IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing
Secure your connected devices and embedded systems
What this engagement covers
The service
IoT devices and embedded systems present unique security challenges. Our hardware penetration testing service identifies vulnerabilities in firmware, communication protocols, physical interfaces, and device management systems.
What we test
We test IoT devices, embedded systems, smart home devices, industrial control systems, medical devices, automotive systems, and consumer electronics. Our assessment covers firmware analysis, hardware interfaces (UART, JTAG, SPI), wireless protocols, mobile apps, cloud APIs, and physical security.
Scoping & Assessment Depth
Black Box Assessment
Zero-KnowledgeSimulates an external adversary targeting IoT & Hardware 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 IoT & Hardware 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 IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing.
Attack Surface & Vulnerability Vectors
Hardcoded Credentials in Firmware
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Hardcoded Credentials in Firmware across your IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Insecure Communication Protocols
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Insecure Communication Protocols across your IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Exposed Debug Interfaces
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Exposed Debug Interfaces across your IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Weak or Missing Encryption
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Weak or Missing Encryption across your IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Insecure Update Mechanisms
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Insecure Update Mechanisms across your IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Lack of Physical Security
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Lack of Physical Security across your IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
How we run it
Our hardware security experts perform physical teardown and analysis, extract and reverse engineer firmware, analyze communication protocols, test wireless security, assess physical interfaces, and evaluate the entire IoT ecosystem including mobile apps and cloud infrastructure.
Device reconnaissance and teardown
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting device reconnaissance and teardown across your iot & hardware penetration testing deployment.
Firmware extraction and analysis
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting firmware extraction and analysis across your iot & hardware penetration testing deployment.
Hardware interface identification (UART, JTAG, SPI)
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting hardware interface identification (uart, jtag, spi) across your iot & hardware penetration testing deployment.
Wireless protocol security testing
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting wireless protocol security testing across your iot & hardware penetration testing deployment.
Mobile application security assessment
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting mobile application security assessment across your iot & hardware penetration testing deployment.
Cloud API and backend testing
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting cloud api and backend testing across your iot & hardware penetration testing deployment.
Physical security and tamper resistance
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting physical security and tamper resistance across your iot & hardware penetration testing deployment.
Update mechanism security review
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting update mechanism security review across your iot & hardware 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.
- Complete device security assessment
- Firmware vulnerability analysis
- Hardware interface security findings
- Wireless protocol security assessment
- Mobile app and API vulnerabilities
- Physical security evaluation
- Supply chain security recommendations
- Secure development lifecycle guidance
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 Type II | CC4.1, CC7.1 | Technical evaluation and testing evidence fulfilling vulnerability management and access control testing requirements for IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing. |
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 | Control A.8.8 | Management of technical vulnerabilities through objective, independent assessment of IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing. |
| PCI DSS v4.0 | Requirement 11.4 | Penetration testing evidence and remediation verification satisfying annual audit validation requirements. |
Findings are mapped to IEC 62443, FDA Premarket, UL 2900, ETSI EN 303 645, NIST IoT, 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 IoT & Hardware Penetration Testing service combines deep manual testing with automated verification. We cover: Complete device security assessment, Firmware vulnerability analysis, Hardware interface security findings, Wireless protocol security assessment, Mobile app and API vulnerabilities. Every engagement includes reproducible proof-of-concept exploits, developer-ready remediation guidance, and a free retest.
Yes. Findings are directly mapped to IEC 62443, FDA Premarket, UL 2900, ETSI EN 303 645, NIST IoT 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 2-4 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 $12,500. 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.
