Penetration Testing & Vulnerability Assessments That Find What Others Miss

Most organizations already have scanning tools. Fewer know which exposures are actually reachable, exploitable, and capable of causing business consequence.

Cloudskope combines vulnerability assessment with real penetration testing to validate where your environment is exposed, what matters most, and what should be fixed first. We test deeply, help prioritize remediation, and can stay engaged to help protect the environment over time.

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What This Engagement Is Built to Uncover

A serious pentest should do more than produce a list of findings.

It should show which weaknesses are reachable, which controls fail under pressure, and where exploitation could lead to material impact.

Externally Reachable Exposure

Exploitation of public-facing applications rose 44% year over year.

We identify internet-facing weaknesses across your external attack surface that can be reached, tested, and exploited during a penetration testing engagement.

Misconfigurations Hidden by Tool Coverage

Basic mistakes remain one of the most common breach drivers.

We validate whether existing controls, cloud settings, security tools, and vulnerability management practices are actually reducing exposure or simply creating false confidence.

Identity and Access Weaknesses

About 88% of Basic Web Application breaches involved stolen credentials.

We test how identity, authentication, permissions, and connected systems create exploitable paths across the environment.

Internal Network Exposure

Use of VPNs and edge devices in breaches rose to 22%, in 2025.

We test internal network paths, segmentation weaknesses, credential exposure, and trust relationships that allow attackers to move deeper once initial access is gained.

Web and API Security Gaps

95 % Reported API security issues, of which 23% reported an API breach.

We test web applications and APIs to uncover broken authentication, weak access controls, logic flaws, and workflow weaknesses that scanners often miss.

Logging and Evidence Gaps

Lack of logging remains one of the top mistakes in security coverage.

We assess whether logging, alerting, and forensic evidence across systems, cloud services, email security, and identity events are strong enough to support incident response and containment.

What This Engagement Covers

Cloudskope combines vulnerability assessment with manual technical validation so clients can distinguish between background noise and exploitable business risk.

The goal is not to generate more findings. It is to identify what is reachable, prove what matters, and give your team a clear path to remediation.

Attack Surface Discovery

A structured review of internet-facing systems, exposed services, and inherited trust relationships.

What we assess

• Domains, subdomains, externally reachable assets, exposed services, DNS hygiene, cloud exposure, and public-facing entry points.

Why it matters

You cannot defend what you have not fully mapped, and attackers usually start with what is already visible.

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Vulnerability Assessment

Targeted identification of weaknesses across systems, services, and applications.

What we assess

Known vulnerabilities, insecure defaults, outdated services, weak segmentation, configuration drift, and exploitable CVE exposure.

Why it matters

Enumeration alone does not reduce risk, but it provides the foundation for technical validation and prioritization.

Manual Penetration Testing

Hands-on testing to validate exploitability across infrastructure, applications, and trust paths.

What we assess

Exploitability, chaining opportunities, privilege boundaries, authentication weaknesses, and realistic attacker pathways.

Why it matters

Scanners generate volume. Manual testing proves what is actually dangerous and what exposure could cause the most harm.

Web, API & Application Testing

Focused testing of application logic, authentication, authorization, and exposed interfaces.

What we assess

Broken authentication, weak access controls, insecure direct object references, logic flaws, session weaknesses, and exposed APIs.

Why it matters

Many critical issues do not live in infrastructure. They live inside workflows, interfaces, and application behavior.

Internal Security Validation

Testing that shows what happens when an attacker already has a foothold.

What It Does

Internal network paths, segmentation gaps, firewall weaknesses, credential exposure, administrative boundaries, and lateral movement opportunities.

Remediation Prioritization & Validation

A structured plan for fixing the findings that matter most and validating whether changes were effective.

What It Does

Remediation feasibility, business impact, implementation sequencing, ownership, retest needs, and where ongoing protection support makes sense.

Beyond the Test

A quality penetration test should do more than prove weaknesses exist.

It should improve how leadership understands exposure, how teams prioritize action, and how the environment stays protected over time.

Validated Exposure

Leadership gains clarity on which weaknesses are truly exploitable and which are simply technical noise.

Better Remediation Decisions

Teams know what to fix first, what can wait, and where effort will materially reduce exposure.

Stronger Technical Confidence

Security, IT, and engineering teams get findings they can trust and use immediately.

Enhanced Security Posture

Proactive threat hunting and advanced analytics identify vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by attackers.

A Simple Path From Assessment to Protection

Discover

We define scope, align priorities, and structure the engagement.

Audit

We complete the penetration test and identify what requires action.

Remediate

We prioritize findings and help your team address the crucial gaps.

Protect

Where needed, Cloudskope stays engaged through GRC and SOC.

FAQ

1. How is this different from a vulnerability scan?
2. We already have security tools. Why would we still need a penetration test?
3. Do you test web applications, APIs, cloud environments, and internal systems?
4. Do you assess Microsoft 365, Azure, email security, and DNS-related exposure?
5. Will we just receive a report at the end?
6. Can you help us remediate the findings after the test?
7. Do you provide ongoing monitoring or 24/7 support after the assessment?
8. How much does a penetration test cost for a mid-market company?