Security testing · Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas
Security Testing & Validation
Testing is one part of security, not the whole of it. We scope the work, manage vetted testing partners, and translate the findings into fixes your team can ship. We do not personally perform exploitation or red-team work.
What we manage
A test is a project with risks of its own: downtime, data exposure, and findings that arrive with no owner. Our job is the scope, the partner, the findings, and the fix — not the exploitation.
Scoping and rules of engagement
What is tested, what is not, when the window opens, who to call if something breaks, and how test data is handled. Written down before anyone touches a system.
Partner selection
We bring vetted testing partners for the scope, check the fit, and put you in the decision. The partner performs the testing; you approve who does it.
Coordination with your team
Walkthroughs, access, scheduling, and change-window alignment, so the test does not collide with a peak season, a release, or a plant shutdown.
Findings triage
Findings ranked by what is actually exploitable in your environment, not by the tool's severity label. Duplicates, false positives, and context removed.
Remediation tracking
Each finding has an owner, a fix, and a due date. We track it in the same register as the assessment findings, so nothing quietly disappears.
Retest and evidence
The partner retests the fixes, and the closure evidence goes into the audit pack with the original report.
What we do not do
Testing is partner-delivered. Saying so is the honest version of the offer, and it is also the version that protects you: the person who tests is not the person who graded their own work.
Partner-delivered testing
We do not personally perform exploitation, red-team work, or assessor certification. Vulnerability review and penetration testing are scoped and managed with vetted testing partners. We also do not operate a security operations center or provide 24/7 monitoring; where that is needed, we name a managed provider.
Scope is where tests go wrong
The most common failure is not a weak tester. It is a test aimed at the wrong targets, run during the wrong week, with no agreement on what happens if a critical system drops. The report then says a lot and changes nothing.
We write the scope with your team, run the engagement with the partner, and stay until every finding has an owner and a date.
Where testing fits
Assess first
The assessment establishes the context: what matters, what is exposed, and what a test would actually prove. Testing without that context produces a list of technical findings with no business priority.
Test the specific claim
A test should answer a question you can name: can a customer portal account reach another customer's data? Can a warehouse tablet reach the corporate file share? Scoped testing answers that question.
Fix, retest, evidence
Findings go into the same register as the assessment, get owners and dates, and are retested by the partner. The closure evidence joins the audit pack.
What you get
- A written scope and rules of engagement your team has signed off.
- The testing partner's report, with the technical detail kept intact.
- A triaged finding list with owners, fixes, and due dates.
- Retest results and closure evidence for the audit pack.
- A short readout for leadership: what was tested, what was found, what changed.
Start with the diagnostic
The Security & AI Risk Diagnostic decides whether testing is the right next step, and what it should be aimed at. 15 business days.
If the fix needs ongoing security leadership, the diagnostic converts to the Fractional CISO retainer: $9,500 a month, two days a week, 90-day term. Never a free audit.
Testing questions
Do you perform penetration testing yourselves?
No. Testing is scoped and managed with vetted testing partners, and the partner performs the testing. We do not personally perform exploitation or red-team work, and we do not claim to. We scope it, manage it, and turn the findings into fixes.
What does scoping actually cover?
Targets and excluded systems, the rules of engagement, the testing window, emergency contacts, how test data is handled, and what the partner is allowed to do. Your team signs off before testing starts.
Will a penetration test satisfy our SOC 2 or PCI DSS requirement?
Only if it matches what the framework and the auditor ask for. We map the testing scope and the resulting evidence to the framework you are being measured against, and the auditor decides whether it is sufficient.
How is the testing priced?
The testing partner quotes a fee for the agreed scope before anything starts. Our scoping, management, triage, and coordination sit inside the engagement. We do not put a number on testing before the targets and rules of engagement are set.
Decide the target before the test.
Tell us what you need to prove and who is asking. The diagnostic tells you whether a test is the right move, and exactly what it should be scoped to cover.