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Vulnerability Assessment

A repeatable, evidence-first sweep of your external and internal attack surface.

Outcome
See what an attacker sees — before they do.
Timeline
4 phases1 week · 2–4 weeks · 1 week · 3 days
Mapped to
NISTOWASP · ISO 27001:2022 · PCI DSS 4.0
Includes
Readout + retestFixed criticals and highs re-verified.
Is this for you?

Know before you book.

A broad scan of everything you expose, with every serious result checked by a person, so you know what's weak before an attacker does.

You likely need this if
  • You don't have a full list of what's reachable from the internet
  • You've never had any security testing and want a baseline
  • You need recurring evidence of vulnerability management for an audit
  • Your team wants a ranked fix list, not a raw scanner export
Something else may fit better
What to have ready
  • A list of domains, IP ranges and cloud accounts in scope
  • Credentials for authenticated scanning, if wanted
  • Preferred scan windows and any fragile systems to avoid

Still not sure? Take the 2-minute check

What you walk away with.

  • A ranked list of confirmed vulnerabilities — every high/critical hand-verified
  • False positives cut at machine scale by AI triage, then killed for good by an operator
  • Board-ready summary and engineer-ready remediation, in one report
  • Optional recurring monthly assessment for continuous coverage
Scope

What we cover

Agreed in writing before testing starts.

In scope
  • External perimeter — every internet-facing IP, subdomain, and exposed service
  • Internal network — authenticated scanning of production and staging segments
  • Web applications, APIs, and cloud endpoints in scope
  • Third-party dependencies via Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
  • Configuration review of edge devices, load balancers, and WAFs
Not in this engagement
  • Social engineering (available as a separate engagement)
  • Physical-security assessment (available separately)
  • Full exploitation & lateral movement (see Penetration Testing)
Approach

How we run it.

  1. 01

    Reconnaissance

    Confirm the authoritative asset list, then reconcile it against passive discovery. The assets you forgot are already on ours.

  2. 02

    Enumeration

    Multi-tool fingerprinting across the agreed surface — Nmap, Nuclei, custom probes — rate-tuned for production.

  3. 03

    Vulnerability Analysis

    The heart of a VA. Authenticated + unauthenticated scanning (Nessus, Nuclei, SCA), AI triage to rank and de-duplicate, then manual validation of every high/critical — screenshots, request/response pairs, reproduction steps.

  4. 04

    Prioritization

    CVSS is the starting line, not the finish. We rank by exploitability × business impact × remediation cost.

  5. 05

    Reporting & retest

    Executive summary, technical detail, remediation roadmap. Encrypted PDF + optional JSON for your GRC platform. One free retest of critical/high within 60 days.

For practitioners

Technical detail.

The depth behind the engagement, for the engineer or CISO evaluating us.

Coverage
  • External perimeter and internal segments
  • Authenticated and unauthenticated scans
  • Software composition analysis of dependencies
Validation
  • Every high and critical confirmed by hand
  • AI triage to de-duplicate and rank
  • False positives removed before reporting
Ranking
  • CVSS as the starting point
  • Adjusted for exploitability and business impact
  • Remediation effort estimated per item
Output
  • Executive and technical report
  • JSON export for GRC or ticketing
  • Retest of fixed criticals and highs
Deliverables

What lands in your inbox.

  • Vulnerability Assessment Report (executive + technical)
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap with effort estimates
  • JSON export mappable to your GRC / ticketing tool
  • 60-minute readout call with engineering + leadership
  • One free retest of critical/high findings within 60 days
Standards mapping

Defensible under audit.

NIST
SP 800-115SP 800-53 RA-5CSF ID.RA
OWASP
Top 10 · 2021ASVS 4.0API Security Top 10
ISO 27001:2022
A.5.7A.8.8A.8.29
PCI DSS 4.0
11.3.111.3.2
Timeline

From call to report.

  1. 01Scoping

    1 week

  2. 02Assessment

    2–4 weeks

  3. 03Reporting

    1 week

  4. 04Retest

    3 days

Questions

Asked before every engagement.

How is this different from just running a scanner?

A scanner produces noise; we produce a decision. AI triage ranks and de-duplicates the raw output, then an operator validates every high/critical by hand and calibrates the fix to your stack. You get findings you can act on Monday — not a PDF nobody reads.

Will this impact production?

We coordinate scan windows, rate-limit, and can run entirely from authenticated hosts. Production impact is single-digit-percent CPU on scanned targets.

Can you retest after we fix things?

Yes — one full retest of critical + high findings is included, delivered within 60 days of report acceptance.

Start here

Understand your exposure. Fast.

A 60-minute scoping call brackets effort, timeline, and cost. Report typically shipped within 4–6 weeks of kickoff.

Day 0Scoping callWe learn your systems, deadlines and what “done” looks like.
Within 5 business daysFixed scope & priceA written engagement letter. No surprises later.
Within 2 weeksTesting startsCritical findings reach you within 24 hours of confirmation.