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    Network Penetration Testing

    Validate your perimeter and internal attack surface with manual network penetration testing. Budget Security helps you uncover misconfigurations, weak segmentation, and exploitable services, without the overhead of traditional firms.

    External network testing focuses on internet facing systems like VPN gateways, mail services, remote access, and exposed services. Internal testing simulates an attacker who already has a foothold, testing lateral movement, privilege escalation, and resilience against realistic intrusions.

    Whether you need an external assessment for due diligence or an internal test to validate Zero Trust assumptions, you can scope targets, choose testing depth, and book online with clear pricing.

    Methodology

    How we approach network pentesting

    Testing combines structured manual analysis with supporting tooling to identify reachable services, misconfigurations, and exploitable weaknesses. Findings are validated to reduce false positives and help your team prioritize patching and architecture improvements.

    01

    Discovery & enumeration

    Full TCP and targeted UDP sweeps, service versioning, DNS and certificate transparency review.

    02

    Exposure analysis

    Default credentials, forgotten admin panels, unpatched edge devices, exposed management planes.

    03

    Active Directory

    Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting, delegation abuse, ACL path analysis to Domain Admin.

    04

    Lateral movement

    Credential reuse, relay attacks, share enumeration, mapped paths from foothold to crown jewels.

    05

    Segmentation validation

    Proof of whether the VLAN and firewall boundaries you documented actually hold.

    06

    Egress & detection

    What leaves the network unnoticed, and which of our actions your tooling caught.

    Example finding

    This is the format a finding arrives in.

    An example of the format. Every finding carries a rating, reproduction steps and remediation guidance.

    HIGHCVSS 8.1CWE-522

    Unconstrained delegation on PRINT-02

    A legacy print server is configured for unconstrained Kerberos delegation. Coercing a Domain Controller to authenticate to it yields a TGT for the DC machine account.

    Remediation

    Remove unconstrained delegation, move to resource-based constrained delegation and add the DC accounts to Protected Users.

    Deliverables

    What is included

    No upgrade tiers. The auditor-ready package is the standard package.

    Manual testing by OSCP certified penetration testers
    Validated findings with remediation guidance
    Reporting aligned to common audit expectations (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIS 2)
    Dashboard visibility, exports, and retest workflows
    Self serve scoping and booking. No sales led quoting games

    Network Penetration Testing: FAQ

    What is external network penetration testing?
    It tests systems and services exposed to the internet to find weaknesses attackers could reach from outside your organization, like open ports, insecure remote access, and vulnerable services.
    What is internal network penetration testing?
    It simulates an attacker inside your network to evaluate lateral movement, privilege escalation, segmentation, and exposure of critical internal systems.
    Can you test both external and internal networks?
    Yes. Many organizations combine external and internal testing for a fuller picture of attack paths, from perimeter breach to domain impact.
    Do I need to provide VPN access for internal testing?
    Internal testing typically requires a safe way to reach the environment, such as VPN, jump host, or an on site appliance approach. Your engagement details are agreed as part of onboarding and scope.
    Will scanning or exploitation cause outages?
    We aim to minimize risk, but any security testing can affect fragile systems. Coordinate change windows, monitoring, and rollback plans, especially for production targets.
    How do I estimate pricing?
    Use our online penetration test cost calculator. Pricing scales with the number of targets, scope, and testing approach you select.