Cybersecurity Insights & Expertise

Most security teams assume their mobile app was covered in the web app pentest. It wasn't. The API calls, yes. The backend logic, partially. But the binary sitting on your users' devices the local storage, the hardcoded secrets, the certificate pinning that a tester bypasses in 60 seconds, the exported Android components, the iOS keychain misuse none of that is in a web app pentest scope. It's a different platform, a different attack surface, and a completely different testing methodology. Thi

The Netherlands, a hub of innovative SaaS startups, is experiencing a rapid rise in digital threats. According to the Dutch Data Protection Authority, there were 37,839 data breach notifications in 2024, with cybercrime-related incidents climbing sharply. Across Europe, more than 130,000 breaches were reported, and the Netherlands alone saw a 65% year-over-year increase in reported incidents. (Cybernews). A deeper dive into these breaches reveals that human error and misconfigurations are the l

APIs are where modern applications actually live and where most of the significant security vulnerabilities are found. A web application pentest that doesn't explicitly include your API surface isn't testing the majority of your attack surface. It's testing the interface in front of it. This guide is written for the people making the security buying decision. If you've been using our JWT Analyzer or API Key Checker and discovered issues you want properly assessed, or if you're preparing for a S

Most organisations securing AI applications are doing it wrong not because they're careless, but because they're applying web application security thinking to a fundamentally different attack surface. A standard pentest doesn't test prompt injection. It doesn't test whether your RAG system leaks data across users. It doesn't test whether your chatbot's system prompt can be extracted, or whether your AI copilot can be manipulated into calling functions it shouldn't. Those vulnerabilities don't e

If you're evaluating vendors for an AI agentic security assessment, you're likely asking: * What does OWASP Top 10 2026 mean for AI agents? * How is agentic AI security different from traditional web app security? * What should an AI agentic pen test actually include? * How do I know if a vendor truly understands autonomous AI risk? 1. What Is Agentic AI and Why It Changes Security Risk Agentic AI systems are autonomous or semi-autonomous software agents that: * Plan tasks * Call APIs

If you've been told your web application pentest should be "OWASP-aligned" and almost every RFP says this you probably have a follow-up question: what does that actually mean in practice, and how do you verify a provider is doing it properly? This guide answers that question for the people making the buying decision. Not a technical tutorial, not a developer checklist a clear explanation of what each OWASP Top 10 vulnerability category means for your business, how a competent pentest covers it,

If you're evaluating web application penetration testing providers, you've probably already realised that the market is full of firms offering "pentests" that aren't really pentests automated scanner runs dressed up with a cover report. This guide is written for the people making the buying decision: CISOs, CTOs, InfoSec managers, and security leads who need to understand what a real web app pentest involves, what it should cost, and how to tell the difference between a genuine assessment and a

Achieving NESA compliance isn't a documentation exercise. It's an implementation project and for most UAE organisations, it's the most technically demanding compliance initiative they'll undertake. The gap between understanding what NESA requires and having it fully implemented, evidenced, and audit-ready is where most organisations need outside help. This article explains what NESA implementation actually involves, what a specialist partner does at each stage, and what separates firms that mak

If you've just been told a customer needs you to complete a SOC 2 audit, or you're preparing for one for the first time, a gap analysis is where you should start before you hire an auditor, before you buy compliance software, and before you spend money fixing things that may not need fixing. A SOC 2 gap analysis tells you exactly where you stand: what controls you already have in place, what's missing, and what has to be built before an auditor can evaluate it. Done well, it's the difference be

A SOC 2 penetration test typically costs between $8,000 and $25,000 for a standard SaaS scope web application, API layer, and cloud infrastructure. What puts you at the low or high end of that range depends on four variables: scope size, testing depth, report format, and whether retesting is included. 1. SOC 2 Pentest Price Ranges by Scope 2. What Drives Cost Up or Down 3. Penetration Testing Cost Per Hour: What It Means 4. What a Compliant SOC 2 Pentest Must Include 5. Get a Scoped Quot

TX-RAMP (Texas Risk and Authorization Management Program) is Texas's state-level cloud security certification framework. If you're a cloud service provider selling software or services to Texas state agencies, TX-RAMP authorization is not optional it's a legal requirement under Texas Government Code §2054.0593. Think of it as a state-level equivalent of FedRAMP, built specifically for the Texas public sector market. This guide covers everything you need to know: who needs it, what the two certi

What Is Assumed Breach Testing? Assumed breach testing is a type of penetration test that starts from the premise that an attacker has already gained access to your environment. Instead of testing whether someone can break in, it tests what they can do once they're inside — how far they can move laterally, what systems they can reach, what data they can access, and whether your security controls would detect them. It simulates the post-compromise phase of a real attack using a provided i