This engagement models the internet-facing threat: reconnaissance, discovery of exposed services, and exploitation of the weaknesses that would give an outsider a foothold, delivered with a clear report of what is exposed and what to close.
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Everything your organization exposes to the internet is a door an attacker can try, and most organizations expose more than they realize: forgotten subdomains, old servers, management interfaces, and services that were meant to be temporary. An external network penetration test maps that perimeter and tests it the way an outside attacker with no prior access would.
This engagement models the internet-facing threat: reconnaissance, discovery of exposed services, and exploitation of the weaknesses that would give an outsider a foothold, delivered with a clear report of what is exposed and what to close.
Attackers begin where you cannot hide: your public footprint. Before touching anything, a capable attacker enumerates your domains, IP ranges, and exposed services, and this reconnaissance regularly surfaces assets the organization forgot it had. A test that starts the same way finds those forgotten doors before someone else does.
The perimeter accumulates risk quietly. A staging server left online, a database exposed during a migration, an admin panel reachable from anywhere, or a service running an outdated version with a public exploit. None of these announce themselves, and any one can be the entry point for a full compromise.
External testing also underpins compliance and supplier assurance. PCI DSS requires it, many frameworks expect it, and customers assessing you as a supplier want evidence that your internet-facing systems have been independently probed. One engagement satisfies the security need and the paperwork.
Enumeration of your domains, subdomains, IP ranges, and exposed services using the same reconnaissance an attacker performs, to build a complete picture of what is reachable.
Management panels, remote-access services, and applications that should not be internet-facing, or that are but lack adequate protection.
Internet-facing software running versions with known, exploitable vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations that weaken otherwise sound services.
Weak or deprecated TLS, plaintext services, and email-security gaps that enable spoofing, checked as part of the outward-facing posture.
The report gives you a clear view of your perimeter. It contains:
Subdomains, staging systems, or services exposed to the internet that the organization was not actively tracking, and therefore not patching.
Admin panels, remote-access services, or dashboards reachable from anywhere, offering an attacker a direct target for brute-forcing or exploitation.
Public-facing services running versions with published exploits, a common route to initial compromise.
Deprecated TLS, plaintext services, and missing email-authentication records that enable interception or spoofing.
External testing models an attacker on the internet with no prior access, focusing on your public perimeter. Internal testing models an attacker who already has a foothold inside your network. Both are valuable, and PCI, for example, requires each.
Often, yes. Reconnaissance regularly surfaces forgotten subdomains and exposed services, and those unmanaged assets are frequently the weakest points because nobody was maintaining them.
Yes. We agree clear rules of engagement, avoid destructive techniques, and coordinate timing so testing does not disrupt your operations.
At least annually and after significant changes to your internet-facing infrastructure. Perimeters drift over time, so a regular cadence keeps your exposure understood.
Book a free 30-minute scoping call. We agree the scope, timeline, and a fixed price up front — no obligation, and no surprises for your deadline.