VAPT
Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
Find every weakness before an attacker does — across your network, systems, and applications.
What is VAPT?
Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT) is the gold-standard approach for understanding your true exposure across all attack surfaces. Unlike automated scanning alone, VAPT combines tool-assisted discovery with skilled manual exploitation — identifying not just theoretical vulnerabilities but real, weaponisable attack paths that automated tools routinely miss.
Our VAPT engagements are scoped precisely to your environment, whether that's an external network perimeter, internal segmented infrastructure, web applications, or a combination. Every finding is validated by hand, eliminating false positives and ensuring your remediation team works on real risk rather than noise.
Every engagement includes unlimited retests at no extra cost. We don't mark the engagement complete until every critical and high finding is verified remediated — a commitment that makes UnlockSec unique in the industry.
Why it matters
- Attackers don't need a sophisticated exploit — a single misconfigured VPN or unpatched service is often enough to compromise an entire network
- Compliance frameworks including PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 require regular penetration testing as a control
- Insurance underwriters increasingly require evidence of penetration testing before issuing or renewing cyber liability policies
- Average time to detect a breach is 197 days — VAPT shortens that window by finding what attackers would find, before they find it
- Unvalidated vulnerability scanners generate thousands of findings; manual VAPT isolates the 3–5% that represent real, exploitable risk
Our methodology
1. Scoping & Reconnaissance
We define the precise scope with you — IP ranges, application URLs, testing windows, and out-of-scope assets. We then perform passive reconnaissance (OSINT, DNS, certificate transparency) before active testing begins.
2. Vulnerability Discovery
Authenticated and unauthenticated scanning using industry-standard tooling (Nessus, OpenVAS, Nmap NSE) followed by targeted manual checks for logic flaws, configuration weaknesses, and vulnerabilities that scanners miss.
3. Exploitation & Impact Assessment
Identified vulnerabilities are manually exploited to determine real-world impact — privilege escalation paths, lateral movement routes, and data exfiltration potential. We document actual business impact, not just CVSS scores.
4. Reporting & Remediation Support
Executive summary for leadership, technical report for your engineering team, and a prioritised remediation matrix ordered by exploitability and business impact. Followed by free retests until remediated.
Frequently asked questions
Will VAPT disrupt our production systems?
We agree explicit testing windows and impact thresholds with you during scoping. The majority of testing is non-destructive. Any potentially disruptive techniques (e.g., exploitation against critical systems) are discussed and approved in advance. Most clients run production VAPT without any service interruption.
How is VAPT different from a vulnerability scan?
A vulnerability scan is automated — it runs a tool against your environment and outputs a list of potential issues, many of which are false positives. VAPT includes the scan as a starting point, but adds manual exploitation to confirm which vulnerabilities are real and exploitable, and to understand the business impact of a real attack chain.
How long does a VAPT take?
Scope-dependent. A focused external network assessment typically takes 5–7 business days. A combined external/internal/application VAPT for a mid-size organisation typically takes 10–15 business days. We agree the timeline during scoping and include buffer for unexpected findings.
What credentials do your testers hold?
All VAPT engagements are led by OSCP-certified operators as a minimum. For advanced network scenarios, we deploy CRTE and CRTO holders. We are happy to provide operator CVs prior to engagement commencement.
Do you test third-party systems we depend on?
We can test third-party systems that are in scope for your environment, but you must first obtain written authorisation from those third parties. We will guide you through this process. We cannot and will not test systems for which written authorisation has not been obtained.
Deliverables
Executive Summary Report
Board-ready summary with risk posture, key findings, and remediation roadmap
Technical Findings Report
Full vulnerability detail with proof-of-concept evidence, CVSS scores, and reproduction steps
Remediation Priority Matrix
Findings ranked by exploitability × impact to guide your engineering sprint planning
Network Topology Diagram
Annotated diagram showing identified systems, open services, and trust boundaries
Retest Report
Post-remediation verification confirming each finding has been resolved
Raw Scan Output
Machine-readable output from all automated tools for your records
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