Penetration Testing
SMARTSEC provides professional penetration testing services designed to identify how real attackers could compromise your organisation, not just where theoretical vulnerabilities exist. Our testing is carefully scoped, intelligence-led, and delivered by experienced consultants to ensure findings are relevant, defensible, and focused on what genuinely matters to your business. Every engagement balances realism with safety, giving you clear insight into exploitable weaknesses across infrastructure, applications, APIs, cloud environments, and security controls.
Unlike automated or checklist-driven testing, SMARTSEC’s approach goes beyond surface-level findings to demonstrate risk in context. We prioritise attack paths, business impact, and practical remediation, producing reports that are suitable for technical teams, leadership, and regulatory scrutiny. Whether supporting assurance requirements, readiness exercises, or ongoing security improvement, our penetration testing delivers clarity, confidence, and actionable outcomes — not noise.
Types of Penetration Testing
Infrastructure Testing
Simulated attacks against internal and external infrastructure to identify weaknesses in network design, authentication, segmentation, and system hardening that could lead to unauthorised access or lateral movement.
Web Application Testing
Targeted security testing of web applications to uncover vulnerabilities in authentication, authorisation, input handling, and business logic that could be exploited to compromise users or sensitive data.
API Penetration Testing
In-depth assessment of application programming interfaces to identify flaws in authentication, authorisation, data exposure, and logic that could allow abuse, data leakage, or system compromise.
Cloud Penetration Testing
Security testing of cloud environments to assess identity and access controls, configuration weaknesses, exposed services, and attack paths specific to modern cloud architectures.
Controls Testing
Independent testing of security controls to verify they are correctly implemented, effective in practice, and capable of detecting or preventing real-world attack techniques.
Pre-engagement & Scoping
We work with you to clearly define scope, objectives, and rules of engagement, ensuring testing is safe, legally sound, and aligned to your business priorities
Authorisation
Formal written authorisation is obtained before testing begins, providing legal assurance for all parties and confirming approval from relevant system and third-party owners.
Reconnaissance
We identify exposed assets, technologies, and trust relationships through controlled intelligence gathering to understand how your environment could be targeted in practice.
Attack Planning
Findings from reconnaissance are analysed to develop realistic attack paths that prioritise exploitability, impact, and relevance to your organisation.
Exploitation
Controlled exploitation is performed only where necessary to validate risk, demonstrate impact, and avoid unnecessary disruption or data exposure.
Reporting
Reporting Clear, evidence-based reporting translates technical findings into business risk, supported by practical remediation guidance and defensible outcomes.
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Phone Number
- + 44 0 7889244264
- enquiries@smartsec.co.uk
Address
- Wakefield, West Yorkshire