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Hidden API keys on GitHub, mis‑scoped SaaS permissions, orphaned subdomains, and external exposures give attackers friction‑free entry points. Packetlabs guides you to shut them down with Attack Surface Penetration Testing, a 95 % manual, OSINT‑driven assessment that goes far beyond your on‑prem network and pivots through every cloud and SaaS edge an adversary could abuse.

Your three‑step path to external‑facing security:

  1. Map the public footprint: Sweep code repos, archives, search engines, and DNS for leaked secrets, misconfigurations, and takeover‑ready assets.

  2. Exploit like a real attacker: Chain credential spraying, mail‑server flaws, and subdomain hijacks until sensitive data or internal access is gained.

  3. Fix fast and retest: Receive a clear remediation roadmap, walk‑through session, and complimentary retest that verifies every gap is closed.

Stop letting hackers write the narrative. Instead, see your attack surface through their eyes and lock it down first.

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Your three‑step path to external‑facing security:

  1. Map the public footprint: Sweep code repos, archives, search engines, and DNS for leaked secrets, misconfigurations, and takeover‑ready assets.

  2. Exploit like a real attacker: Chain credential spraying, mail‑server flaws, and subdomain hijacks until sensitive data or internal access is gained.

  3. Fix fast and retest: Receive a clear remediation roadmap, walk‑through session, and complimentary retest that verifies every gap is closed.

Stop letting hackers write the narrative. Instead, see your attack surface through their eyes and lock it down first.

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Avoid Becoming Part of the Statistic

On average, companies take about 197 days to identify and 69 days to contain a breach, according to IBM–and, with the average cost of a cyberattack having risen by 15% over the past three years to now sit at USD $4.45 million, proactive penetration testing has never been more critical.

The Packetlabs Commitment

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Continuous Improvement

Threat actors innovate every day, so our playbook can’t stand still. After each engagement, our testers feed the latest exploit paths, red-team lessons, and threat-intel insights back into our proprietary checklists and methodologies, evolving them in real time. When we arrive at your environment, you’re protected by a continuously improved framework that already accounts for the newest tactics most competitors won’t confront until next year.

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CREST Accredited

Your leadership team can’t afford guesswork—they need rock‑solid proof that the people testing your defenses meet the world’s highest bar. That’s why Packetlabs earned CREST accreditation, cybersecurity’s gold‑standard seal awarded only after rigorous, hands‑on exams and ongoing audits by the Council of Registered Security Testers.

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Defence in Depth

For over 12 years, Packetlabs has guided security leaders across North America to victory against real-world breaches. Acting like the adversary, our experts go beyond the initial target pivoting through every in-scope system to stress-test your detection layers so you can see exactly how your “defense in depth” holds up. The result: not a single client has ever been compromised by a vulnerability we missed, giving you board-ready proof that your organization is well defended.

Beyond Automated Testing

While automated scanners scrape the surface, Packetlabs’ expert-led penetration tests probe the logic, business workflows, and chained exploits that scanners routinely overlook. Leveraging manual exploitation techniques, threat-intel-driven scenarios, and creative lateral thinking, our team exposes high-impact vulnerabilities competitors miss and translates them into clear, fix-ready guidance. The result is a much higher assurance level than conventional "smash-and-grab" pentests that help you sleep better at night.

Why Invest in Attack Surface Penetration Testing?

The Identification of Both Digital and Physical Attack Surfaces

Fine-tune your organization's existing cybersecurity techniques, alerts, and responses to maximize protection of your attack surfaces (and enhance the efficacy of future cybersecurity roadmaps for your organization.)

Asset Identification and Risk Assessment

Not all assets are created equal. Some hold sensitive customer data, while others might be less critical public-facing informational websites. Attack Surface Penetration Testing involves classifying these assets based on their criticality and the risk they pose–and testing them from a threat actor’s perspective to determine higher priorities for remediation efforts

In-Depth, Expert-Driven Reporting

Reporting is the final phase in our methodology that involves summarizing identified findings, analyzing the results and performing root-cause analysis and drafting a high-level executive summary to outline key observations and business impact.

Maximize Vulnerability Identification

Identify vulnerabilities across search engines, historical website records, exposed endpoints, public code repositories, employee Internet activity, mail misconfigurations, and more via our partnership with Flare.io.

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Penetration Testing Methodology

Our Penetration Security Testing methodology is derived from the SANS Pentest Methodology, the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and the NIST SP800-115 to uncover security gaps.

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