Penetration Testing Services

Uncover critical vulnerabilities before adversaries do

Penetration testing cuts through assumptions by showing exactly how adversaries would exploit your environment—but without the damage. These assessments replace guesswork with real evidence, helping you validate controls, meet compliance goals, and prioritize what truly needs fixing.

If you can relate to the following statements, then your company will benefit from investing in vulnerability assessment:

  • “We want to double-check our systems.”
  • “We suspect a weakness, but no one’s acted on it.”
  • “We just made changes—we want assurance before going live.”
  • “We need credible evidence to support security investments.”

What is Penetration Testing?

Penetration testing—commonly referred to as “pen testing”—is a controlled, ethical hacking assessment that simulates how real-world attackers might attempt to breach your digital environment. It involves using the same tools and techniques as cybercriminals to actively probe systems, applications, networks, and infrastructure for exploitable vulnerabilities. Unlike automated scans, penetration testing services provide a realistic view of your organization’s defenses by emulating adversarial behavior.

The Result: Consistent, in-depth insights that driver risk reduction, support compliance, and equip your team with a clear, scalable path to remediation.

Who Needs Penetration Testing and When

At SRG, we’ve combined our government- and military-grade expertise to help safeguard the private sector against ceaseless cyber attacks. However, other high-risk subdivisions, including healthcare, finance, government, energy, legal, and SaaS are also in need of extensive auditing and cybersecurity penetration testing. 

Digital diagnostics conducted with a diverse range of manual techniques and automated tools allow us to examine real-world resilience of businesses and prevent their data leakage.

Penetration testing is essential when:

  • Launching or updating critical systems, applications, or infrastructure
  • Preparing for compliance audits (e.g. PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO27001)
  • Following a known or suspected security incident
  • As part of ongoing risk management or annual security assessments

Benefits of Penetration Testing

Choosing Security Research Group for pen testing means working with a team of former NSA, military cyber operators, and national security experts with 200+ years of collective experience. Here’s what you’ll get:

  • Realistic Threat Emulation. We simulate adversaries by replicating tactics used by APTs, nation-state actors, and criminal groups.
  • Individual Risk Profile. Every engagement is customized to your business, industry, and regulatory landscape.
  • Detailed Reporting. Clear, prioritized reports with executive-level summaries and in-depth technical analysis for swift remediation.
  • Base for Further Compliance Alignment. Our tests help support frameworks like SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001.
  • Remediation and Re-Testing Support. Penetration testing is just the beginning—we continue supporting your team through remediation and re-testing. Our team helps ensure vulnerabilities are fixed and verified.
  • Security Investment Justification. Our findings provide tangible evidence to support budget decisions, guide security tooling, and align stakeholders around measurable risk reduction.
  • Social Engineering Testing: Assesses human factors through phishing, vishing, or physical intrusion attempts to evaluate susceptibility to manipulation.

  • Red Teaming and Adversary Simulation: Conducts stealth, full-scope campaigns to mimic nation-state level adversaries and test your detection and response capabilities.

Our Penetration Testing Services

Security Research Group offers a full suite of advanced penetration testing services, each designed to uncover critical security gaps across your digital environment.

  • External Network Penetration Testing: Identifies vulnerabilities in internet-facing infrastructure such as firewalls, VPNs, and cloud security configurations to prevent unauthorized access.
  • Internal Network Penetration Testing: Simulates an internal compromise to evaluate how an attacker could navigate the network, escalate access, and compromise sensitive assets during internal network security testing.
  • Web Application Penetration Testing: Targets custom applications to uncover OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and logic flaws that could expose user data or business logic.
  • Wireless Network Penetration Testing: Evaluates the security of Wi-Fi infrastructure, including encryption, rogue access points, and segmentation weaknesses.
  • Social Engineering Testing: Assesses human factors through phishing, vishing, or physical intrusion attempts to evaluate susceptibility to manipulation.
  • Red Teaming and Adversary Simulation: Conducts stealth, full-scope campaigns to mimic nation-state level adversaries and test your detection and response capabilities.

Our Approach

Every SRG penetration testing service follows a disciplined, intelligence-driven methodology to ensure accuracy, relevance, and to complement your continuous security monitoring strategy.

  1. Reconnaissance. We gather intelligence on your environment using both passive and active techniques to identify potential attack surfaces.
  2. Exploitation. Using real-world tactics, we safely exploit discovered vulnerabilities to demonstrate impact without disrupting operations.
  3. Post-Exploitation. We assess lateral movement, privilege escalation, and data access to simulate how far an attacker could go.
  4. Reporting. The team compiles findings into executive summaries and technical reports, clearly presenting potential risk ratings and remediation guidance.
  5. Re-Testing. Once fixes are implemented, we verify remediation to ensure vulnerabilities have been properly closed.

What You'll Get

Every SRG engagement delivers clear, actionable insights from expertly executed penetration tests.

  • Executive Summary. High-level findings with business impact for boardroom and leadership alignment.
  • Technical Findings Report. Detailed descriptions of each vulnerability, including affected systems and exploit paths.
  • Risk Ratings. Prioritized based on severity, likelihood, and potential business impact.
  • Remediation Guidance. Step-by-step instructions to close gaps efficiently and effectively.
  • Re-Test Report. Validation that remediation efforts have successfully addressed identified issues.
  • Live Debrief Session. Walkthrough with SRG experts for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does a penetration test differ from a vulnerability scan?

While both are part of security testing services, vulnerability scans use automated tools to detect known issues. In contrast, penetration tests are deeper, human-led simulations that exploit weaknesses to reveal real-world risk.

Who performs a penetration test?

Penetration tests at SRG are conducted by cybersecurity veterans from the FBI, U.S. Army and Navy, alongside other cyber defenders who leverage their experience working with high-stakes scenarios. As a team, we have a 100% mission success rate and have never failed an operation.

What systems can you test for vulnerabilities?

Our pen testing services can target external networks, internal infrastructure, web apps, APIs, cloud environments, Wi-Fi networks, and user behavior through social engineering as well as adversary simulation.

Can a pentest be performed remotely?

Yes, most penetration tests can be performed remotely using secure access methods—most often via a VPN connection—though some internal or wireless assessments may require on-site presence for full coverage.

How often should I conduct penetration testing?

Most organizations conduct penetration testing services annually or after significant changes and modifications. However, high-risk environments may require quarterly testing to maintain compliance and solid resilience.

What sets Security Research Group apart from other penetration testing providers?

SRG is widely recognized as a benchmark of cybersecurity excellence. Our operators replicate nation-state threat behavior using intelligence-driven methods, offering a depth of realism and unparalleled military grade expertise. Our team has affected 500+ high-impact government projects and neutralized 5000+ advanced threats hidden in U.S. military networks.

How does Security Research Group support me after a penetration test?

After testing, SRG delivers a detailed report containing all findings, analysis, and remediation. To ensure the detected vulnerabilities are fully resolved, we offer guidance on how to address each identified issue. More so, we encourage our clients to stay in touch with us if any problems arise. Re-testing is also included as part of our service.