Offensive Security

Find the way in before someone else does.

CREST-aligned penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and adversary simulation, scoped to your real threat model, reported in language your engineers can fix from, and retested until it's closed.

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What we test

Every layer an attacker would try.

From a single web app to a full red-team engagement, each test is scoped to answer a question your business actually has.

Web application testing

OWASP-based testing of your applications and APIs: authentication, access control, injection, business-logic abuse and everything a scanner can't see.

Infrastructure testing

External and internal network testing: exposed services, privilege escalation paths, lateral movement and the misconfigurations that chain into breaches.

Cloud security review

AWS, Azure and Google Cloud configuration reviews: identity, network, storage, logging and the defaults nobody changed.

Phishing & social engineering

Controlled campaigns that measure how far an attacker gets with an email, a phone call or a QR code, feeding directly into awareness training.

Adversary simulation

Objective-led engagements emulating realistic threat actors against your detection and response, testing the blue team rather than just the perimeter.

Compliance-driven testing

Testing scoped to ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2, DORA TLPT and Cyber Essentials Plus requirements: one engagement, evidence for each.

Why Cybercontrols

Testing that ends in fixes, not just findings.

805+Clients guided across the UK, EU and beyond
FreeRetest of critical findings within 90 days
48hrCritical findings escalated within two days, not at report time
G-Cloud 15UK Government approved supplier
How it works

Scoped, tested, fixed, proven.

Scope

A short call defines targets, objectives, rules of engagement and the compliance credit you need from the test.

Test

Manual, methodology-driven testing, with criticals escalated to you immediately rather than sat on until the report.

Report

Findings ranked by real exploitability, each with reproduction steps and a concrete fix, plus an executive summary that makes sense.

Retest

Fixes verified and the report updated, so your customers and auditors see closure, not just discovery.

Questions

Offensive security, answered plainly.

How often should we test?

Annually as a floor, plus after significant changes: new applications, migrations, acquisitions. Regulated clients under DORA or PCI DSS have fixed cadences we'll map for you.

Will testing disrupt production?

Rules of engagement are agreed up front: testing windows, excluded systems, escalation contacts. Denial-of-service is never attempted unless you explicitly commission it.

Pen test or vulnerability scan?

A scan finds known issues cheaply and often; a penetration test chains issues the way a human attacker would. Most organisations need a scanning cadence plus an annual manual test, and we'll set up both.

Can the results feed our ISO 27001 or SOC 2 audit?

Directly. The report is written to serve as control evidence, and we map findings to the relevant Annex A controls or Trust Services Criteria as standard.

Test like an attacker. Fix like an engineer.

A 30-minute scoping call with a senior consultant, with no obligation and no sales deck.