--- title: Penetration Testing & Offensive Security UK | Cybercontrols description: CREST-aligned penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and adversary simulation, scoped to your real threat model and retested until fixed. image: https://www.cybercontrols.io/hubfs/cc-newsletter-laptop-banner.jpg --- [Cybercontrols.io](https://www.cybercontrols.io/) [Compliance](https://www.cybercontrols.io/compliance)[Specialist Services](https://www.cybercontrols.io/specialist-services)[Training](https://www.cybercontrols.io/training-courses)[Insights](https://www.cybercontrols.io/blog)[About](https://www.cybercontrols.io/about)[Meet Tony](https://www.cybercontrols.io/tony-the-auditor)[Contact](https://www.cybercontrols.io/contact) # 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. [Scope a test](https://meetings-eu1.hubspot.com/mvan-aswegen)[Compliance services](https://www.cybercontrols.io/compliance) **ISO/IEC 27001:2022**Certified · SANCERT **ISO/IEC 42001:2023**Certified · SANCERT **Cyber Essentials**Certified **Government Commercial Agency**Approved Supplier · G-Cloud 15 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 **Free**Retest of critical findings within 90 days **48hr**Critical findings escalated within two days, not at report time **G-Cloud 15**UK 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. 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