Penetration Testing in Sydney

Penetration testing for Sydney businesses, from web apps and APIs to cloud and networks. Get clear findings and practical fixes.

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01What brings you here?

ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI, APRA

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Local Context

Why Sydney Businesses Choose Penva

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Sydney is Australia's financial services capital - home to APRA, ASIC, the ASX, the four major banks, and the largest concentration of FinTech, InsureTech and payments companies in the country. That makes penetration testing in Sydney a different conversation: the audit clock is real, the regulator is local, and the data sensitivity is high.

Penva is built for that environment. Every engagement is CREST-certified, human-led, and delivered with the APRA, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 evidence Sydney's regulated entities and their suppliers need. We pair the speed and coverage of AI-accelerated reconnaissance with the judgment of OSCP- and CREST-qualified human testers - the combination that finds business logic flaws, broken access control and authorisation gaps that scanner-only or AI-only tools miss.

We service Sydney clients from our Australian base, with on-site scoping and readout sessions available in the Sydney CBD, Barangaroo, North Sydney, Surry Hills, Pyrmont and across Greater Sydney. Sensitive findings stay in Australian jurisdiction - a deliberate match to APRA's third-party expectations and Commonwealth procurement requirements.

Industries

Industries We Serve in Sydney

Sydney's economy concentrates particular industries - and each has a distinct testing profile. Below are the sectors we work with most often.

Banking & Financial Services

Authorised deposit-taking institutions, neobanks and payment providers. APRA CPS 234 testing, internal infrastructure pentests, and segmentation testing against the wider corporate network.

FinTech & Payments

Payment platforms, BNPL, lending and trading apps - clustered around Surry Hills, Pyrmont and the CBD. Web application + API testing aligned to PCI DSS v4.0.1 and SOC 2 CC7.1.

Insurance & InsureTech

General, life and health insurers regulated by APRA. CPS 234 paragraph 27 evidence, plus testing of customer portals, claims systems and broker integrations.

NSW Government & Suppliers

Vendors supplying NSW Government and Commonwealth entities. ISM-aligned testing, Essential Eight maturity validation, and IRAP-package evidence.

Enterprise SaaS & Tech

Sydney's tech corridor - Atlassian-style platforms, B2B SaaS, data and analytics. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 evidence for enterprise sales motions, plus post-release regression testing.

Healthcare & HealthTech

Private hospitals, allied health platforms and HealthTech vendors serving US and AU markets. HIPAA Security Rule + Privacy Act APP 11 evidence in a single engagement.

How We Work

Three engagement modes - pick what fits how your Sydney team works.

Remote · AU Jurisdiction

Fully remote testing, Australian-based CREST testers, Australian jurisdiction for findings. Daily progress updates and a shared tracker. Suitable for the majority of Sydney engagements.

Australian testers, no offshoring
Daily Slack / Teams check-ins
Shared live finding tracker
Faster start - usually within 5 business days

Common for regulated industries

Hybrid · On-Site Scoping

Remote testing with on-site scoping and final readout sessions in the Sydney CBD, Barangaroo or your office. Common for APRA-regulated entities and government supply-chain vendors.

In-person scoping in Sydney CBD
On-site final readout with executives
Board-ready summary delivered live
All testing remote, AU jurisdiction

For internal infrastructure

On-Site · Internal & Sensitive

Full on-site engagement - testers physically present at your Sydney office or data centre. Reserved for internal infrastructure pentests, sensitive environments or projects requiring physical access.

Tester(s) on-site for engagement duration
Internal network and infra coverage
Best for APRA-regulated internal testing
Scoped per-engagement

Our Services

Penetration Testing Services Available in Sydney

Every penetration testing service we offer is available to Sydney clients - same CREST-certified testers, same human-led + AI approach.

Web Application Penetration Testing

Manual, OWASP-aligned testing of authentication, access control, business logic and APIs - covering the OWASP Top 10 and beyond for SaaS, portals and e-commerce.

Web app pentest

API Penetration Testing

REST and GraphQL testing against the OWASP API Security Top 10 - BOLA, broken function-level authorisation, mass assignment, excessive data exposure and injection.

API pentest

Network Penetration Testing

External and internal infrastructure testing - exposed services, misconfigurations, privilege escalation and lateral movement, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK.

Network pentest

Cloud Penetration Testing

AWS, Azure and Google Cloud configuration and exploitation testing - IAM weaknesses, exposed storage, metadata abuse and insecure cloud-native services.

Cloud pentest

Mobile App Penetration Testing

iOS and Android testing aligned to the OWASP MASVS - insecure storage, weak crypto, certificate handling, API abuse and reverse-engineering resistance.

