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Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing

Penetration testing and VAPT. We find them first.

We test web apps, mobile apps, APIs, cloud and networks for companies in the United States, the UK, Canada and the Gulf. Attackers don't knock, so our certified team goes at your systems the way a real adversary would, proves what is actually exploitable, and hands your developers a fix list they can work from.

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// credentials

Every test is run by engineers who hold hands-on, exam-proven certifications.

OSCP+OffSec Certified Professional+
CEHCertified Ethical Hacker
CRTACertified Red Team Analyst
// what we do

Penetration testing across your entire attack surface

From a single mobile app to a multi-cloud enterprise, we find what's exploitable, prove the impact, and give your team a clear path to fix it.

Advanced penetration testing

Manual, expert-led testing for modern applications and infrastructure. Every finding is verified, risk-rated and delivered with step-by-step remediation guidance.

Web app testing

SQLi, XSS, auth flaws and business-logic abuse.

Mobile app testing

Android and iOS storage, auth and session flaws.

API testing

REST, SOAP and GraphQL auth and data exposure.

Network testing

Open ports, firewall gaps, privilege escalation.

Cloud testing

IAM weaknesses, exposed buckets, misconfigurations.

Wireless testing

Wi-Fi security and rogue access point detection.

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OWASP Top 10OWASP MASVSPTESNIST SP 800-115
// why teams call us

Most clients come to us for one of four reasons

Whichever one is yours, the first step is the same: a short call to agree scope, then a fixed quote.

A client is asking for a report

Enterprise customers increasingly require a third-party penetration test before they sign. We deliver a report and closure letter you can hand straight to them.

Web & API VAPT1 - 2 weeks

An audit deadline is coming

ISO 27001, SOC 2 and PCI DSS all expect independent technical testing. We scope the test to the exact controls your auditor will ask about.

Compliance-driven VAPT2 - 3 weeks

You are about to launch

Finding a critical flaw the week after launch costs far more than finding it the week before. We test pre-release and retest after you patch.

Pre-launch assessment1 - 2 weeks

Something already happened

A suspicious login, a leaked credential, a customer complaint. We find out how far an attacker could get and close the path.

Targeted assessmentSame week
// vapt scopes

Pick the scope that fits, or tell us yours

Every engagement is quoted at a fixed price after scoping. These are the three shapes most clients start from.

Essential

Single application

One web or mobile app, one user role. The right starting point if this is your first assessment or a client is asking for a report.

  • 1 web app or 1 mobile app
  • OWASP Top 10 coverage
  • Authenticated & unauthenticated testing
  • Executive + technical report
  • One free retest
Typical duration5 - 7 working days
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Enterprise

Full attack surface

Multiple applications, cloud and internal network, mapped to the compliance framework you report against.

  • Everything in Professional
  • Cloud configuration review
  • Internal network & Active Directory
  • Compliance control mapping
  • Named engagement lead
  • Quarterly retest option
Typical durationScoped per engagement
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Not sure which one you need? Send us your app or network details and we will recommend the smallest scope that actually answers your question.

// included in every engagement

Six things you get no matter which scope you pick

  • NDA before anythingSigned before we see a single detail of your systems.
  • Fixed price, fixed scopeQuoted after scoping. The number does not move mid-engagement.
  • Manual testing, alwaysTooling assists, but a certified human does the work.
  • Retest includedWe verify your fixes and confirm the risk is closed.
  • Closure letterShareable evidence for your clients, partners or auditor.
  • Your data is destroyedEvidence and test data wiped on request when we close out.
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0Security specialists
0Clients protected
0Halls of Fame
// credentials

Certified by the industry's toughest exams

Our testers hold hands-on, exam-proven offensive security certifications, earned by breaking into real lab environments, not multiple-choice tests.

OffSec Certified Professional+

OffSec

A 24-hour practical exam: compromise live machines under time pressure, then document every step.

Certified Ethical Hacker

EC-Council

Broad mastery of the attack techniques, tools and methodology used by modern threat actors.

Certified Red Team Analyst

CyberWarFare Labs

Validated red team skills across Active Directory, lateral movement and adversary tradecraft.

