Penetration testing services. Find the way in before an attacker does.
Boom Logic’s penetration testing services put a security team on the offensive against your external perimeter, internal network, web applications, cloud tenant, and people, then hand you a prioritized report your engineers, auditors, and cyber-insurance carrier can act on. Delivered by our Los Angeles security team, with a presence in One Wilshire and Equinix, for mid-market organizations nationwide.
Penetration testing across every path an attacker uses.
A vulnerability scanner lists what is exposed. A penetration test proves what an attacker could do with it. Our engagements cover the surfaces that produce real breaches, scoped to your environment under written authorization.
External network penetration testing
Everything reachable from the internet: firewalls, VPN gateways, remote access, mail, DNS, and exposed services. We attempt to gain a foothold the way an outside attacker would, without credentials, and document every step.
Internal network penetration testing
Assume one workstation is already compromised. We test lateral movement, privilege escalation, Active Directory and Entra ID weaknesses, and the path from a single user to your domain controllers and data.
Web application penetration testing
Client portals, patient and case management systems, custom software, and APIs tested against the OWASP Top 10: injection, broken authentication, access-control flaws, and business-logic abuse.
Phishing and social engineering simulation
Targeted phishing campaigns and pretext calls measured by who clicked, who entered credentials, and who reported it, with results that feed security-awareness training rather than blame.
Cloud and Microsoft 365 configuration review
Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Google Workspace, and cloud workloads reviewed for MFA gaps, legacy authentication, over-privileged accounts, mail-forwarding rules, and exposed storage.
Vulnerability assessment and scanning
Authenticated vulnerability scans across every endpoint and server, ranked by exploitability rather than raw CVSS score, and run continuously for Boom 365 clients between penetration tests.
Penetration testing is one component of Boom Logic’s managed security services. For what happens when a threat fires between tests, see managed detection and response.
From rules of engagement to retest, in four documented phases.
Penetration testing is only safe and useful when it is scoped in writing before the first packet is sent. Every Boom Logic engagement, including the complimentary external test, follows the same four phases.
Rules of engagement
We define targets, exclusions, testing windows, emergency contacts, and evidence handling, and you sign a written authorization. No testing starts without it.
Reconnaissance and exploitation
Testers map the attack surface, then attempt real exploitation of what they find, chaining weaknesses the way an intruder would, inside the agreed windows.
Prove impact, not theory
Every finding is confirmed with screenshots, request logs, or captured artifacts, and rated by business impact and ease of exploitation, so nothing in the report is a scanner guess.
Report, debrief, and retest
You receive an executive summary, a technical findings register with remediation steps, and a debrief with your team. Verification retesting of critical findings is scoped into the engagement.
Critical findings are not held for the final report. If a tester gains access that puts data at immediate risk, you are told the same day, and for Boom 365 clients our engineering team begins remediation right away.
Testers who also run the defense on the other side.
Most penetration testing companies hand over a PDF and leave. Ours is delivered by the same security operation that watches, patches, and responds for our managed security clients, so findings become closed tickets.
Findings get fixed, not filed
For Boom 365 clients, every remediation item is assigned to the engineers who already operate the environment. For everyone else, the report is written so your internal IT team or current provider can act on it without a second consultation.
Tested against what our SOC sees
Our test cases are updated from live incidents handled in our 24/7/365 security operations center: the phishing lures, the exposed remote access, and the identity attacks that produced real breaches this quarter.
Authorized, controlled, and safe
Every engagement runs under a signed rules-of-engagement agreement with defined testing windows, an emergency stop, and no denial-of-service testing. External testing is designed to be invisible to your users.
Quarterly, not once a decade
Penetration testing is included every quarter in Boom 365: MSSP Pro and MSSP Enterprise, alongside continuous vulnerability scanning, so each test measures progress against the last one instead of starting from zero.
Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing are not the same thing.
All three belong in a security program. If a provider sold you a “penetration test” that turned out to be a scanner export, you paid for the wrong one.
