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We Breach It Before They Do.

Certified operators find the attack path a scanner never will — then hand you the proof, the fix, and a free retest to confirm it holds.

NIST SP 800-115MITRE ATT&CKOWASP TOP 10ISO 27001SOC 2

Every engagement ships with the AxVeil platform — findings land in your live dashboard the day we find them.

Run against the frameworks buyers ask about

PTES
Execution standard
OSCP / CRTO
Certified operators
MITRE ATT&CK
TTP coverage
OWASP
Web & API testing guides
ISO 27001 / SOC 2
Controls mapping
100%
Manually exploited

No raw scanner output ships in a report — every finding is hand-validated.

30 days
Free retest window

The same operator re-validates your fixes, included in every engagement.

1 operator
Named in your SOW

A certified lead scopes, tests, and signs — no anonymous rotation.

0
Invented metrics

No fabricated clients, logos, or efficacy percentages anywhere on this site.

We publish verifiable commitments and externally sourced benchmarks only — never self-reported efficacy percentages we cannot audit.

Adversarial Security, End-to-End

Six disciplines, one operator-led standard. From API fuzzing to nation-state emulation, every engagement is human-led, mapped to a published framework, and ships a report your engineers can act on — with a free retest.

VAPT

Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing

OWASP ASVS L1–L3scope-defined standard

Gray-box by default: authenticated testing at every role, plus an unauthenticated black-box pass, across web, API, mobile, network and cloud. Every finding is human-validated, CVSS-scored and shipped with a working proof of concept.

Web AppAPI SecurityMobileNetworkCloud

Every finding lands in your live dashboard with CVSS v3.1 + v4.0 vectors, curl-ready PoC exploits and developer-facing remediation — then syncs two-way to Jira so your team tracks the fix where they already work. One free retest within 30 days. Also exports to DefectDojo and GitHub Security.

Frameworks

PTES
OWASP ASVS
NIST SP 800-115
OWASP WSTG

Deliverables

Executive Summary
Technical Findings
CVSS-Ranked Risk
Free 30-Day Retest
Compliance Mapping
Explore VAPT

Red Teaming

Full Kill-Chain Adversary Operations

258-day breach lifecyclethe number we exist to cut

Goal-driven operations against production: initial access, lateral movement, persistence and objective completion under realistic OPSEC — then a purple-team replay so your SOC keeps the detections.

MITRE ATT&CKC2 OpsAD Attack PathsSocial Eng.Assumed Breach

Per-engagement C2 infrastructure, payloads tested against your EDR build, timestamped operator logs. Delivered with a kill-chain narrative, ATT&CK heat-map and Sigma/KQL/SPL detection content.

Frameworks

MITRE ATT&CK
TIBER-EU
CBEST
PTES

Deliverables

Kill-Chain Narrative
ATT&CK Heat-Map
Detection Content
Purple-Team Replay
Remediation Roadmap
Explore Red Teaming

Adversary Simulation

Breach & Attack Simulation · Purple Team

20–30 atomics / monthcontinuous detection coverage

Continuous BAS mapped to the techniques of named threat actors. Validate SOC, SIEM and EDR coverage technique-by-technique, then walk away with detection rules written against your own telemetry.

CalderaAtomic Red TeamSOC ValidationEDR/XDRThreat Intel

Per-technique detection matrix (fired / alerted / triaged / time-to-detect), trended ATT&CK heat-map, and a versioned Sigma / KQL / SPL / EQL / CQL detection pack you keep and extend.

Frameworks

MITRE ATT&CK
ATT&CK Navigator
MITRE D3FEND
Atomic Red Team

Deliverables

Detection Heatmap
Per-Technique Matrix
Tuning Backlog
Detection Pack
KPI Scorecard
Explore Adversary Simulation

Cloud Security

AWS · Azure · GCP · OCI Assessment

Full IAM attack graphnot just a CSPM checklist

CSPM tooling tells you what is misconfigured. We prove which misconfigurations chain into a working attack path — IAM graph analysis, Kubernetes admission testing, serverless and IaC review.

