Independent testing and objective validation that show how security controls perform in real-world conditions.
Security Testing and Assurance services provide organizations with an external perspective on how their environments would be viewed and exploited by an attacker. Cyfenders conducts testing and assessments that go beyond surface-level findings to evaluate real attack paths, control effectiveness, and systemic weaknesses.
This includes red team-style engagements, assumed breach scenarios, and attack simulations that reflect how real adversaries operate once an initial foothold is established. This work is designed for organizations that need confidence in their security posture, whether to support internal improvement efforts, satisfy customer or regulatory expectations, or inform leadership decisions.
What this work validates
Grounded in real attacker behavior, structured for clear remediation.
Cyfenders’ testing work is grounded in how attackers actually operate and how organizations are structured in practice. Rather than treating systems, applications, and controls in isolation, we look at how weaknesses combine across identity, configuration, access, and process to create meaningful risk.
Engagements focus on clarity and usefulness. Findings are prioritized based on impact and exploitability, explained in business-relevant terms, and delivered with practical guidance that teams can act on.
Testing is structured to identify how weaknesses can be chained, where controls fail in practice, and what paths an attacker can realistically take once an initial foothold exists.
We focus on how identity, access, configuration, and process interact, so findings reflect meaningful risk rather than disconnected technical issues.
Findings are prioritized by impact and exploitability, explained in business-relevant terms, and delivered with practical remediation guidance teams can execute.
Focused offerings that can be engaged independently or combined.
Our testing and assurance services span several focused areas, which can be engaged independently or combined based on organizational needs:
Common testing and assurance engagements include:
Two common engagement paths that produce defensible validation.
When you need objective evidence, these services are often the most direct ways to test real exposure and confirm whether controls perform under realistic conditions.
Attack simulations evaluate how security controls, teams, and processes perform together under realistic business-impact scenarios, supporting defensible assurance at the organizational level.
Explore attack simulationsTargeted penetration testing validates whether specific systems, applications, or controls can be compromised in practice, providing concrete evidence to support assurance decisions.
Explore penetration testingIndependent testing when decisions, deadlines, or exposure make certainty necessary.
Organizations typically engage Cyfenders when they need objective confirmation of how their security controls perform in real conditions. This is most valuable before major launches, during audit and customer scrutiny, after material changes to systems or identity, or when leadership needs defensible evidence to prioritize remediation and investment.
Evidence of control effectiveness for audits, customer assessments, and third-party security reviews.
Validation of new cloud environments, applications, or critical changes before go-live and shortly after release.
Independent confirmation that root causes were addressed and controls are operating as intended after an incident.
Periodic testing to verify remediation, detect drift, and reassess exposure as the environment evolves.
Some organizations first engage Cyfenders through Leadership and Advisory Services, Operational Security Services, or Training and Awareness. Testing and assurance engagements often clarify where advisory direction, operational reinforcement, or targeted training will have the greatest impact.
Outcomes that support action, prioritization, and accountability.
Security Testing and Assurance engagements are designed to produce results that leadership, security teams, and engineering organizations can use immediately. The emphasis is not on volume of findings, but on clarity, relevance, and practical next steps.
Independent testing provides insight that is difficult to achieve internally. Contact Cyfenders to discuss your environment, objectives, and how our testing and assurance services can support your security goals.