Penetration Test (Pentest)

A pentest, or penetration test, is a controlled and authorized process that simulates real cyberattacks with the goal of identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities in an organization’s systems, networks, web applications, devices, and other digital assets.

Offensive Security

Penetration testing is an essential offensive cybersecurity practice, in which experts (ethical hackers) simulate real attacks to test the effectiveness of an organization’s security defenses.

Manual and Targeted Testing

Unlike automated scans, penetration tests involve manual and customized assessments. They aim to discover not only flaws but also their business impact and how attackers can exploit them.

Compliance and Risk Management

Our penetration tests help demonstrate compliance with NIS2 and ISO 27001 (for example) and help organizations prioritize based on real risk.

Advantages

Performing pentests regularly is a critical preventative measure for any organization that relies on digital systems.

Proactive Vulnerability Identification

It allows you to discover technical, logical, or configuration flaws before they are exploited by cybercriminals, preventing critical breaches.

Attack Prevention / Risk Mitigation

Standards and directives such as ISO 27001 and NIS2 require continuous risk assessment. Penetration testing helps identify vulnerabilities by simulating real attacks, implementing corrective measures, and reducing operational risks.

Realistic Security Evaluation

It provides a practical view of the effectiveness of security controls, allowing you to understand how an attacker might act in a real-world scenario.

Continuous Security Improvement

Most standards, such as GDPR and PCI-DSS, encourage a continuous improvement approach. Regular penetration testing helps by identifying new flaws and recommending corrective actions

Data and Business Protection

It helps protect sensitive customer data and ensure service availability, preventing financial loss and reputational damage.

Building Trust

Demonstrates an active commitment to safety, which increases the organization’s credibility with the market and strategic partners.

Services

Offers a wide range of security services, covering all critical areas of a company’s digital infrastructure.

Web Application

Targets vulnerabilities in web apps, such as injection flaws, authentication issues, and misconfigurations.

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Custom

Adapted to the reality of your organization, taking into account your infrastructure, business priorities and specific threat profile.

Tailored to your environment

Web Services & APIs Pentest

Focuses on API endpoints, looking for insecure authentication, data exposure, and logic flaws.

External Network

Simulates attacks from the internet to identify exposed systems and weak perimeter defenses.

Internal Network

Emulates a threat actor with internal access, exploring lateral movement and privilege escalation.

Cloud Security

Assesses cloud platforms for misconfigured services, insecure identities, and storage exposure.

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Wireless

Evaluates Wi-Fi security, rogue device detection, encryption weaknesses, and signal boundaries.

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Mobile Application

Analyzes mobile apps for insecure storage, improper permissions, and unsafe data handling.

IoT

Evaluates the security of connected devices, including firmware, interfaces, and network communication.

Secure Code Review

Analyzes source code to identify logic flaws, insecure patterns, and vulnerabilities before deployment.

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Perspective

To ensure an effective and contextualized security assessment, testing must consider various dimensions that influence its approach and impact.

Prior knowledge

Black Box: Tests performed from an outsider’s perspective, simulating an external attack with limited knowledge of the domains to be audited and no internal access to the application.
Grey Box: Simulates an insider attack, where the attacker has partial knowledge or limited access to the system, such as basic credentials or partial documentation. It provides a more realistic view of network security, as pentesters have some prior knowledge but still need to uncover a lot of information.
White Box: Full access to all network, system, source code, and infrastructure information, allowing for a more detailed and accurate assessment. Total transparency.

Production vs. Quality

Production Environment: Tests performed in a real environment, with access to live data. Ideal for simulating real risks, but requiring greater care to avoid impacts on operations.

Test Environment: Pre-production environment used internally for technical testing. Allows for more intrusive testing without affecting live operations.

UAT (User Acceptance Test): Controlled environment where end users validate the application before it goes live in production. Ideal for testing focused on realistic user behavior without compromising real data.

Intrusive vs. Non-Intrusive

Intrusive Testing: Penetration testing that most closely resembles a real cyberattack scenario. While these tests best fit current techniques used by cybercriminals, they can negatively impact the normal operation of applications.

