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Industry-focused assessment, compliance, managed detection and boardroom advisory from certified experts.
Codec Networks Security Assessment & Penetration Testing
Real-world attack simulations with clear, actionable reports
your teams can act on immediately.
- Application Security Testing
- Network Security Testing
- Database Security Testing
- Server & Storage Security Testing
- People & Process Security Testing
Database Privilege Escalation Testing
Detailed assessment of database privilege models to identify misconfigured roles, excessive permissions, weak access controls, and privilege escalation paths that attackers could exploit to gain unauthorized elevated database access.
Application Security Testing
Web Application Penetration Testing
Comprehensive security assessment of web applications simulating attacks to identify vulnerabilities including SQL injection, cross-site scripting, authentication bypass, authorization flaws, and logic weaknesses that could enable unauthorized access, data theft, service disruption.
Mobile App Security Testing
In-depth security testing of Android and iOS applications to identify insecure data storage, weak authentication mechanisms, improper platform usage, exposed APIs, reverse engineering risks, and vulnerabilities that could lead to sensitive data leakage or unauthorized user access.
API Security Testing
Thorough evaluation of application programming interfaces to identify authentication weaknesses, authorization flaws, excessive data exposure, injection vulnerabilities, improper rate limiting, and insecure integrations that could compromise backend systems and interconnected application services.
Thick Client/Desktop App Testing
Security assessment of desktop and thick client applications focusing on insecure local storage, weak authentication logic, improper encryption usage, client-server communication flaws, and vulnerabilities enabling reverse engineering, privilege escalation, or unauthorized access to system resources.
Cloud-Native App Testing
Specialized security testing for cloud-native applications assessing microservices communication security, container configurations, API exposure, identity misconfigurations, and cloud-specific vulnerabilities to ensure strong protection across distributed architectures and dynamic cloud environments.
Smart Contract Audits
Detailed technical review of blockchain-based smart contracts to identify security vulnerabilities, logic flaws, reentrancy risks, arithmetic errors, improper access controls, and exploitable weaknesses before deployment on decentralized platforms and production blockchain networks.
DApp Security Testing
Comprehensive security assessment of decentralized applications evaluating smart contract risks, blockchain interaction vulnerabilities, authentication mechanisms, frontend security issues, data integrity concerns, and weaknesses across distributed ledger ecosystems and supporting infrastructure components.
SAST + DAST
Integrated security testing approach combining static application security testing of source code with dynamic testing of running applications to identify vulnerabilities during development, staging, and production deployment stages across the application lifecycle.
CI/CD Pipeline Security Testing
Comprehensive security evaluation of CI/CD pipelines to detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, insecure dependencies, exposed secrets, improper access controls, and weaknesses within automated software build, testing, and deployment workflows.
Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploitation Testing
Advanced security testing simulating attacks using previously unknown vulnerabilities to assess organizational readiness for detecting, preventing, and responding to emerging threats while evaluating incident response procedures and security monitoring effectiveness.
Network Security Testing
External/Internal Network Pentesting
Comprehensive security assessment of network infrastructure using simulated external and internal attacks to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, exposed services, weak segmentation, and security weaknesses across routers, firewalls, servers, and connected systems.
Wireless Security Testing
Detailed security evaluation of wireless networks including Wi-Fi infrastructure to identify weak encryption protocols, rogue access points, unauthorized connections, misconfigurations, insecure authentication methods, and vulnerabilities affecting wireless communication security.
Cloud Infrastructure Testing
Comprehensive security assessment of cloud infrastructure environments to identify misconfigurations, insecure access controls, exposed storage services, network vulnerabilities, and security weaknesses across cloud service provider platforms and deployed resources.
VPN & Remote Work Security Testing
Thorough security evaluation of VPN and remote access solutions to identify misconfigurations, weak authentication, encryption flaws, data exposure risks, and security weaknesses impacting secure connectivity for distributed workforces and remote operations.
IoT/OT Network Testing
Comprehensive security assessment of IoT and OT networks to identify device vulnerabilities, insecure communication protocols, weak access controls, outdated firmware, and security risks across connected industrial systems and smart technology environments.
Blockchain Node Testing
Detailed security assessment of blockchain nodes evaluating configuration security, consensus integrity, peer communication vulnerabilities, data validation weaknesses, and node operation risks within distributed ledger technology infrastructure environments.
5G Network Security Testing
Comprehensive security evaluation of 5G network infrastructure identifying vulnerabilities in signaling protocols, network slicing configurations, authentication mechanisms, data transmission security, and emerging 5G-specific threat vectors and attack surfaces.
Red Team Exercises
Advanced security testing simulating sophisticated real-world cyberattacks to evaluate organizational detection capabilities, response effectiveness, defensive controls, and overall security posture across networks, systems, applications, and operational environments.
PCI DSS Network Compliance Testing
Comprehensive security assessment of network systems to ensure PCI DSS compliance by identifying vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and security gaps affecting cardholder data protection and regulatory requirements.
Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) Assessments
Detailed evaluation of Zero Trust Architecture implementations assessing identity verification, least privilege enforcement, network segmentation, continuous validation mechanisms, and overall effectiveness of zero trust security controls across enterprise environments.
Database Security Testing
SQL Injection & NoSQL Testing
Comprehensive security testing of database systems to identify SQL and NoSQL injection flaws, improper input validation, weak query controls, and risks leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation, leakage, or breach incidents.
Database Privilege Escalation Testing
Detailed assessment of database privilege models to identify misconfigured roles, excessive permissions, weak access controls, and privilege escalation paths that attackers could exploit to gain unauthorized elevated database access.
Database Misconfiguration Reviews
Comprehensive review of database configurations to detect default credentials, weak permissions, insecure settings, exposed services, and misconfigurations that may result in unauthorized access, data exposure, or compromise.
Data Encryption Testing
In-depth assessment of encryption mechanisms protecting data at rest and in transit, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, regulatory compliance, and resilience against unauthorized access or interception across database environments.
Big Data Security Testing
Comprehensive security assessment of big data platforms and distributed systems to identify vulnerabilities in storage, processing pipelines, access controls, and data leakage risks across large-scale data ecosystems.
Active Directory (AD) Exploitation Testing
Detailed evaluation of Active Directory environments to identify configuration weaknesses, insecure trusts, credential exposure, privilege escalation paths, and vulnerabilities impacting authentication, authorization, and enterprise identity security.
Blockchain Storage Testing
Comprehensive security evaluation of blockchain storage systems assessing on-chain and off-chain data protection, integrity mechanisms, access controls, and safeguards against tampering or unauthorized data access.
Data Masking & Anonymization Testing
Detailed assessment of data masking and anonymization implementations to evaluate effectiveness, configuration flaws, re-identification risks, regulatory compliance, and preservation of data usability for business operations.
Database Audit Logging & Monitoring Tests
Comprehensive evaluation of database audit logging and monitoring controls to ensure effective access tracking, anomaly detection, incident visibility, forensic readiness, and compliance with organizational security requirements.
Cloud Database Testing
Detailed security assessment of cloud-hosted databases to identify misconfigurations, access control gaps, encryption weaknesses, exposed endpoints, and data protection risks within cloud environments.
Server & Storage Security Testing
OS Hardening Assessments
Comprehensive operating system security assessment identifying weak configurations, unnecessary services, missing security patches, privilege escalation risks, and vulnerabilities that impact overall server and endpoint security posture, stability, and resilience against attacks.
Container Security Testing
Detailed security assessment of containerized environments evaluating vulnerable images, exposed APIs, insecure runtime configurations, orchestration flaws, improper isolation, and container-specific security weaknesses that could allow unauthorized access or compromise.
Cloud VM Pentesting
Comprehensive penetration testing of cloud-based virtual machines to identify misconfigurations, exposed services, weak authentication, privilege escalation paths, insecure network access, and vulnerabilities affecting workloads hosted in cloud computing environments.
SAN/NAS Storage Testing
Detailed security evaluation of SAN and NAS storage systems identifying authentication weaknesses, encryption flaws, firmware vulnerabilities, access control gaps, and data exposure risks that may impact the confidentiality and integrity of stored information.
Serverless Security Testing
Comprehensive security evaluation of serverless environments assessing insecure triggers, misconfigured roles, excessive permissions, privilege abuse risks, event injection vulnerabilities, and weaknesses affecting cloud-native, event-driven workloads.
Hypervisor & Virtualization Testing
Detailed assessment of hypervisors and virtualization platforms identifying virtual machine escape risks, isolation weaknesses, exposed management interfaces, insecure configurations, and vulnerabilities that could compromise host and guest environments.
Blockchain Validator Node Security
Comprehensive security audit of blockchain validator nodes identifying key management risks, consensus manipulation threats, denial-of-service vulnerabilities, insecure APIs, misconfigurations, and weaknesses impacting blockchain network reliability and trust.
Backup Storage Security Testing
Detailed security assessment of backup storage systems identifying weak access controls, outdated software, missing encryption, insecure backup processes, and vulnerabilities that could be exploited by ransomware or insider threats.
Firmware Security Testing
Comprehensive analysis of firmware security identifying hardcoded credentials, hidden backdoors, insecure update mechanisms, outdated components, weak cryptographic controls, and hardware-level vulnerabilities impacting device integrity.
Email Server Testing
Detailed security assessment of email servers identifying spoofing vulnerabilities, open relay configurations, weak authentication mechanisms, insecure protocols, misconfigurations, and exposure to phishing, spam, and email-based cyberattacks.
People & Process Security Testing
Phishing Simulation & Awareness Training
Realistic phishing attack simulations combined with targeted security awareness training to evaluate employee behavior, improve threat recognition, reduce human risk, and strengthen organizational resilience against phishing and social engineering attacks.