CSPM ReviewIAM Attack PathsKubernetesServerlessIaC Scanning

Read-only IAM graph extraction, directed attack-path diagram with per-edge PoCs, EKS/AKS/GKE RBAC review, and Terraform / Bicep remediation snippets. Mapped to CIS Benchmarks and MITRE ATT&CK Cloud.

Frameworks

CIS Benchmarks
NIST SP 800-204D
MITRE ATT&CK Cloud
CSA CCM v4

Deliverables

CSPM Gap Report
IAM Attack-Path Diagram
Kubernetes Review
Segmentation Test
Free 30-Day Retest
Explore Cloud Security

DevSecOps

Program Build & CI/CD Pipeline Hardening

300+ → <20 findingsscanner noise, tuned in 4 weeks

Security shifted to the keyboard, not the pull request. SAST + SCA tuning, secret scanning at pre-commit, IaC policy-as-code and runtime DAST wired into CI/CD — with severity gates, owners and SLAs.

SAST + SCASecret ScanningPolicy-as-CodeDAST in CISBOM / SLSA

Sub-5-second pre-commit feedback, tuned Semgrep/CodeQL rule packs, OPA/Rego policy gates, SPDX + CycloneDX SBOMs, and DORA metrics before/after. Median developer impact: +30s per PR.

Frameworks

OWASP SAMM v2
BSIMM
NIST SSDF 800-218
SLSA v1.0

Deliverables

SAMM Maturity Roadmap
Tuned CI Gates
Policy Library
Metrics Dashboard
Pipeline Runbooks
Explore DevSecOps

Compliance Audits

SOC 2 · ISO 27001 · PCI DSS · GDPR · DPDP

Audit-ready evidence packdrops into your assessor's queue

Gap analysis, technical control testing and audit-ready evidence — delivered by people who have lived through these audits on both sides of the table. Same engineers who run our VAPT practice test the controls.

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001:2022PCI DSS v4.0GDPR / DPDPRBI / CERT-In

Control-by-control gap analysis, risk-treatment plan with named owners, policy drafting, technical control testing with CVSS, and assessor liaison through fieldwork. Dual-track GDPR + DPDP mapping where it helps.

Frameworks

ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 TSC
PCI DSS v4.0
DPDP Act 2023

Deliverables

Gap Analysis
Risk Register
Policy Pack
Evidence Build
Auditor Liaison
Explore Compliance Audits

Not sure which engagement fits your risk picture?

Send us your asset inventory and audit deadline — we scope it and respond with a fixed-fee proposal and a sample report from a comparable engagement.

Request a scoping call →

Concrete differentiators, not slogans.

Four things define an operator-led engagement. Below them, six axes where it diverges from a generic VAPT against the industry baseline.

  • Operator-Led

    named accountability
    Industry default

    Junior tester running a scanner playbook, rotated mid-engagement.

    AxVeil

    A CRTO/OSCP-certified operator scopes, tests, and signs the report — named in the SOW.

  • Manual Exploitation

    proven, not flagged
    Industry default

    A list of scanner hits passed through CVSS with no validation.

    AxVeil

    Every finding is hand-exploited to confirm real impact — false positives are filtered out before you see them.

  • Chained Findings

    attack-path proof
    Industry default

    Isolated medium-severity issues that look ignorable in a vacuum.

    AxVeil

    We chain low/medium issues into full attack paths — showing how a foothold becomes domain admin.

  • Retest In Scope

    verified closure
    Industry default

    Report delivered, engagement closed — re-validation is a new SOW and a new bill.

    AxVeil

    A free retest within 30 days, run by the same operator, confirms your fixes actually hold.

