Center of Excellence Security - Application Penetration Testing

Application Penetration
Testing Services

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Application Penetration Testing at COE Security

At COE Security, our Application Penetration Testing (App Pen Test) service helps organizations identify and address security vulnerabilities in their applications before they can be exploited by malicious actors. As applications become increasingly complex and interconnected, ensuring their security is crucial in protecting sensitive data, maintaining customer trust, and ensuring business continuity. Our App Pen Test service simulates real-world cyberattacks to evaluate the strength of your applications’ defenses and provide actionable insights for improving security.

We perform comprehensive testing across web, mobile, and enterprise applications to identify vulnerabilities in code, architecture, and configuration. Our team of skilled penetration testers uses a combination of automated tools and manual techniques to thoroughly assess the security of your applications and uncover weaknesses that could be exploited in an attack.

With COE Security’s Application Penetration Testing, you can confidently launch and maintain secure applications, ensuring that your digital assets are protected against evolving threats.

Our Approach

COE Security’s Application Penetration Testing provides a thorough and detailed assessment of your application’s security posture. Our service includes:

- Comprehensive Vulnerability Assessment: Conducting a full security assessment of your application to identify vulnerabilities across multiple attack surfaces, including code, network configurations, and integrations.
- Manual and Automated Testing: Combining the power of automated tools with the expertise of manual testing to uncover both common and complex vulnerabilities that automated tools might miss.
- Threat Simulation: Simulating real-world attack scenarios to test your application’s defenses, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), remote code execution, and privilege escalation.
- Application Layer Security Testing: Evaluating the security of your application at every layer, from user authentication and session management to input validation and API security.
- Source Code Review: Reviewing your application’s source code for security flaws and vulnerabilities, ensuring that the underlying code is secure and resilient to attacks.
- Risk and Impact Assessment: Prioritizing vulnerabilities based on their exploitability, potential impact, and risk to the business to help you focus remediation efforts on the most critical issues.
- Compliance Validation: Ensuring that your application meets industry security standards and regulatory requirements, including OWASP Top 10, PCI DSS, and GDPR.
- Remediation Guidance and Reporting: Providing detailed reports with actionable remediation recommendations to address identified vulnerabilities and strengthen your application’s security posture.

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Business Logic Flaws

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Application Penetration Testing Process

Our established pentest methodology delivers comprehensive testing and actionable recommendations.

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Why Choose COE Security’s Application Penetration Testing?

Evaluate security across web, mobile, cloud, and API-based applications to detect potential weaknesses.
Emulate genuine attack scenarios to uncover possible entry points and assess the application's resilience.
Provide tailored advice to strengthen the application's security posture based on identified vulnerabilities.
Deliver comprehensive, prioritized reports that include actionable steps for addressing discovered issues.
Combine automated tools with manual testing to enhance accuracy and uncover complex vulnerabilities.

Identifies weaknesses in user verification and access controls to prevent unauthorized data access.
Ensures compliance with industry standards such as OWASP, PCI DSS, GDPR, and CCPA.
Conducts zero-downtime testing to ensure minimal disruption to operations.
Offers post-testing validation to confirm successful remediation of vulnerabilities.
Customizes testing methodologies to align with your specific business and technical requirements.

Five areas of Application Penetration Testing

Mobile Application

Mobile Application Penetration Testing service is tailored to secure your iOS and Android applications against evolving threats. We analyze vulnerabilities such as insecure data storage, weak encryption, improper session management, and API misconfigurations. Our testing process combines dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, and real-world attack simulation to uncover security gaps. To assist your development team, we provide detailed remediation steps, including code snippets and secure coding best practices, ensuring vulnerabilities are resolved effectively. With our expertise, you can deliver safe, high-performing mobile applications that protect user data and maintain trust.

Web Application

Web applications are a prime target for attackers, making their security a critical priority. Our Web Application Penetration Testing service identifies vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), broken authentication, and misconfigured security headers. Using a combination of automated tools and manual testing, we thoroughly assess your application based on OWASP Top 10 guidelines and beyond. Post-assessment, we provide actionable insights, detailed remediation guidance, and secure code snippets to address identified issues. Our goal is to help you fortify your web applications against potential exploits while enabling a secure user experience.

Thick Client

Thick client applications, often used in enterprise environments, pose unique security challenges. Our Thick Client Penetration Testing service evaluates vulnerabilities in both the client-side application and its interaction with backend servers. We focus on issues such as insecure local data storage, improper authentication, reverse engineering risks, and network-level attacks. Our experts identify weaknesses and provide developers with clear remediation steps, including code examples to mitigate risks efficiently. This ensures that your thick client applications remain secure, stable, and compliant with industry standards.

API Security

APIs are the backbone of modern applications, facilitating data exchange and integration, but they also introduce potential vulnerabilities. Our API Security Testing service assesses your APIs for flaws such as broken authentication, excessive data exposure, and improper access controls, following OWASP API Security Top 10 guidelines. We conduct rigorous endpoint testing to identify risks and provide detailed recommendations for securing your APIs. Along with prioritized findings, we offer tailored code snippets and best practices to help your team address vulnerabilities effectively. With our expertise, your APIs will be robust, scalable, and resistant to malicious exploitation.

Firmware Security

Firmware forms the foundation of hardware functionality and is increasingly targeted by attackers. Our Firmware Security Testing service focuses on identifying vulnerabilities such as insecure boot processes, hardcoded credentials, and unprotected firmware updates. We analyze firmware binaries, configuration files, and underlying code to detect and address risks. To support your engineering team, we provide actionable remediation insights and secure coding recommendations, ensuring your firmware is resilient against both known and emerging threats. With our assistance, you can safeguard your devices and maintain trust in your hardware solutions.

Advanced Offensive Security Solutions

COE Security empowers your organization with on-demand expertise to uncover vulnerabilities, remediate risks, and strengthen your security posture. Our scalable approach enhances agility, enabling you to address current challenges and adapt to future demands without expanding your workforce.