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Security Assessments

Understand the Exposure.
Answer the Right Question.

Not every security question requires a full penetration test. KobReySec offers focused security assessments to identify exposure, evaluate weaknesses, measure security controls, and help organizations understand where defensive effort will have the greatest impact.

Focused ScopeAssess the systems, controls, or risks that matter to you.
Clear FindingsUnderstand what was identified and why it matters.
Practical DirectionKnow what deserves attention first.
Different Questions. Different Assessments.

Not Every Question Needs Exploitation

Sometimes the goal is to determine whether an attacker can compromise an environment. That is where penetration testing fits.

Other times, the question is different: What is exposed to the internet? What known vulnerabilities exist? Are important systems configured securely? How susceptible are employees to social engineering? How closely does the environment align with established security guidance?

Security assessments are built around those questions.

The objective is not always exploitation. It is to gather the right evidence to understand risk, identify gaps, and determine what should happen next.

Featured Assessment

Edge Assessment

See What the Internet Sees

An Edge Assessment maps your externally facing footprint from an attacker’s perspective. We inventory exposed infrastructure, web applications, cloud services, supporting systems, and other assets that define what is visible from the internet.

We also look for known vulnerabilities, outdated software, and common configuration issues that may increase exposure. The result is a clearer understanding of what is accessible, including assets that may have been forgotten, overlooked, or never included in an inventory.

Internet-Facing AssetsExposed ServicesKnown VulnerabilitiesConfiguration IssuesAttack Surface
Common Question

Edge Assessment vs. External Penetration Test

Discover · Map · Identify

Edge Assessment

  • Internet-facing assets
  • Services and applications
  • Known vulnerabilities
  • Outdated software
  • Common configuration issues
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Validate · Exploit · Chain

External Penetration Test

  • Everything included in the Edge Assessment
  • Deeper manual testing
  • Controlled exploitation
  • Validation of exploitability
  • Attack paths and potential compromise

The simplest difference: an Edge Assessment tells you where exposure exists. An External Penetration Test determines whether that exposure can be used to compromise the environment.

Other Assessment Options

Focused Assessments for Specific Questions

These assessments complement penetration testing by providing broader coverage or deeper visibility into a specific area of concern.

Vulnerability Assessment

Identify and prioritize known weaknesses

Vulnerability assessments provide systematic coverage of in-scope systems to identify known vulnerabilities, outdated software, and other weaknesses that should be addressed.

They can include external or internal systems and may be performed as a one-time assessment or on a recurring basis when an organization needs independent third-party vulnerability testing. Where appropriate, authenticated scanning can provide additional visibility into installed software, missing patches, and system-level weaknesses.

Unlike penetration testing, the objective is broad identification rather than controlled exploitation. If you are comparing the two approaches, see Penetration Test vs. Vulnerability Scan.

Cloud Security Benchmarking & Configuration Review

Measure cloud configuration against established guidance

Cloud security benchmark assessments evaluate selected cloud environments against current security guidance such as Center for Internet Security (CIS) Benchmarks and, where applicable, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) guidance.

Our focus is on major cloud platforms and services, including Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The objective is to identify configuration gaps, risky defaults, and settings that do not align with the selected benchmark or guidance.

CISCISAMicrosoft 365AzureAWSGCP

Phishing Assessment & Open-Source Intelligence

Test the human side of an external attack path

Some attack paths begin with people rather than exposed systems. KobReySec conducts controlled phishing assessments to evaluate how employees respond to realistic messages, links, and sign-in scenarios.

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) can be used to understand what information about the organization and its employees is publicly available and how that information could make a phishing scenario more convincing. We often recommend pairing phishing with an Edge Assessment or External Penetration Test so the engagement can show what happens if a user actually submits credentials and how that access could affect the broader attack path.

Cyber Health Assessment

A broader look at overall security posture

A Cyber Health Assessment takes a broader look at the organization’s cybersecurity environment rather than focusing on a single attack surface. The review can span physical security, cloud environments, vendors, servers, applications, policies, and other areas that shape overall security posture.

The goal is to identify gaps, outdated practices, and overlooked areas that may not surface through a narrowly scoped technical review, then provide a clearer picture of where security improvements should be prioritized.

Where Do I Start?

Start With the Question You Need Answered

You do not need to diagnose your own security-testing needs before talking to us. Start with the question you need answered, and we can help determine the right approach.

“What can the internet see?”Edge Assessment
“Can those weaknesses actually be exploited?”External Penetration Test
“What known vulnerabilities exist across these systems?”Vulnerability Assessment
“Are these cloud environments configured according to current guidance?”Cloud Security Benchmark / Configuration Review
“How would employees respond to a realistic phishing attempt?”Phishing Assessment & OSINT
“We know we need a review, but we are not sure where to start.”Cyber Health Assessment / Talk to Us
When Validation Requires Exploitation

Validate What Can Be Exploited

Security assessments identify exposure, weaknesses, and configuration gaps. When you need to determine whether those weaknesses can be used to gain access, escalate privileges, move through an environment, or reach sensitive systems, penetration testing is the appropriate next step.

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Planning the Engagement

Not Sure How to Scope It?

Start with the security question you need answered. Our scoping guide explains the information that helps define the environment, testing objective, constraints, and level of effort for penetration testing and focused security assessments.

Scoping a Security Assessment

Not Sure Which Assessment Fits?

Tell us what you are trying to understand, what prompted the project, or what requirement you are trying to satisfy. We will help determine the right approach.

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