PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing
Required penetration testing for PCI compliance
What this engagement covers
The service
PCI-DSS Requirement 11.3 mandates annual penetration testing by a qualified assessor. Our PCI-DSS penetration testing meets all Payment Card Industry requirements and provides documentation needed for QSA validation and compliance reporting.
What we test
We test all systems in your cardholder data environment (CDE) including external networks, internal network segmentation, web applications that handle card data, wireless networks, and all systems connected to the CDE. Testing validates PCI security requirements are properly implemented.
Scoping & Assessment Depth
Black Box Assessment
Zero-KnowledgeSimulates an external adversary targeting PCI-DSS Driven 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 PCI-DSS Driven 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 PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing.
Attack Surface & Vulnerability Vectors
Network Segmentation Failures
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Network Segmentation Failures across your PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Unencrypted Cardholder Data
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Unencrypted Cardholder Data across your PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Weak Authentication Controls
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Weak Authentication Controls across your PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Missing Security Patches
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Missing Security Patches across your PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
SQL Injection in Payment Applications
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover SQL Injection in Payment Applications across your PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
Inadequate Access Controls
Rigorous testing and validation to uncover Inadequate Access Controls across your PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing environment. We produce deterministic proof-of-concept exploits to verify exploitability without risking service stability.
How we run it
Conducted by PCI-certified professionals, our testing follows PCI Penetration Testing Guidance and includes all required components. We validate network segmentation, test for CDE vulnerabilities, assess application layer security, and provide detailed remediation guidance to achieve compliance.
Cardholder data environment identification
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting cardholder data environment identification across your pci-dss driven penetration testing deployment.
External penetration testing
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting external penetration testing across your pci-dss driven penetration testing deployment.
Internal penetration testing
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting internal penetration testing across your pci-dss driven penetration testing deployment.
Network segmentation validation
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting network segmentation validation across your pci-dss driven penetration testing deployment.
Application layer security testing
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting application layer security testing across your pci-dss driven penetration testing deployment.
Wireless security assessment (if applicable)
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting wireless security assessment (if applicable) across your pci-dss driven penetration testing deployment.
Social engineering testing
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting social engineering testing across your pci-dss driven penetration testing deployment.
Remediation and retesting
Rigorous technical execution, boundary verification, and manual exploitation testing targeting remediation and retesting across your pci-dss driven 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.
- PCI-DSS compliant penetration test report
- ASV scan results and attestation
- Network segmentation validation
- Cardholder data flow analysis
- Vulnerability remediation tracking
- Retest validation report
- QSA-ready documentation package
- Attestation of Compliance (AOC) support
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 PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing. |
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 | Control A.8.8 | Management of technical vulnerabilities through objective, independent assessment of PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing. |
| PCI DSS v4.0 | Requirement 11.4 | Penetration testing evidence and remediation verification satisfying annual audit validation requirements. |
Findings are mapped to PCI-DSS v4.0, PA-DSS, PCI P2PE, Payment Card Standards, 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 PCI-DSS Driven Penetration Testing service combines deep manual testing with automated verification. We cover: PCI-DSS compliant penetration test report, ASV scan results and attestation, Network segmentation validation, Cardholder data flow analysis, Vulnerability remediation tracking. Every engagement includes reproducible proof-of-concept exploits, developer-ready remediation guidance, and a free retest.
Yes. Findings are directly mapped to PCI-DSS v4.0, PA-DSS, PCI P2PE, Payment Card Standards 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 2-3 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 $11,500. 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.
