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brainiac/studio

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07 · security / pen testing

We break into your systems, so nobody else can.

For companies holding real customer data and chasing real enterprise deals. A senior tester spends weeks trying to get in — the way an actual attacker would — then gives you a report you can read without a translator, a fix list your developers can follow, and a free retest once it's done.

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our point of view

A scanner tells you which doors are unlocked. A person tells you how they’d walk out with your customer list.

Automated security scanners are useful and cheap, and they will happily hand you 400 warnings — most of which don't matter. What they can't do is think. They don't notice that a discount code can be edited in the browser, that one customer's account can quietly read another's invoices, or that a forgotten test login still works. Those are the problems that end up in the news, and they're found by people, not software.

So we do what an attacker does: we pick a goal — your customer database, your payment flow, an admin account — and we go after it, patiently, with permission and inside agreed hours. Then we tell you what we found in the order that matters, with a clear fix for every single item, and we come back and check the fixes for free. No 400-page dump, no fear tactics, no charge for the retest.

2–3 weeksFrom kickoff to the report in your hands
100%Of issues we find come with a fix
FreeRetest once your team has fixed things
what we build

What’s included.

01

Your website and web apps

Logins, checkout, dashboards, admin panels, file uploads — every place a customer or an employee types something in. We test what a stranger can do, and what a logged-in customer can do that they shouldn't.

02

Your mobile apps

iPhone and Android. We look at what the app stores on the phone, what it sends over the network, and whether someone can bypass the app entirely and talk to your servers directly.

03

The connections between your systems

The links your app, your partners, and your mobile apps use to talk to your servers. This is where most modern break-ins actually happen, and it's the part that usually gets tested last.

04

Your cloud setup

We review your AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud configuration for the classics: storage buckets open to the world, keys with far more power than they need, and databases reachable from the public internet.

05

Your team, tested kindly

Optional. We send realistic phishing emails and make a few phone calls to see who clicks. Results are reported as a group score — never as a list of names to blame.

06

Your internal network

We start from the position of a contractor's laptop or a stolen employee password, and see how far across your systems that gets us. Usually further than anyone expects.

07

A report two people can read

One short section for you and your board: what's at risk, in money and reputation terms. One detailed section for your developers: exactly what to change, file by file.

08

A free retest and a letter for your clients

Once you've fixed things, we test again at no extra cost. You get a signed summary letter you can hand to enterprise customers and insurers as proof the work was done.

use cases

Where this matters most.

01

Enterprise deals stuck in security review

A big client's security team sent you a questionnaire and asked for a recent pen test report. This is how you unblock the contract — usually in two to three weeks.

02

Before a big launch

A new product, a new payment flow, or a rebuild going live. Far cheaper to find the hole the week before launch than the week after.

03

Money and personal data

Fintech, healthcare, insurance, marketplaces. If you hold cards, identity documents, or health records, an annual test is the cost of doing business — and often required by your regulator.

04

After a scare

A suspicious login, a leaked password, a warning from a customer. We come in calmly, find out what's actually exposed, and give you a prioritised plan instead of panic.

approach

How we run a test.

01

Agree the rules

We decide together what's in scope, what's strictly off limits, when we test, and who to call if something breaks. It's a short written agreement, signed by both sides, before anyone touches anything.

02

Map everything

We build a picture of everything you have facing the internet — including the old subdomain from 2019 and the staging server someone forgot about. Clients are usually surprised by this list alone.

03

Attack

The main event. A senior tester works by hand, chaining small weaknesses into real break-ins, with automated tools used only for the boring groundwork. Anything critical gets reported to you the same day, not saved for the report.

04

Prove the impact

For every finding we show what an attacker could actually reach — the specific records, the specific money, the specific accounts. No theoretical risk ratings without evidence behind them.

05

Report and walk you through it

You get the written report, then a call where we go through it with your team and answer questions. Your developers leave that call knowing exactly what to do first.

06

Retest and certify

After you've fixed things, we verify each fix at no extra charge and issue the clean summary letter you can share with clients, insurers, and investors.

tech stack

Tools we test with.

Burp Suite Pro
OWASP ZAP
Metasploit
Nmap
Nuclei
MobSF
AWS
Cloudflare
SQL
pricing

Engagement models.

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Focused Test

from $12k

One application or one system, tested properly. The usual choice when an enterprise client has asked for a report and you need it soon.

  • 1 web or mobile app, tested by hand
  • Business report plus developer fix list
  • Critical findings reported same day
  • Free retest within 60 days
Most popular— 02

Full Assessment

from $28k

Your whole customer-facing setup: web, mobile, the connections between systems, and your cloud configuration — tested together, the way an attacker would see it.

  • Web, mobile, integrations and cloud
  • Logged-in testing across every user role
  • Phishing test of your team, optional
  • Free retest plus a summary letter for clients
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Ongoing Programme

custom

Testing every quarter instead of once a year, so new features get checked as they ship rather than eleven months later.

  • Quarterly tests on a fixed schedule
  • New features tested before they go live
  • A named senior tester who knows your systems
  • Support with client security questionnaires
faq

Frequently asked.

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No. We agree the boundaries in writing first, test destructive things on your staging copy rather than production, and stay inside the hours you choose. You get a direct phone line to the tester for the whole engagement. In years of testing we've never taken a client's system down.

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