Vulnerability scan
Automated. Lists known weaknesses by CVE with a severity score. Fast and broad, but blind to chained weaknesses and business logic, and prone to false positives. Belongs on a continuous schedule.
Vulnerability assessment
Scan results reviewed and prioritized by an analyst against your environment: what is actually exploitable, what is exposed, and what matters first. Produces a remediation plan, not a raw list.
Penetration test
A human tester attempts real exploitation, chains findings, and proves impact with evidence. It answers the question auditors and boards actually ask: could someone get in, and how far?
Boom 365: MSSP Pro and MSSP Enterprise include all three, watched between tests by our SOC as a Service. Comparing provider types? Start with MSP vs. MSSP vs. MDR.
Penetration testing comes standard in both MSSP tiers.
You can engage Boom Logic for a standalone penetration test. Most mid-market organizations get more from the quarterly cadence built into Boom 365, where the team that tests is the team that fixes.
Quarterly pen testing + SOC + helpdesk · 10+ endpoints
- Quarterly penetration testing and continuous vulnerability scanning
- 24/7/365 SOC with managed detection and response
- Endpoint detection and response, patching, ransomware defense
- Email security, dark web monitoring, SaaS backup
- HIPAA-ready controls with a Business Associate Agreement available
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Full-stack security · regulated and 100+ seat organizations
- Everything in MSSP Pro
- Security information and event management (SIEM) with retained logs
- Compliance as a Service with audit-ready evidence
- DNS security and mobile device protection
- Co-managed delivery alongside your internal IT team
See MSSP Enterprise →
Flat monthly rates by endpoint tier are on the pricing page. Standalone engagements are scoped per environment through the assessment form below. Not sure which tier fits? Use the Product Finder.
20% off Boom 365: MSSP Pro for qualifying nonprofits.
Donor databases, client records, and grant funds make nonprofits a target, and most have never had a penetration test. Through the Nonprofit IT Empowerment Program (NITEP), qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations get the same quarterly testing and 24/7/365 SOC our healthcare and legal clients run, at a pooled rate that improves as the program grows. Joining starts at 20 endpoints.
A report your board, auditor, and insurer can all read.
A penetration test that ends in a 200-page scanner dump helps nobody. Every engagement produces four deliverables, each written for the person who has to use it.
Executive summary
Overall risk posture, the most serious paths to compromise, and what changed since the last test, in two pages a managing partner or executive director can read.
Technical findings register
Every finding with evidence, affected systems, exploitability, business impact, and step-by-step remediation, ordered so your engineers fix the right things first.
Compliance evidence
Findings mapped to HIPAA, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and CIS Controls. Pair with Compliance as a Service for full framework management and audit preparation.
Cyber-insurance answers
Carriers now ask whether you test, how often, and what you did about the results. The report and a letter of attestation, available on request, answer all three at renewal.
Penetration testing in Los Angeles, delivered nationwide.
Our security team is based at 1106 Colorado Blvd in Eagle Rock, with a presence in the world’s top-rated data centers, One Wilshire and Equinix. External, web application, and cloud testing is delivered remotely to organizations across the United States; internal testing and debriefs are on-site across Los Angeles County and in our second market, Las Vegas. See managed IT services in Los Angeles, managed IT for healthcare, and IT managed services for law firms.
Penetration testing, answered.
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Get a Free Security Assessment.
Start with a clear view of what an attacker would find first — no cost, no obligation. Organizations with 25+ staff or endpoints also receive a complimentary external penetration test and phishing simulation.
- Free IT & security assessment for every organization — exposure, coverage gaps, and prioritized findings.
- 25+ staff or endpoints: a complimentary external penetration test and phishing simulation, under a signed rules-of-engagement agreement.
- Engagement scoping — which systems, applications, and users a full penetration test should cover, and whether a standalone engagement or Boom 365 fits.
Prefer to read first? Start with MSP vs. MSSP vs. MDR.
Questions? Call 833-BOOM-338 (833-266-6338)