Non-Intrusive Testing: Penetration testing is equally relevant, but more limited and controlled. It allows only the collection of information and identification of vulnerabilities, without active exploitation.

Outsider vs. Insider

Outsider Tests: Tests performed by an external attacker, without access to the internal network, simulating threats originating from the internet.

Insider Testing: These tests are typically performed by an internal user or user with access to the company’s network. This simulates insider threats, such as malicious insiders.

Methodology

Our penetration testing methodology adheres to the highest industry standards, ensuring each step is executed with care, prioritizing data protection and keeping client information secure at every step.

Planning and Reconnaissance

Define the scope, objectives, rules of engagement, and testing boundaries. This phase ensures that the assessment is aligned with the client’s environment, risk priorities, and business constraints.

Scope definition and rules of engagement

Collection of public and technical information

Identification of exposed assets and attack surface

Discovery and Enumeration

Identify reachable systems, services, technologies, and possible weaknesses. The objective is to understand the environment and prioritise areas that require deeper validation.

Network, application, and service discovery

Enumeration of versions, configurations, and exposed services

Identification of potential vulnerabilities and misconfigurations

Vulnerability Validation

Validate identified weaknesses in a controlled and safe manner. Exploitation is only performed when authorised and when it helps demonstrate real business or technical impact.

Manual validation of vulnerabilities

Controlled exploitation of confirmed issues

Assessment of impact and likelihood

Review of affected assets

Controlled Exploitation and Impact Assessment

Assess what an attacker could realistically achieve after exploiting a vulnerability, without introducing unnecessary risk to the client environment. Persistence techniques are only tested when explicitly agreed, such as in Red Team, Purple Team, or SOC validation exercises.

Privilege escalation and access path analysis

Lateral movement potential and data exposure review

Optional persistence testing, only when explicitly authorised

Reporting and Remediation Guidance

Consolidate the technical findings into a clear and actionable report. Each vulnerability is documented with evidence, risk rating, business impact, and practical remediation guidance.

Technical evidence, screenshots, and proof of concepts

Risk rating, business impact, and affected assets

Clear remediation recommendations and priorities

Retesting and Closure

Support the remediation process by clarifying findings and validating fixes. Retesting confirms whether the identified vulnerabilities have been properly resolved.

Remediation support and clarification of findings

Validation of implemented fixes

Confirmation that no related issues remain exposed

Compliance with Cybersecurity Standards

Penetration tests (pentests) are an essential tool in strengthening any organization’s digital security. Beyond their technical role, pentests have a direct impact on compliance with international cybersecurity and data protection standards, regulations, and frameworks.

How Pentests Support Compliance:

Technical Validation of Security Controls

Several standards require organizations to implement effective technical measures to protect systems and data. Pentests demonstrate, in a practical way, whether these measures are actually working.
Risk Identification and Mitigation

Standards such as ISO 27001 and directives such as NIS2 require continuous risk assessment. Pentests help identify real vulnerabilities and prioritize their remediation.
Documented Evidence for Audits

Pentest reports provide detailed technical documentation that can be used as proof of compliance during external and internal audits.
Continuous Improvement of Security Posture

Most standards, such as GDPR and PCI-DSS, encourage a continuous improvement approach. Recurring penetration tests support this principle by identifying new flaws and recommending corrective actions.
Incident Preparedness

A mandatory component of several regulations is the simulation of real attacks, which allows the effectiveness of incident response processes to be tested.

Penetration Test (Pentest)

Offensive Security

Manual and Targeted Testing

Compliance and Risk Management

Advantages

Services

Web Application

External Network

Internal Network

Cloud Security

Perspective

Prior knowledge

Production vs. Quality

Intrusive vs. Non-Intrusive

Outsider vs. Insider

Methodology

Planning and Reconnaissance

Discovery and Enumeration

Vulnerability Validation

Controlled Exploitation and Impact Assessment

Reporting and Remediation Guidance

Retesting and Closure

Compliance with Cybersecurity Standards

How Pentests Support Compliance:

Technical Validation of Security Controls

Risk Identification and Mitigation

Documented Evidence for Audits

Continuous Improvement of Security Posture

Incident Preparedness

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