// compliance automation

Expert pentesting meets automated compliance

Automated compliance mapping across 50+ global regulatory frameworks, in one platform.

  • A single scan shows your full compliance posture, mapped against ISO, NIST, GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA and more.
  • Structured insights cut manual effort and speed up audit readiness for security and compliance teams.
  • Built for startups and enterprises alike, with workflows that keep pace with changing regulations.
ISO 27001Information security management
SOC 2Service organization control
PCI DSSPayment card industry standard
GDPREU data protection regulation
HIPAAHealth data privacy and security
NISTCybersecurity framework
// methodology

From first call to fully fixed

A transparent engagement model with no surprises on scope, timeline or cost.

  1. 1

    Scope

    Targets, rules of engagement and timelines agreed under NDA.

  2. 2

    Threat model

    We map your architecture and the attackers most likely to target it.

  3. 3

    Attack

    Manual exploitation backed by tooling to find what's truly exploitable.

  4. 4

    Report

    Executive summary plus developer-ready fixes for every finding.

  5. 5

    Retest

    We verify each fix and confirm your risk is closed.

// why protonyte

What sets our pentesting apart

We think like attackers and report like partners.

Expert security team

Certified specialists who uncover deeper, more complex vulnerabilities that other vendors consistently miss.

Pragmatic approach

We start with threat modeling and tailor our methodology to your architecture and business requirements.

Delivery quality

On-time delivery, clear communication and a proactive mindset. We under-promise and over-deliver.

// industries

Trusted across industries

  • ◆FinTech
  • ◆Healthcare
  • ◆Software development
  • ◆Products & startups
  • ◆Consulting
  • ◆Automotive
  • ◆Edutech
  • ◆IoT
  • ◆Retail & e-commerce
  • ◆Medicine & pharmacy
// clientele

Organizations that trust us

IUIlma University
LALearnify Academy
GPGPIW
IUIlma University
LALearnify Academy
GPGPIW
IUIlma University
LALearnify Academy
GPGPIW
IUIlma University
LALearnify Academy
GPGPIW
// the deliverable

Reports your board and your developers both understand

Every engagement ends with an executive summary for leadership and a technical report with proof-of-concept, CVSS risk scores and step-by-step fixes for your engineers.

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CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL · VERIFIED CRITICALHIGHMEDIUMLOW

Findings ranked by real risk, not scanner noise

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What our clients say

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// where we work

Penetration testing for US companies, run from Karachi

Testing is remote work by nature. We scope on a call, test under a signed agreement and rules of engagement, and report inside your working hours - our day overlaps with the US morning. What changes from country to country is not the testing. It is the clause your report has to satisfy, and whether we are allowed to do the work at all, which we will tell you before you ask.

United States

Where most of this work is bought, and where most of our enquiries now come from. Three things drive it. SOC 2 Type II: the criteria do not name a penetration test, but it sits in the points of focus under CC4.1 and auditors expect one inside the observation window. PCI DSS v4.0.1: 11.4.3 external and 11.4.2 internal testing at least annually, 11.4.6 every six months for service providers - and the tester does not have to be a QSA. The FTC Safeguards Rule: 16 CFR 314.4(d)(2)(i) requires annual penetration testing of any non-bank financial institution without continuous monitoring.

SOC 2 · PCI DSS · GLBAET -9

New York, and the rest of regulated finance

If you hold a NYDFS licence, 23 NYCRR 500.05(a) is explicit: penetration testing from inside and outside your system boundaries, by a qualified internal or external party, at least annually. The Second Amendment finished phasing in on 1 November 2025. California’s CCPA cybersecurity audit regulations took effect on 1 January 2026 and list penetration testing among the things the auditor assesses.

NYDFS 500 · CCPAET -9

United Kingdom, Canada and Australia

English-speaking, used to buying testing from outside their own borders, and driven by the same two things: ISO 27001 certification and the security questionnaire an enterprise customer sends before signing. We take private-sector work in all three. We do not take UK public sector or critical national infrastructure work, which is gated behind NCSC CHECK.