Operator Profile
Industry BaselineJunior tester running a scanner playbook
AxVeilEvery engagement led by a CRTO/OSCP-certified operator with named accountability
Methodology
Industry BaselineGeneric scanner output passed through CVSS
AxVeilPTES-aligned scoping, MITRE ATT&CK TTP coverage, OWASP testing guides
Exploitation
Industry BaselineVulnerability list — no chain validation
AxVeilManual exploitation chain validation, end to end, not just scanner output
Reporting
Industry BaselinePDF dump with copy-pasted CVE descriptions
AxVeilOne-page board summary + technical report with reproducible PoC + remediation tickets per finding
Coverage
Industry BaselineNetwork perimeter + known CVEs only
AxVeilWeb, API, cloud, mobile, AD, supply chain, LLM/AI surface in scope
Post-Engagement
Industry BaselineReport delivered, engagement closed
AxVeilRetest within 30 days included in the price — same operator, no new SOW

Why this matters — the industry baseline

Sourced figures. We do not publish self-reported efficacy stats.

258 daysMean time to identify & contain
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024
~180%Vulnerability exploitation as initial access (YoY growth)
Source: Verizon DBIR 2024

Certifications held across the team

OSCPCRTOCRTEOSWEBSCPCISSPCISMISO 27001 LA

One engagement, five accountable gates.

No black boxes. Every engagement runs the same operator-led lifecycle — and you know exactly what lands in your inbox at each stage.

  1. Scope

    We agree the rules of engagement, in-scope assets, objectives and OPSEC constraints — then name the operator who signs the SOW.

    • Rules of Engagement
    • Signed SOW
    • Named operator
  2. Recon

    Active and passive reconnaissance maps your real attack surface — the assets, identities and exposures an adversary would find first.

    • Attack-surface map
    • Asset inventory
    • Exposure triage
  3. Exploit

    Every candidate finding is manually exploited and chained into a real attack path — foothold to objective — with reproducible proof.

    • Validated findings
    • Attack-path chains
    • Working PoCs
  4. Report

    A one-page board summary plus a technical report: each finding scored, reproduced, and paired with a remediation ticket your engineers can action.

    • Board summary
    • Technical report
    • Remediation tickets
  5. Retest

    Within 30 days the same operator re-runs the validated findings against your fixes — at no extra cost — and confirms closure in writing.

    • Free 30-day retest
    • Closure attestation
    • Updated report

Evidence you can act on. Proof you can show.

Every engagement closes with a defined set of artifacts — from a board-ready summary to a signed retest letter. Here is exactly what lands in your inbox.

  • Executive Summary

    One-page, board-ready risk narrative — no jargon, mapped to business impact and a clear remediation runway.

    PDF · 1 page
  • Technical Report

    Per-finding detail: reproducible proof-of-concept, CVSS vector, affected assets, and evidence screenshots.

    PDF · full detail
  • Remediation Guidance

    Prioritised, developer-ready fix tickets — exact patch versions, config changes, and code-level direction.

    Per finding
  • Retest Letter

    After the free 30-day retest, a signed attestation confirming which findings are closed — share it with auditors and clients.

    Signed · auditor-ready

Your live vulnerability dashboard

Every finding lands in your private client portal the day we find it — track remediation, sync tickets straight to Jira, and generate the board-ready PDF from the same live data. Preview the client portal, executive dashboard, and developer report below.

axveil.report — 2024-Q4-Audit.pdf
Assessment — VulnerabilitiesSample data
Jira ConnectedProject SEC
SeverityFindingStatusExploitRemediationJira
CRITICALUnauthenticated RCE — File UploadIn ProgressYES
0/1
SEC-104
HIGHReflected XSS in Search ParameterIn ProgressYES
1/3
SEC-108
MEDIUMSession Cookies Missing Secure FlagsUnresolved
0/2
SEC-111
MEDIUMUsername EnumerationUnresolved
0/1
SEC-112
LOWMissing HTTP Security HeadersResolved
1/1
SEC-115
LOWSSL/TLS Lucky13Resolved
4/4
SEC-118

Findings land live

Every validated finding is posted to your portal the day we confirm it — not weeks later in a PDF.

Two-way Jira sync

Push any finding to your team's Jira board; status flows back so remediation is tracked where your engineers already work.