Red Team Exercises
Advanced red team exercises simulating real-world cyberattacks across infrastructure, applications, and personnel to uncover hidden security gaps, test detection capabilities, and validate the effectiveness of defensive controls and incident response strategies.
Insider Threat Simulations
Realistic insider threat simulations designed to test detection and response capabilities against privileged misuse, unauthorized access, data exfiltration attempts, sabotage activities, and violations of internal security policies and procedures.
IAM & MFA Bypass Testing
Comprehensive assessment of identity and access management systems to identify MFA bypass techniques, misconfigurations, weak authentication flows, privilege escalation risks, and unauthorized access paths impacting enterprise identity security.
Process Bypass Testing
Detailed evaluation of business processes and security workflows to identify control weaknesses, procedural gaps, and exploitable flaws that attackers or insiders could abuse to bypass established security controls.
Crypto Social Engineering Tests
Specialized social engineering testing targeting cryptocurrency platforms to evaluate human-layer security risks involving phishing, impersonation, fraudulent communications, manipulation techniques, and exploitation of user trust.
DAO Governance Attack Simulations
Simulated attack scenarios against decentralized autonomous organizations to identify weaknesses in governance logic, voting mechanisms, smart contract controls, permission models, and decentralized decision-making processes.
Compliance Testing
Comprehensive compliance testing to validate cybersecurity posture against ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and regulatory frameworks through detailed technical assessments and procedural audit reviews.
Tabletop Exercises
Scenario-based tabletop exercises designed to assess incident response readiness, leadership decision-making, cross-team communication effectiveness, escalation workflows, and alignment with organizational security policies and playbooks.
AI-Powered Deepfake Testing
Advanced security testing simulating AI-powered deepfake attacks to evaluate organizational exposure to voice, video, and identity impersonation fraud targeting executives, employees, and critical business processes.
Advanced Security Assessment Services
Red teaming, cloud-native pentesting and zero-day research
for organisations that need more than a routine scan.
Simulates sophisticated cyberattacks across networks, web applications, mobile platforms, APIs, and cloud infrastructure to identify critical security vulnerabilities and prevent potential data breaches effectively.
Comprehensive security assessment following ISO 27033 standards, systematically evaluating firewall configurations, Zero Trust architecture implementation, and overall organizational network security posture comprehensively.
Specialized security evaluation of AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes cloud environments to identify misconfigurations, privilege escalation risks, and insecure API implementations comprehensively.
Simulates real-world multi-layered cyberattacks using advanced adversarial techniques to thoroughly test organizational detection, prevention, and incident response capabilities comprehensively and effectively.
Facilitates collaborative exercises between offensive and defensive security teams to enhance threat detection capabilities, improve incident response effectiveness, and strengthen overall cybersecurity posture.
Comprehensive security evaluation of embedded industrial control systems and smart connected devices using advanced firmware analysis, hardware exploitation, and protocol testing techniques.
Comprehensive security testing of decentralized applications, Web3 wallets, blockchain interfaces, and smart contract implementations to identify critical vulnerabilities and security weaknesses thoroughly.
Detailed security assessment of artificial intelligence models, systematically evaluating prompt injection risks, data leakage vulnerabilities, and generative AI implementation security comprehensively and effectively.
Simulates sophisticated cyberattacks across networks, web applications, mobile platforms, APIs, and cloud infrastructure to identify critical security vulnerabilities and prevent potential data breaches effectively.
Comprehensive security assessment following ISO 27033 standards, systematically evaluating firewall configurations, Zero Trust architecture implementation, and overall organizational network security posture comprehensively.
Specialized security evaluation of AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes cloud environments to identify misconfigurations, privilege escalation risks, and insecure API implementations comprehensively.
Simulates real-world multi-layered cyberattacks using advanced adversarial techniques to thoroughly test organizational detection, prevention, and incident response capabilities comprehensively and effectively.
Facilitates collaborative exercises between offensive and defensive security teams to enhance threat detection capabilities, improve incident response effectiveness, and strengthen overall cybersecurity posture.
Comprehensive security evaluation of embedded industrial control systems and smart connected devices using advanced firmware analysis, hardware exploitation, and protocol testing techniques.
Comprehensive security testing of decentralized applications, Web3 wallets, blockchain interfaces, and smart contract implementations to identify critical vulnerabilities and security weaknesses thoroughly.
Detailed security assessment of artificial intelligence models, systematically evaluating prompt injection risks, data leakage vulnerabilities, and generative AI implementation security comprehensively and effectively.
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
Structured frameworks, independent audits and risk management
that keep regulators and customers confident.
- Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Services
- Data Privacy & Protection Services
- Strategic Risk Assessment & Management
- Emerging Tech & Web3.0 Security
- Industry-Specific Compliance & Advisory
CCPA & GDPR Data Privacy Compliance Services
Advises organizations on achieving compliance with CCPA and GDPR through detailed data mapping, privacy impact assessments, gap analysis, remediation planning, and development of compliant privacy policies and operational data protection controls.
