Our Methodology In Detail.

1. 01

   Scope and authorization

   Scope, exclusions, testing window and escalation contacts are agreed in writing before anything is touched. Work proceeds only against assets you can demonstrably authorize, under a signed authorization letter held on file.

   Output · Signed scope, rules of engagement, escalation contacts
2. 02

   Reconnaissance and surface mapping

   We establish what is genuinely in front of us: hosts and exposed services, application endpoints and parameters, cloud accounts and identities, mobile binaries and the APIs behind them, deployed contracts, or the repository itself. Undocumented surface is found at this stage, and it frequently carries the findings.

   Output · Coverage map of everything in scope and how each part will be tested
3. 03

   Identity, access and trust boundaries

   Authentication and session handling, then every boundary where privilege changes hands: between users, between roles, between tenants, between cloud identities and between contracts. We construct the permission matrix and attempt each crossing deliberately rather than sampling it.

   Output · Permission matrix with every crossed boundary demonstrated
4. 04

   Logic, data handling and exploitation

   Where the target's own assumptions break. Business logic and workflow abuse, input handling and injection, unsafe server-side behaviour, configuration and patch exposure, economic and protocol logic on-chain, and model, tool and agent abuse in AI systems. Findings are carried through to a working proof wherever one can be produced safely.

   Output · Exploited findings, each with a working proof of exploit
5. 05

   Reporting

   Each finding carries the affected component, reproduction steps an engineer can follow, the evidence that proves it, the business impact and a specific fix. Severity reflects exploitability in your environment, not a generic score.

   Output · Executive summary and technical report
6. 06

   Walkthrough and retest

   A live call through every finding with your engineers, then a full retest within 90 days. The retest produces an updated report and an attestation letter you can share with customers and auditors.

   Output · Walkthrough call, retest report, attestation letter

Denial of service

We identify and describe resource exhaustion, but we do not prove it by taking your service down.

Physical and social engineering

No physical intrusion, and no social engineering against your staff, unless separately scoped as a red team objective.

Destructive testing

Nothing is deleted, encrypted or corrupted, and real personal data is never exfiltrated. Access is proved with the minimum evidence needed.

Assets you cannot authorize

Anything you do not own or cannot authorize, including third-party services and payment providers.

Certification

We issue no certificate or audit opinion. That comes from a QSA, a licensed CPA firm, HITRUST or an accredited body.

If a finding cannot be proved without crossing one of these lines, we describe the issue, explain how it would be exploited, and mark it clearly as demonstrated by analysis rather than by execution. We do not inflate a theoretical issue into a confirmed one.