CIS Controls Penetration Testing
Validate your CIS Controls implementation with hands-on penetration testing
What this engagement covers
The service
Our CIS Controls penetration testing validates that your implementation of the CIS Critical Security Controls actually stops real-world attacks. We test across all 18 control families with a focus on Control 18 (Penetration Testing) and map every finding to specific CIS Controls and sub-controls.
What we test
We assess your environment against the CIS Critical Security Controls framework including asset management, data protection, secure configuration, account management, access controls, log management, network defense, and incident response. We also validate system configurations against applicable CIS Benchmarks for your operating systems, cloud platforms, and network devices.
How we run it
We map your CIS Controls implementation to real attack scenarios. We test whether your asset inventory catches rogue devices, whether your configurations match CIS Benchmarks, whether your access controls prevent unauthorized access, whether your monitoring detects our testing activities, and whether your incident response procedures activate appropriately. Every finding maps to a specific CIS Control, sub-control, and Implementation Group.
Enterprise asset discovery and inventory validation
CIS Benchmark configuration assessment
Account and access control testing
Data protection and encryption validation
Network boundary and segmentation testing
Security monitoring and log detection testing
Vulnerability exploitation and lateral movement
Incident response trigger and escalation testing
What you receive
Findings land in your tracker as you go, not only in a PDF at the end. Retest is in scope, not a change order.
- CIS Controls mapping report with findings per control family
- CIS Benchmark validation results for in-scope systems
- Implementation Group gap analysis (IG1/IG2/IG3)
- External and internal penetration test findings
- Security monitoring and detection validation
- Prioritized remediation plan by control family
- Cross-reference mapping to NIST 800-53 and ISO 27001
- Executive summary for leadership and board reporting
What we usually find
The issues this engagement surfaces most often. Yours will differ, but this is the shape of it.
Who this is for
Findings are mapped to CIS Controls v8, CIS Benchmarks, NIST 800-53, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, so the report drops into an audit package rather than needing to be translated first. If you need the readiness work behind one of those, that is a separate engagement.
Scope it in one call
Tell us what is in scope and we come back with a fixed price and a start date. No discovery-call maze, no hourly estimate that moves.