Mobile pentest

AI & LLM Penetration Testing

Testing for AI-powered products against the OWASP LLM Top 10 - prompt injection, data leakage, insecure output handling, model abuse and agent tool misuse.

AI / LLM pentest

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Client Feedback

What Our Australian Clients Say

Real feedback from CREST-certified engagements delivered across Australia.

Michael WendlandPartner at Bonsai

Reliable and professional penetration testing partner

"Penva Security provided a quick and efficient pentest report that satisfied our needs and certification criteria. I would highly recommend them for penetration testing, and will be using their services again in the future."

Stuart CoxCreative Director at NorthBase

Professional, communicative, and highly reliable testers

"Penva Security conducted a penetration test of our webapp and produced a report of security issues. The team was professional and communicated well throughout, including giving us the expected timeline for the work and keeping us up-to-date as we progressed. The report was well written and I can recommend them to anyone looking for penetration testing."

Pricing

Transparent, Fixed-Price Engagements

Penetration testing in Australia typically starts from AUD $2,000 depending on the type of test, the number of assets and the size of the attack surface. Get an estimated quote within 30 seconds - no surprise add-ons.

Fixed-Price Pentest

From A$2,000 / engagement

Pre-defined scope with clear deliverables - ideal for compliance-driven engagements.

Human-led + AI-accelerated testing
Audit-ready PDF report (ISO / SOC 2 / PCI DSS)
Free retest within 60 days
Letter of attestation
1:1 remediation walkthrough

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Pay-As-You-Go

From A$500 / week

Continuous testing for agile teams shipping weekly. Built for SaaS and FinTech.

Ongoing human + AI testing support
Real-time issue notifications
Direct Slack / Teams collaboration
Test new features as they ship
Pause or resume any time

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FAQ

Penetration Testing in Sydney - Common Questions

Direct answers to the questions Sydney businesses ask most often. Updated May 2026.

Will you sign an NDA before scoping?

Yes. We sign a mutual NDA before any technical or commercial information is exchanged. We can also work to your standard MSA, supplier agreement, or specific data-handling requirements common in Sydney financial services and government supply-chain procurement.

Do you do APRA CPS 234 testing for Sydney financial services?

Yes - this is one of our most common Sydney engagement types. We deliver testing aligned to CPS 234 paragraphs 27 and 28, with Australian-based CREST-certified testers (satisfying 'appropriately skilled and functionally independent'), board-ready reporting and Australian jurisdiction for sensitive findings. See our full APRA CPS 234 page for details.

Can you start a Sydney engagement quickly?

Yes. Most Sydney clients receive a fixed-price quote within 24 hours of the scoping call. Active testing typically starts within 5 business days. For urgent compliance deadlines, we can usually accelerate further - let us know on the scoping call.

Do you work with NSW Government and supply-chain vendors?

Yes. We deliver ISM-aligned testing for NSW Government supply-chain vendors, including Essential Eight maturity validation and evidence suitable for IRAP assessment packages. Australian-based testers and Australian-jurisdiction findings are the default for these engagements.

What's your turnaround for a Sydney FinTech pentest?

A typical Sydney FinTech engagement (web application + API, two to three user roles, SSO) runs 5 to 10 business days of active testing plus 1 to 2 days for reporting. AI-accelerated reconnaissance gets testers to the high-value manual work faster, so timelines are shorter than traditional manual-only firms.

How does Penva compare to other Sydney pentest providers?

The market in Sydney has split into three camps: AI-only platforms (fast but miss business logic), large generic firms (slow, often offshore the testing), and boutique CREST-certified specialists like Penva (human-led + AI, Australian, fast). Our differentiators are: 100% human-validated findings, free 60-day retest, fixed pricing within 24 hours, and Australian-jurisdiction handling - which matters for Sydney's APRA-regulated and government-vendor clients.

Do you also serve businesses outside the Sydney CBD?

Yes - we work with clients across Greater Sydney including Parramatta, Macquarie Park, Chatswood, North Sydney and Sydney Olympic Park. Remote engagements work identically regardless of office location; on-site scoping or readouts can be scheduled at any Greater Sydney location.

How much do penetration testing services cost?

Penetration testing in Australia typically costs between AUD $2,500 and AUD $40,000 per engagement. Price depends on the type of test (web app, API, network, cloud or mobile), the number of assets and user roles, and the size of the attack surface. Penva provides a fixed-price quote within 24 hours after a free scoping call, with no surprise add-ons and a free retest.

Do you use AI or human testers?

Both, in the right order. We use AI and automation to accelerate reconnaissance, expand coverage and run regression scanning - but every exploit, business-logic test and finding is performed and validated by a CREST-certified human tester. AI gives us speed and breadth; humans give the judgment, exploitation and zero false positives that audit-ready evidence requires.

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