Approach
Engineered like an operation.
Threat-informed, evidence-driven, and repeatable. Every test runs the same disciplined arc — so results are comparable, defensible, and genuinely actionable.
We operate against the standards, not around them. The right framework for each engagement — used as a floor for real coverage, never as checkbox theater.
- Test phases
- Five, in order
- Duration
- ~2–4 weeks, scope-driven
- Evidence
- Reproducible
Application security
Code & weakness classes
Infrastructure & methodology
Adversary emulation
Defensive
AI / LLM
Governance & compliance
Scoring
One disciplined arc, every test.
Scope, recon, exploit, report, retest — the same five phases, in order, no step skipped. Compliance readiness runs its own arc: gap assessment, remediation, evidence.
Before the clock starts — a scoping call, written authorization to test, and an access hand-off: in-scope targets, any credentials, and named points of contact. It costs your team about an hour. Then the arc begins.
- 01T+0
Scope
Objectives, rules of engagement, and success criteria — agreed in writing before anything starts.
- Define crown jewels
- Rules of engagement
- White-cell setup
- 02T+1d
Recon
Map the real attack surface the way an adversary would — quietly, thoroughly, from the outside in.
- Passive intelligence
- Surface mapping
- Attack-path modeling
- 03T+3d
Exploit
Controlled exploitation and post-exploitation, chaining findings into realistic attack paths.
- Validated exploitation
- Lateral movement
- Objective actions
- 04T+2w
Report
Every finding reproducible, rated, and written for two audiences: the board and the engineers.
- Executive summary
- CVSS findings
- Remediation roadmap
- 05T+retest
Retest
We verify the fixes actually hold — because a finding is only closed once it can't be reproduced.
- Fix validation
- Detection check
- Sign-off
Aggressive testing, disciplined controls.
We test like a real adversary — inside guardrails agreed with you up front.
Safe by design
Controlled, reversible techniques and agreed testing windows. Higher-risk actions are approved explicitly before we execute them.
Deconfliction
A white-cell channel stays open throughout, with a kill-switch to pause any activity the moment it's needed.
Live comms
Status on an agreed cadence — and anything that puts you at immediate risk, you hear about that day, not at the final report.
Evidence discipline
Every finding is reproducible, with a clear chain of custody. No claim ships that we can't demonstrate on demand.
How we model the adversary.
We plan every offensive engagement against the Lockheed Martin kill chain and map what we execute to MITRE ATT&CK — so coverage is auditable, not a vague promise. (Web, API, and mobile pentests are scored against OWASP and CWE — see each service.)
Reconnaissance
Harvest intelligence on the target.
Weaponization
Pair exploit with a deliverable payload.
Delivery
Transmit the payload to the target.
Exploitation
Trigger the vulnerability to gain execution.
Installation
Establish persistence on the host.
Command & Control
Open a channel to operate remotely.
Actions on Objectives
Achieve the mission — exfiltrate, disrupt, encrypt.
ATT&CK coverage
Representative — full matrix on request
TA0001
Initial Access
T1566
Phishing
T1190
Exploit Public-Facing App
T1078
Valid Accounts
TA0002
Execution
T1059
Command & Scripting
T1203
Client Execution
T1204
User Execution
TA0004
Privilege Esc.
T1068
Exploitation for Priv-Esc
T1078
Valid Accounts
T1055
Process Injection
TA0006
Credential Access
T1003
OS Credential Dumping
T1558
Kerberoasting
T1110
Brute Force
TA0008
Lateral Movement
T1021
Remote Services
T1550
Alternate Auth Material
T1210
Exploit Remote Services
TA0040
Impact
T1486
Data Encrypted for Impact
T1490
Inhibit System Recovery
T1485
Data Destruction
A report engineers respect.
Not a scanner dump. A deliverable built for two audiences at once — the boardroom and the backlog.
- Executive summary for leadership
- Findings with CVSS severity
- Full attack narrative
- Prioritized remediation roadmap
- Retest annex
Every finding is rated on the CVSS scale:
- CRITICAL9.0–10.0
- HIGH7.0–8.9
- MEDIUM4.0–6.9
- LOW0.1–3.9
- INFO0.0
A live readout walks your engineers through the findings and the fix — before the included retest. You're never left alone with a PDF.
Depth, not a single wall.
Findings are mapped to the layer they threaten — so remediation strengthens the whole stack, from the perimeter down to the data itself.
Purple team
Offense informs defense.
Every attack path we walk becomes a detection your SOC keeps. The people who broke in help your defenders catch the next attacker — and we validate that the new detections actually fire.
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