Security Insights & Research

Audit firms outsource penetration testing by partnering with a qualified manual testing firm, co-branding the deliverables under their own name.

SOC 2 does not mandate penetration testing in its criteria, but auditors routinely request it as evidence of CC6.1 and CC7.

Automated scanners find known vulnerabilities fast and cheaply. Manual penetration testing finds the vulnerabilities that matter

Web application penetration testing is a manual security assessment where trained testers attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in your SaaS product the same way a real attacker would.

HIPAA does not use the words "penetration test" anywhere in its regulatory text. That ambiguity causes two problems: some healthcare SaaS companies skip testing entirely and believe they are compliant.