A customer asked for a security review.
Their security questionnaire expects a current pentest report. You don't have one.
Penetration testing
Penetration testing built for small businesses.
A real test, a report you can hand to a customer or an auditor, and a retest of reported findings included in scope — without enterprise pricing or a 60-page PDF nobody reads.
Is this right for your team?
You're probably here because of one of these.
An audit deadline is approaching.
SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, or HIPAA — your auditor's control list includes periodic penetration testing.
You scaled past the "we run scanners" answer.
Scanners catch the easy bugs. Your customers and auditors are now asking what an attacker would actually do.
You're moving upmarket.
Bigger customers expect a current pentest report on file before they sign.
Your board or investors are asking.
You need a short, defensible answer on what was tested, what was found, and what was fixed.
If any of these match where you are right now, the rest of this page is for you.
How an engagement works for a small team
Four steps. No surprises.
- STEP 01
Scoping call (30 minutes)
We learn what you ship, who your customers are, and what would hurt you most. You leave with a fixed scope, fixed price, and a delivery date.
- STEP 02
Hands-on testing
A senior tester runs the engagement end-to-end. Most smaller engagements cover one web application and an API in two to three weeks.
- STEP 03
Report you'll actually read
One page for the board, an executive section for auditors, and a developer section engineers can paste into tickets.
- STEP 04
Retest
After you fix things we retest the affected items and update the report — included in scope.
Honest answers to small business concerns
Things small business owners say before they hire us.
"We're too small for a real pentest."
If a customer or an auditor is asking for a security review, you're the right size. Most smaller engagements cover one web application and an API in two to three weeks.
"How much will this cost?"
Pricing is scope-based. We confirm a fixed price on the scoping call — no hourly billing, no surprises. The retest is included at no extra cost.
"What if I can't fix everything you find?"
We prioritize by business impact, not by CVSS score alone. The report tells you what to fix first, what can wait, and what can be addressed by a configuration change rather than an engineering cycle.
"Will testing affect production?"
We default to staging environments when one exists. Where production testing is necessary we agree on safe-testing rules with you up front, throttle activity, and stay reachable on a shared channel for the duration of the test.
"How long does this take from kickoff to report?"
Most smaller engagements: two to three weeks of testing plus a week of reporting. Larger network or red team engagements: four to six weeks. We commit to a delivery date on the scoping call.
A real story.
“Two earlier vendor quotes were sized for an engagement we did not need. CyberGuards scoped to what we actually ship — one web application and an API — ran the test in three weeks, and the retest of the issues we fixed was already in the price. The report is exactly what our customer's security team asked us for.”
Not ready to book yet?
Download the SMB Pentest Readiness Checklist — a free guide on what to prepare before your first pentest, what questions to ask any vendor (including us), and how to read a pentest report without an engineering degree.
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Prefer to talk to a person first?
Call us at +1 (415) 555-0142 (San Francisco hours, 9am–5pm Pacific) or book a 30-minute scoping call.
Want a credible answer to: are we secure enough to sell to bigger customers?
A 30-minute review with our lead pentester. No slides, no pitch. We'll tell you what we'd test first and what a fair scope, fixed price, and timeline look like for a team your size.