ISO 27001 · questionnairesGMT · ET · AEST

The Gulf and Pakistan

Where we started, and still a real part of the business. Abu Dhabi healthcare works to ADHICS V2 (yearly). Saudi entities under the NCA’s ECC 2:2024 test periodically, or six-monthly for critical systems. SAMA requires annual testing of customer and internet-facing services. UAE licensed financial institutions came under the Central Bank’s C 1/2026 on 14 September 2026. Our office and our academy are in Karachi.

ADHICS · NCA · SAMA · SBPPKT +5

And the work we turn down

We are a Pakistani company. Some US work is closed to a firm like ours, and you should hear that from us rather than from your own legal team three weeks in.

  • Anything federal. FedRAMP and StateRAMP assessments have to be done by an accredited 3PAO. We are not one and cannot become one.
  • Live patient data. Several US states - Wisconsin, Texas, Florida and others - restrict offshore access to health information by contract or by statute. We test healthcare systems against sanitised or staging data, and we put that in the scope document. If your contract needs the work done on US soil, we are the wrong firm.
  • UK public sector and critical national infrastructure. Gated behind NCSC CHECK.
  • Singapore. Penetration testing is a licensed activity there under the Cybersecurity Act, and we do not hold the licence.

Everything else is paperwork, and we keep it ready rather than assembling it after you ask: a mutual NDA, a W-8BEN-E, the testers’ names and certification numbers, a redacted sample report, and a data-handling note saying what we hold and when it is destroyed.

Not sure which of these applies to you? The compliance and audit page sets out what each framework actually asks for, side by side.

// check us, do not take our word

Three things you can verify without asking us

Anyone can say they are a security company. These are the parts a stranger can check in a minute, which is rather the point of publishing them.

Every certificate we issue is checkable

Each PCSF certificate carries a reference and a QR code that leads to our own register. Type the reference in yourself and the register answers: issued, revoked, or no such certificate. A picture of a certificate proves nothing; the register does.

We publish how to report a flaw in us

A security firm with no way to report a problem in its own systems is telling you something. Ours sets out what is in scope, what we ask of you, what you get back, and how long we take.

Read the policy security.txt

And we name the people who find them

Whoever reports a real problem in our systems goes on the page, with their LinkedIn if they want it. An empty hall of fame is honest too: it means nobody has found one yet, not that we hid it.

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// before you ask

The questions we get every week

How much does a VAPT cost?

Price depends on scope: how many applications, how many user roles, and whether infrastructure and cloud are included. After a short scoping call we send a fixed quote, so there are no surprises later.

Will testing take our systems down?

No. We agree rules of engagement before we start, avoid destructive techniques entirely, and can work in staging or during off-peak hours. You have a direct line to the lead tester throughout.

What is the difference between VA and PT?

A vulnerability assessment finds and lists weaknesses. A penetration test goes further and proves which ones are actually exploitable and what an attacker could reach. Our engagements include both, which is why they are called VAPT.

Do we get something to show our client or auditor?

Yes. After you fix the findings we retest and issue a closure summary you can share with customers, partners or auditors as evidence that the test was done and the issues are closed.

Do you sign an NDA?

Always, before any scoping details are shared. Everything we see during an engagement stays confidential.

Do you work with clients in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar?

Yes. Our office is in Karachi and most of the testing we do for Gulf clients is delivered remotely, which is normal for this work: we scope on a call, test under a signed agreement and agreed rules of engagement, and report inside your working hours. Where an engagement genuinely needs someone on site, such as wireless or physical social engineering, we say so during scoping rather than after.

Which penetration test does my regulator actually require?

It depends on the framework, and they differ more than most people expect. PCI DSS asks for internal and external tests at least every 12 months. Saudi Arabia’s NCA Critical Systems controls ask for one every six months. SAMA expects an annual test of customer and internet-facing services. ISO 27001 never names penetration testing at all. The compliance and audit page sets each one out side by side.

Can you test a system hosted outside my country?

Usually yes, but the owner of the infrastructure has to agree. Cloud providers each publish their own rules for customer penetration testing, and some managed platforms require notice. We check this during scoping and will not touch an asset you cannot give us written authorization for.

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