External Penetration Testing
Find out exactly what an attacker can reach from the internet — before they try — with a focused test of your public-facing perimeter.
Get StartedTesting Your Internet-Facing Perimeter
An External Penetration Test targets the systems exposed to the public internet: web and mail servers, firewalls, VPN and remote-access gateways, and any cloud-hosted services. We identify the footprint an attacker sees, then attempt to breach it using the same reconnaissance and exploitation methods used in real attacks.
OSINT and Attack-Surface Discovery
We begin with open-source intelligence (OSINT) and host discovery to build the same map an adversary would — exposed services, leaked credentials, forgotten subdomains, and misconfigurations. This ensures the test reflects your true external risk, not just the assets you already know about.
Clear, Prioritized Findings
You receive a severity-rated report with proof of exploitability and step-by-step remediation. Findings are aligned to frameworks such as NIST and CMMC so the results feed directly into your compliance and risk-management program.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What does an external penetration test cover?
- It covers everything reachable from the public internet: web servers, email, firewalls, VPN and remote-access endpoints, and exposed cloud services — plus the OSINT footprint an attacker could use against you.
- How is this different from an internal penetration test?
- External testing assesses what an outsider can do from the internet. Internal testing assumes an attacker already has a foothold inside the network. Many organizations do both for full coverage.
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