This is the most common concern, but let me reassure you: a professional pentest is not a stress test. We proceed methodically and in a controlled manner. Instead of using a sledgehammer, we use precise exploits, manual analysis, and scans configured to ensure they do not jeopardize the availability of your systems.

Beforehand, we define 'Rules of Engagement' together: Which systems are particularly critical? Are there maintenance windows? We communicate closely with your IT department during the test so that you know exactly what is happening at all times. We look for misconfigurations in services like SMB, databases, or management interfaces without disrupting the productive data flow. The goal is to find vulnerabilities without your users or customers noticing even the slightest performance loss.

An automated scan only finds 'low-hanging fruit'—known CVEs for which signatures exist. However, it does not understand logical connections or complex misconfigurations. We, on the other hand, combine automated tools with manual expertise.

A scanner might see an open port, but we recognize that this port allows us lateral movement within the internal network because of default credentials or sensitive information leaking through unsecured network shares. We chain multiple supposedly 'low' vulnerabilities into a critical attack chain (exploit chaining) to achieve, for example, privilege escalation. In short: a scan shows you the holes in the fence; we show you how an attacker uses those holes to reach the vault.

Absolutely. The traditional network boundary is increasingly disappearing. That's why we don't just look at your on-premise servers, but specifically examine the configuration of your cloud infrastructure.

We focus on IAM policies (Identity & Access Management), misconfigurations in S3 buckets or Azure blobs, and insecure API interfaces. Especially in hybrid setups, we test the transitions: Can an attacker jump from a compromised on-prem server into your cloud environment? We analyze tenant security and check whether your resources in the web are actually as isolated as you expect. Cloud security is often a matter of configuration, not software patches—and that's exactly what we uncover.

This is highly recommended. While a pure infrastructure pentest often aims at technical hardening of systems, Red Teaming tests your overall detection and response capabilities (Blue Team).

When we add social engineering, we test the most realistic attack path: an employee clicks a link, we gain access to their client, and from there, we try to take over the infrastructure. This holistic view uncovers gaps that often go undetected in isolated tests—such as whether your monitoring (SIEM/EDR) even notices our movements in the network before we gain access to the Domain Controller or sensitive databases. This provides a true picture of your crisis resilience.

You won't receive a messy automated PDF, but a document that serves as a strategic action plan. Every finding is rated according to the CVSS score and includes a detailed description: What did we find? How did we exploit it? And most importantly: How do you fix it?

We divide the report into a management summary for decision-makers and a deep technical section for your admins, including reproducible PoCs (Proof-of-Concepts). We also provide a prioritization list so you know exactly what needs to be patched or reconfigured immediately and what should be part of your long-term hardening strategy. We also support you with follow-up questions regarding the practical implementation of the measures.

In an ideal world: after every major change to the architecture or the rollout of new core services. However, since IT infrastructures are constantly changing, an annual full-scale pentest is the industry standard for compliance (ISO 27001, TISAX, NIS2) and proactive security.

Attackers automatically scan your IP ranges every day for new entry points like forgotten VPN accesses or misconfigured firewall rules. A regular pentest ensures that you stay one step ahead of them. It also helps you validate the success of your security investments and permanently keep your attack surface as small as possible.

Yes, this is an essential part of a modern pentest. Many companies only focus on keeping attackers 'out,' neglecting the control of outgoing traffic. We test how easy it would be for malware or an attacker inside your network to establish a connection to a Command-and-Control (C2) server or exfiltrate large amounts of data.

We check whether your firewalls and proxy systems correctly implement egress filtering or if we can smuggle data out via 'unusual' protocols like DNS tunneling or ICMP. The goal is to accelerate the containment of an attack and minimize the potential damage of a data breach before it even happens.

Both are important, but in pentests, we often see that misconfigurations are much more dangerous than missing patches. A fully patched Windows server is still insecure if it uses default passwords, has unnecessary services like Telnet or unsecure SNMP enabled, or is vulnerable via LLMNR/NBT-NS.

In our pentest, we place a strong focus on hardening. We check whether your systems are configured according to the 'least privilege' principle. Often, we can take over systems for which there are no classic exploits at all, simply because the service configuration (e.g., a database without a password for 'localhost') allows it. We show you how to configure your systems so that they are secure even if a patch day is missed.