PTES / NIST SP 800-115 / MITRE ATT&CK ALIGNED
Infrastructure Penetration Testing
Internal and external network infrastructure - assessed through algorithmic automation and expert manual analysis across exposed assets, segmentation controls, and platform hardening.
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Infrastructure penetration testing goes beyond automated scans. We combine custom toolkits with deep manual expertise to evaluate internal and external network assets, segmentation controls, server and platform hardening, and wireless infrastructure - simulating real-world adversarial attack chains within the context of your deployment environment.
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PERIMETER, EXPOSED SERVICES & INTERNET-FACING ASSETS
External Infrastructure Testing
Evaluates the internet-facing perimeter from an external adversary's perspective.
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Perimeter enumeration - exposed services, subdomain discovery, and shadow-IT identification
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Firewall & IDS evasion - rule-set bypass and stateful-inspection circumvention
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Exposed management interfaces - internet-reachable SSH, RDP, SNMP, and IPMI consoles
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Mail & DNS Infrastructure - SPF/DKIM/DMARC, zone-transfer leakage, and cache-poisoning exposure
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TLS & certificate posture - cipher-suite strength, protocol enforcement, and certificate-chain validation
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EXTERNAL ATTACK SURFACE
Exposed Management Interfaces
Mgmt
Firewall Rule-Set & IDS Evasion
FW
Mail & DNS Infrastructure Exposure
DNS
TLS Configuration & Certificate Posture
TLS
PERIMETER
FIREWALL
DNS / MAIL
TLS
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LATERAL MOVEMENT, CREDENTIAL HARVESTING & PRIVILEGE ESCALATION
Internal Network Testing
Simulates post-foothold adversary behaviour to map lateral-movement and escalation paths.
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Service & host enumeration - live-host discovery, port scanning, and service fingerprinting across all reachable subnets
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Credential harvesting - protocol poisoning, relay attacks, password spraying, and exposed-credential extraction
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Privilege escalation - misconfigured services, unpatched vulnerabilities, and trust-relationship abuse
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Lateral movement - host pivoting, pass-the-hash, token impersonation, and remote execution chains
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Data exfiltration - sensitive-data identification, egress-control testing, and covert-channel feasibility
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INTERNAL ATTACK CHAINS
Credential Harvesting & Relay Attacks
Creds
Privilege Escalation & Trust Abuse
Privesc
Lateral Movement & Host Pivoting
Pivot
Data Exfiltration & Egress Controls
Exfil
LLMNR
PASS-THE-HASH
PIVOTING
EGRESS
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VLAN ISOLATION, PCI-DSS CDE, SWIFT CSP & MICRO-SEGMENTATION
Network Segmentation Validation
Validates segmentation enforcement across physical, logical, and software-defined boundaries.
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VLAN isolation - inter-VLAN traversal, trunk-port abuse, and 802.1Q double-tagging
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PCI-DSS CDE segmentation - cardholder-data environment isolation across physical, wireless, and virtualised paths
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SWIFT CSP segmentation - dual-layer isolation between SWIFT secure zone and enterprise network
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Firewall & ACL testing - rule-set gaps, overly permissive rules, and egress-control effectiveness
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Micro-segmentation & SDN - east-west traffic controls and Zero Trust zone-conduit validation
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SEGMENTATION TEST MATRIX
PCI-DSS CDE / Non-CDE Isolation
PCI
SWIFT CSP Secure Zone Boundaries
SWIFT
VLAN & Firewall Rule-Set Gaps
ACL
Micro-Segmentation & SDN Policy
SDN
PCI-DSS
SWIFT CSP
VLAN
MICRO-SEG
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PATCH POSTURE, CONFIGURATION & VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
Server & Platform Hardening
Evaluates server configurations, patch posture, and service exposure against deployment-context threat models.
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Patch & vulnerability posture - missing critical patches, end-of-life software, and known-exploit exposure
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Service & protocol exposure - unnecessary services, default credentials, and insecure management protocols
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Database & middleware - default-instance exposure, authentication weaknesses, and data-at-rest encryption gaps
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Baseline compliance - configuration drift against industry benchmarks and organisational security standards
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Logging & audit readiness - event-log coverage gaps and tamper-evidence controls on critical assets
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HARDENING ASSESSMENT
Patch Posture & Known-Exploit Exposure
Patch
Baseline Compliance & Config Drift
Config
Default Credentials & Service Exposure
Creds
Database & Middleware Weaknesses
DB
PATCH
CONFIG
BASELINE
DATABASE
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WPA2/WPA3, ROGUE AP, EAP & GUEST ISOLATION
Wireless Infrastructure Security
Assesses wireless security controls, encryption strength, and segmentation between corporate and guest environments.
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WPA2/WPA3 assessment - PSK strength, handshake attacks, and SAE transition-mode downgrade
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802.1X & EAP security - certificate validation bypass and evil-twin credential harvesting
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Rogue AP detection - unauthorised access points, SSID spoofing, and WIPS effectiveness
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Guest network isolation - captive-portal bypass and guest-to-corporate VLAN traversal
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Wireless management plane - controller exposure, default credentials, and management-frame protection
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WIRELESS ATTACK SURFACE
Evil-Twin & Credential Harvesting
Twin
WPA2/WPA3 & EAP Downgrade
WPA
Guest-to-Corporate VLAN Traversal
Guest
Rogue AP & WIPS Effectiveness
Rogue
WPA3
EVIL-TWIN
802.1X
ROGUE AP
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NST ASSURE - CONTINUOUS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSURANCE
NST Assure - PTaaS
Continuous infrastructure testing delivered through NST Assure - beyond annual point-in-time assessments.
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Vulnerability Management Office - dedicated VMO with SLA-bound remediation tracking
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Real-time reporting - live finding feed with MITRE ATT&CK mapping and exploitability context
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POC artefact delivery - proof-of-concept scripts and attack-chain evidence per finding
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Revalidation workflows - automated retesting with closure evidence and regression checks
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Executive debriefing - attack-path visualisation, risk-posture trending, and strategic recommendations
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NST ASSURE - PTAAS PLATFORM
VMO & SLA-Bound Remediation Tracking
VMO
Real-Time Finding Feed & ATT&CK Mapping
Live
POC Artefacts & Attack-Chain Evidence
POC
Automated Revalidation & Regression Checks
Reval
NST ASSURE
PTAAS
CONTINUOUS
ATT&CK

Our Approach

At NetSentries, our approach is all-encompassing, merging sophisticated automated methods to detect prevalent vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, and adept manual assessment to pinpoint and exploit device-specific gaps. In our assessment process, we delve into the device's use-case, outline test cases, and devise tailored payloads to circumvent security controls. Our proficient team also endeavors to laterally traverse or replicate the extraction of sensitive data from the asset, emulating the intentions of genuine attackers and offering a near real-life simulation.

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