GDPR Penetration Testing
Security testing for EU data protection compliance
What this engagement covers
The service
GDPR Article 32 requires organizations to regularly test, assess, and evaluate the effectiveness of security measures protecting personal data. Our GDPR penetration testing validates your technical controls and provides evidence of compliance with EU data protection requirements.
What we test
We assess all systems processing EU personal data including web applications, APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and third-party integrations. Testing focuses on data protection by design, access controls, encryption, pseudonymization, and data subject rights implementation.
Scoping & Assessment Depth
Black Box Assessment
Zero-KnowledgeSimulates an external adversary targeting GDPR Penetration Testing with no internal credentials, source code, or architecture documentation. Assesses perimeter exposure, unauthenticated attack paths, and edge resilience.
Gray Box Assessment (Recommended)
CredentialedSimulates an authenticated user, tenant, or insider threat within GDPR Penetration Testing. We evaluate role segregation, authorization boundaries, privilege escalation, and business logic flaws across user tiers.
White Box / Source-Assisted
Full-KnowledgeConducted with direct access to architecture schematics, configuration files, and API/code documentation. Eliminates blind spots and provides exhaustive coverage of security mechanisms governing GDPR Penetration Testing.
Attack Surface & Vulnerability Vectors
Personal Data Exposed Through APIs
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Personal Data Exposed Through APIs across your GDPR Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Missing Encryption for Data at Rest
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Missing Encryption for Data at Rest across your GDPR Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Inadequate Consent Management Controls
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Inadequate Consent Management Controls across your GDPR Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Excessive Data Collection Beyond Purpose
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Excessive Data Collection Beyond Purpose across your GDPR Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Weak Access Controls on Personal Data
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Weak Access Controls on Personal Data across your GDPR Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Missing Data Subject Access Request Mechanisms
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Missing Data Subject Access Request Mechanisms across your GDPR Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
How we run it
Our methodology aligns with GDPR Article 32 requirements and ENISA guidelines. We test the security of personal data processing, validate encryption and pseudonymization measures, assess access controls, and evaluate data breach detection capabilities. Each finding maps to specific GDPR articles and recitals.
Personal data processing scope identification
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting personal data processing scope identification across your gdpr penetration testing deployment.
Data protection by design assessment
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting data protection by design assessment across your gdpr penetration testing deployment.
Access control and authorization testing
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting access control and authorization testing across your gdpr penetration testing deployment.
Encryption and pseudonymization validation
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting encryption and pseudonymization validation across your gdpr penetration testing deployment.
Data subject rights implementation testing
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting data subject rights implementation testing across your gdpr penetration testing deployment.
Cross-border transfer security assessment
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting cross-border transfer security assessment across your gdpr penetration testing deployment.
Data breach detection capability testing
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting data breach detection capability testing across your gdpr penetration testing deployment.
Third-party processor security evaluation
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting third-party processor security evaluation across your gdpr penetration testing deployment.
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.
- GDPR-aligned penetration test report
- Data protection impact assessment input
- Personal data flow security analysis
- Article 32 compliance evidence
- Data breach risk assessment
- Cross-border transfer security evaluation
- Remediation roadmap with GDPR context
- Retest validation report
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
Auditor-Ready Compliance Crosswalk
| Framework | Control Section | Testing Evidence & Report Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| GDPR Article 32 | Art. 32(1)(d) | Documented evidence of regular testing, assessing, and evaluating the effectiveness of technical measures protecting personal data. |
Findings are mapped to GDPR, ENISA Guidelines, ISO 27701, NIST Privacy Framework, 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Direct answers on scoping, methodology, compliance validation, and deliverables.
Our GDPR Penetration Testing service combines deep manual testing with automated verification. We cover: GDPR-aligned penetration test report, Data protection impact assessment input, Personal data flow security analysis, Article 32 compliance evidence, Data breach risk assessment. Every engagement includes reproducible proof-of-concept exploits, developer-ready remediation guidance, and a free retest.
Yes. Findings are directly mapped to GDPR, ENISA Guidelines, ISO 27701, NIST Privacy Framework control requirements. The resulting report is auditor-ready and formatted for immediate submission to SOC 2 CPAs, PCI QSAs, and enterprise vendor risk assessment teams.
Yes. Every Lorikeet Security engagement includes free retesting within 30 to 60 days to validate that your remediation patches successfully resolve the identified vulnerabilities before your final report is issued.
Typical active testing turnaround is 1-2 weeks, with critical findings reported immediately via your Talon portal so your engineering team can begin remediation without waiting for the final PDF.
Pricing starts from $9,000. We scope the engagement in one call based on your environment's surface area, user roles, and complexity, providing a transparent, fixed-price quote with no hidden change orders.
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.