Auto-generated report

The board-ready PDF is generated from the same live dashboard data — the report can never contradict the tracker.

axveil.report — Retest-Attestation-Letter.pdf
CLOSEDFree retest · within 30 days

Statement of Remediation

Following the 30-day retest, AxVeil re-validates each prior finding and issues a signed attestation of which issues are confirmed remediated. Hand it to auditors, regulators, or your customers as independent proof your fixes hold.

4 of 4 CRITICAL findings — confirmed remediated
13 of 14 HIGH findings — confirmed remediated
1 HIGH finding — risk-accepted with documented compensating control

Signed by

Lead Operator

OSCP · CRTO

Regulated, high-stakes, adversary-targeted.

We map each engagement to the frameworks you answer to and the threats your sector actually faces — not a generic checklist.

  • Fintech & Banking

    PCI DSS v4.0 · SOC 2 · DORA

    Payment-rail abuse, broken auth, and API logic flaws on money movement.

  • SaaS & Technology

    SOC 2 · ISO 27001 · GDPR

    Multi-tenant isolation breaks and IDOR exposing other customers' data.

  • Healthcare

    HIPAA · GDPR · ISO 27001

    PHI exfiltration and ransomware against legacy clinical systems.

  • E-commerce & Retail

    PCI DSS v4.0 · GDPR · SOC 2

    Card skimming, coupon/price tampering, and account-takeover at scale.

  • Critical Infrastructure

    NIST CSF · ISO 27001 · IEC 62443

    OT/IT convergence gaps and segmentation failures on operational networks.

  • Government & Public

    NIST CSF · ISO 27001 · IEC 62443

    Citizen-data exposure and supply-chain compromise of public services.

Regional depth where you need it: DORA & NIS2 across the EU, SAMA & CBUAE in the Gulf, and SOC 2 · PCI DSS · ISO 27001 worldwide — all delivered remote-first.

Certified Operators. No Junior Hand-Offs.

Every engagement is scoped, executed, reported and debriefed by senior, certified red teamers and penetration testers — never outsourced to a junior or a scan you could have run yourself.

Red Team & Pentest Operators

Certified · Senior · Hands-on

Every AxVeil engagement is delivered by certified, senior offensive-security operators — not automated scans re-badged as a pentest. The practice runs enterprise-scale VAPT programmes across banking, government, and shipping & logistics — documented, with scope and measured outcomes, in the anonymised case studies below. Our operators translate technical findings into business risk and drive remediation directly with your development and IT teams.

Enterprise-scale programmes — documented

Team Certifications

OSCPOSWEOSEPCRTOCEH v12

Specialises In

Web, Mobile & API VAPT
Active Directory & infrastructure pentesting
Cloud security (AWS / Azure / GCP)
LLM & AI security testing
Configuration review (CIS / NIST)
Secure code review (Fortify / Semgrep)

Specialist operators brought in for scope.

Engagements that span multiple attack surfaces are staffed with the right specialist for each domain. Every operator on your engagement is vetted, certified, and named in the SOW before kickoff — no anonymous hands on your environment.

Cloud & Container

AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, IAM attack paths.

Application & API

OWASP Top 10, ASVS, GraphQL, OAuth/SAML/OIDC chains.

Mobile (iOS / Android)

Frida, Objection, MobSF, MASVS-aligned testing.

Compliance & GRC

ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2, PCI DSS v4, DPDP, RBI / SEBI mapping.

OSCP / OSWE / CRTO certified? Apply to join the AxVeil operator roster.

View open roles

or email careers@axveil.com

What buyers ask before they engage.

Straight answers on methodology, deliverables, and how we run a safe, accountable engagement.

  • A scanner produces a list of potential issues scored by CVSS with no validation. We start there, then a certified operator manually exploits each candidate finding, filters out false positives, and chains low and medium issues into real attack paths. You only ever see findings we have proven are exploitable.

Find it first. Before they do.

Send us your asset inventory and audit deadline. We scope it and respond with a fixed-fee proposal and a sample report from a comparable engagement — usually within a few business days.

  • Fixed-fee proposal, no open-ended billing
  • A named, certified operator on every engagement
  • Free retest within 30 days, included