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Penetration Testing

Your SOC 2 report got shared. Now their security team wants to talk.

At some point, a buyer will ask for your penetration test report. What they're really asking is: has anyone actually tried to break into this system? And what did they find? And is it fixed now?

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Penetration testing

01Penetration testing

How Penetration Testing works with Adversis

Many web application and API pen test reports are vulnerability dumps: scanner output sorted by CVSS score, generic remediation advice, no business context. They satisfy compliance checkboxes but fall apart under scrutiny.

Our team created the Red Team Maturity Model used by Fortune 200 companies, the same pattern recognition that shapes how we scope, prioritize, and report every assessment. You get reports built for the conversation that follows.

What's included

  1. 1. Human-led application and cloud penetration testing from OSCP, OSCE and GXPN certified operators
  2. 2. Industry standard methodologies (OWASP's Application Security Verification Standard)
  3. 3. Reports and deliverables your CEO can read and engineers can use
  4. 4. Business impact framed for downstream readers
  5. 5. Retesting included after you fix issues

02Proof, not promises

Most pen test reports get filed away. Ours get forwarded: to leadership, to enterprise buyers, to auditors asking follow-up questions. Here's what that looks like.

03Is this you?

Who it's for

SaaS companies facing enterprise security reviews, preparing for SOC 2, or needing evidence that their product holds up under real-world testing.

The outcome

A clear picture of where you're exposed, and a report that satisfies auditors, enterprise buyers, and your own engineering team.

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EdTechPenetration TestingSecurity Advisory

Case study

A scaling EdTech organization unlocks state contracts, compresses sales cycles, and gains the documentation to back up their mission.

Challenge
Post-acquisition platform lacking security documentation, blocking state and enterprise education contracts.
Solution
Comprehensive pen testing, direct vendor remediation support, CIS v8 and GDPR alignment, SOC 2 readiness groundwork.
Result
180+ → 30 daysSecurity reviews that stalled deals for months now complete in weeks

FAQ

Straight answers to what teams usually ask us before we start. If yours isn't here, ask us directly.

  • The $5K option is almost certainly a scanner dump: CVSS-sorted output, generic remediation, one report, figure it out yourself. We deliver findings prioritized by what we've seen actually get exploited, with output tailored to who's using it: actionable spreadsheets your engineers can pull into sprint planning immediately, a shareable summary that builds buyer confidence instead of raising questions, and a business-oriented overview for leadership when they need it. Free retesting until remediation is confirmed. Clear scoping, minimal disruption, people who are easy to work with.

  • What platforms include is largely automated assessments, not what enterprise buyers mean when they ask for a penetration test. Their security teams know the difference. A scan checks known vulnerability patterns. A pen test involves manual testing of your application and APIs: authentication flaws, authorization bypasses, business logic issues that scanners don't catch. A scan report won't satisfy that ask, and handing one over as if it does can raise red flags you didn't have before. We deliver reports tailored to each audience, plus free retesting so you can demonstrate remediation, not just acknowledge findings. The platform scan has its place. It's just not the document you want a CISO reading when your deal is on the line.

  • Yes. We structure reports to address what auditors specifically look for: scope, methodology, findings, remediation status. We also provide attestation letters and executive summaries formatted for sharing with buyers. We wrote a guide on exactly what auditors want, and it's linked on this page.

  • That's the point. Retesting is included. Once you fix the findings, we validate the remediation at no additional cost. And if the findings surface bigger architectural questions, we'll tell you what that means for your program and your buyer conversations. No surprises.

  • Most engagements run 2-3 weeks from kickoff to final report. If you have a deadline, tell us. We've compressed timelines for clients when needed.

  • It depends on scope, but most companies spend less on a full engagement than they would at larger firms. Depending on time and coverage, a pen test starts in the low five figures. A deeper or more comprehensive look scales from there based on what you actually need.

  • We start by understanding what actually matters to your business: the specific systems and data whose compromise would cause real harm. From there, we build a threat model based on realistic attackers and the paths they'd actually take, using OWASP ASVS as a baseline but going beyond checklist testing. We also look beyond the application itself. An app can pass every OWASP check and still be trivially compromised through its infrastructure, operators, or third-party integrations. Because we've reviewed pen test reports as enterprise buyers, we focus on proven, exploitable flaws, not padding reports with missing headers, verbose errors, or outdated SSL configs that aren't realistically exploitable in your environment.

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Whether it's a questionnaire, a certification, or a pen test, we'll scope what you actually need.

Chad Nelson
Chad NelsonCo-Founder, Head of Business Development
“Most companies don't need more security. They need the right security at the right time. We figure out what that is.”
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