Guides for teams buying their first pentest

Short, practical, no scanner marketing. Start here before your scoping call.

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Five short reads. Most teams start with cost or scope.

What is a penetration test?

Scan vs assessment vs manual pentest — what auditors accept and what to ask for.

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How much does a pentest cost?

What moves price: apps, roles, SSO, network size. Why we quote $499–$999 fixed.

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BOLA explained with example

The #1 API risk: reading another tenant by changing an ID. How we test it.

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Prompt injection in 5 minutes

How an uploaded PDF can exfiltrate chat history — and how to scope AI testing.

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How to prepare for a SOC 2 pentest

Scope, staging, evidence pack, retest letter — checklist to pass review first time.

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How to scope your first pentest

URLs, roles, timelines template. Copy-paste into our contact form.

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Read one, then talk to a tester.

30 minutes settles scope + fixed price.