Offensive Security & Assurance
Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT)
Human-led offensive security testing across web applications, APIs, cloud environments, and internal networks — delivering verified proof of resistance against real-world adversaries.
Recommended For
- SaaS vendors, fintechs, and application developers required to prove application security prior to client deployment
- Organisations subject to compliance mandates requiring annual penetration testing (ISO 27001, APRA CPS 234, PCI-DSS)
- Enterprises undergoing major infrastructure migrations, cloud deployments, or corporate acquisitions
Service Overview
Expose Exploitable Flaws Before Real Adversaries Do
Automated vulnerability scanners generate thousands of noisy alerts and false positives, but fail to identify complex business logic flaws, chained authentication bypasses, or Active Directory privilege escalation paths. Real-world threat actors utilize creative, multi-stage attack techniques that automated tools simply miss.
Whitesec AU conducts human-led, offensive security testing. Our certified ethical hackers simulate real-world cyber attacks against your web applications, APIs, cloud environments, Active Directory, and perimeter networks — providing zero-false-positive evidence, CVSS v4 risk ratings, and step-by-step remediation support.
0%
False positive guarantee — every vulnerability in our report is manually verified and demonstrated with proof-of-concept evidence.
Regulatory & Standards Alignment
OWASP Top 10 & API Security Top 10
Industry-standard benchmarks for identifying critical web application and API security vulnerabilities.
CREST & OSSTMM Testing Standards
Rigorous methodology guidelines governing ethical hacking, scoping, and evidence collection.
APRA CPS 234 & ISO 27001 Annex A 8.8
Mandatory requirement for independent, systematic technical vulnerability testing of all key information assets.
Executive Business Value & Outcomes
Real-World Threat Verification
Discover whether your firewalls, EDR agents, and identity controls actually stop sophisticated human attackers.
Business Logic Flaw Discovery
Expose complex logic bugs, authorization bypasses, and data exposure flaws invisible to automated scanners.
Tender & Compliance Attestation
Receive an executive penetration test summary certificate to satisfy enterprise clients, auditors, and insurers.
Active Directory & Privilege Escalation
Identify Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, unconstrained delegation, and domain admin takeover vectors.
Cloud Infrastructure Audit
Audit AWS/Azure IAM misconfigurations, exposed S3 buckets, overly permissive security groups, and serverless flaws.
Free Remediation Re-Testing
We re-test your patched vulnerabilities within 30 days to verify complete flaw closure at no additional charge.
The Problem
Challenges We Solve
The situations that bring organisations to this engagement in the first place.
Scanner noise, missed logic flaws
Automated tools generate thousands of alerts and false positives yet fail to find business logic flaws or chained authentication bypasses.
Active Directory escalation paths
Privilege escalation routes through Active Directory go undetected by automated scanning entirely.
Attacks no tool reproduces
Real threat actors use creative, multi-stage techniques that automated scanners simply do not model.
Scope of Service
Offensive Testing Capabilities
Comprehensive penetration testing across all layers of your digital footprint.
Web Application & API Penetration Testing
Deep-dive testing of web apps and microservice APIs against OWASP Top 10, auth bypasses, and IDOR vulnerabilities.
External Attack Surface & Cloud Penetration
Simulating external adversary reconnaissance against public IPs, exposed services, VPN endpoints, and cloud tenants.
Internal Network & Active Directory Testing
Assessing internal lateral movement, VLAN hopping, Kerberos exploitation, and domain compromise scenarios.
Wireless & Infrastructure Testing
Testing corporate Wi-Fi security, rogue access point detection, network segmentation, and firewall bypasses.
Methodology
Engagement Roadmap
A controlled 5-stage testing process executed without service disruption.
Scoping & Rules of Engagement
We define target IP ranges, domain URLs, API endpoints, testing windows, and emergency escalation protocols.
Reconnaissance & Vulnerability Mapping
Our engineers gather threat intelligence, map asset perimeters, and identify potential entry vectors.
Manual Exploitation & Privilege Escalation
We safely exploit identified weaknesses to demonstrate real-world risk, lateral movement, and data access.
Report Authoring & Risk Rating
We document step-by-step reproduction steps, CVSS v4 scores, and executive risk summaries.
Remediation Re-Testing & Attestation
After your team patches the findings, we re-test the environment and issue a clean Attestation Certificate.
Deliverables
What You Receive
The artifacts that land in your hands at the end of the engagement.
Executive Summary & Board Presentation
High-level risk overview detailing commercial impacts, overall security posture, and priority recommendations.
Technical Vulnerability & Proof-of-Concept File
Detailed engineering report containing exact reproduction steps, screenshots, and CVSS v4 remediation guidance.
Clean Penetration Testing Attestation Certificate
Formal letter of attestation confirming independent testing and successful vulnerability remediation.
Free Whitepaper
Read Before You Commit
12 pages
Offensive Security Whitepaper
Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
Why automated scanners miss the flaws that matter, and what human-led testing covers instead — from OWASP Top 10 and API testing through Active Directory privilege escalation and cloud misconfiguration.
PDF · 12 pages · 2.5 MB
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Test Your Defense Against Real-World Attacks
Schedule a human-led penetration test with our accredited ethical hackers.