance requirements, and we deliver reports in the formats regulators and auditors expect.
How often should you perform penetration testing? +
Best practice is at least once a year and after any significant change, such as a new feature release, infrastructure migration, merger or major code change. Regulated sectors and public-facing applications increasingly move to quarterly or continuous testing, because public exploits now appear within hours of a vulnerability being disclosed and annual-only testing leaves long windows of exposure.
What methodology and standards do you follow? +
We align to globally recognized frameworks including OWASP Top 10, OWASP ASVS, the OWASP API Security Top 10, OWASP MASVS for mobile, the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES), NIST SP 800-115, the OSSTMM and the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Every engagement follows a structured lifecycle of scoping, reconnaissance, threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, manual exploitation, post-exploitation, risk-rated reporting and remediation retesting.
What do you deliver at the end of a penetration test? +
You receive an executive summary for leadership, a detailed technical report with every finding rated by CVSS and business risk, proof-of-concept evidence, and step-by-step remediation guidance mapped to each vulnerability. After your team fixes the issues we perform free retesting and issue a remediation-verification report and a safe-to-host or attestation certificate suitable for clients, auditors and regulators.
Will penetration testing disrupt or damage our live systems? +
No. Testing is conducted under a signed rules-of-engagement agreement with agreed scope, timing windows and safety controls. Destructive tests such as denial-of-service are excluded unless explicitly requested in an isolated environment. Our testers use controlled, non-destructive techniques and maintain constant communication so any critical finding is reported immediately rather than exploited further.

Know your weaknesses before an attacker does

Book a free, no-obligation scoping call. We'll size the right test for your systems, timeline and compliance needs — and give you a clear quote.

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