How often should we do penetration testing?
At minimum annually, and after major releases, infrastructure changes, or authentication/payment workflow updates.
People behind the test
Specialists who think like attackers — and work like your staff
Offensive testers simulate real tradecraft under strict rules of engagement. Your engineers and operations leads stay in the loop with debriefs, reproduction steps, and remediation guidance they can ship without guesswork.
Why It Matters
The threat landscape in Kenya is real
Kenyan businesses are actively targeted — from credential stuffing on banking portals to ransomware hitting retail and healthcare. Most breaches exploit known, fixable vulnerabilities.
80%
of breaches exploit vulnerabilities that were known and patchable at the time of the attack.
206 days
average time before a breach is detected in organizations without active monitoring in place.
60%
of small and medium businesses close within 6 months of a significant cyber incident.
What We Do
Four services, one objective: reduce real risk
Each engagement produces a prioritized finding report with remediation guidance — not just a list of issues.
01 — Offense
Penetration Testing
Manual and tool-assisted attack simulation against web applications, APIs, mobile backends, and internal network segments to find exploitable paths before attackers do.
- OWASP Top 10 and beyond — logic flaws included
- Authentication, authorization, and session attacks
- API endpoint enumeration and fuzzing
- Detailed exploit report with CVSS scores
02 — Discovery
Vulnerability Scanning
Continuous or point-in-time scanning of your systems and dependencies, with findings prioritized by exploitability and business impact — not just raw CVSS number.
- Network, host, and web application scanning
- Dependency and library CVE tracking
- Risk-ranked remediation queue
- Rescan verification after fixes applied
03 — Detection
Leak & Backdoor Detection
Deep inspection for hidden persistence mechanisms, credential leakage to dark web or code repositories, unusual outbound connections, and unauthorized remote access paths.
- Source code and config credential scanning
- Dark web exposure monitoring
- Persistent shell and webshell detection
- Suspicious process and outbound traffic analysis
04 — Hygiene
Port Auditing
Full external and internal port mapping to expose unnecessary listening services, misrouted firewall rules, and shadow services running outside your change management process.
- External and internal attack surface mapping
- Service banner and version fingerprinting
- Firewall rule and ACL review
- Hardening plan with close/restrict recommendations
Our Approach
How a security engagement works
We keep the process transparent, time-boxed, and focused on findings that actually matter to your business.
Scoping Call
We define targets, rules of engagement, testing windows, and the specific threat scenarios most relevant to your environment.
Active Testing
Our team conducts the assessment — no automated-only reports. Every critical finding gets manually verified before it appears in your deliverable.
Report & Debrief
You receive a plain-language finding report ranked by risk. We walk you through every issue in a live debrief session.
Remediation Support
We answer questions from your developers and ops team during the fix cycle, and offer a free retest to verify critical issues are resolved.
Why Code Forge Kenya
Security that understands the local context
Kenya-Specific Focus
We understand M-Pesa integrations, KRA API surfaces, and the specific misconfigurations common in locally-hosted infrastructure — not just generic OWASP checklists.
Developer Background
Our testers build software too. That means we find logic flaws, broken access control, and insecure design issues that automated scanners consistently miss.
Actionable Outputs
Every report includes a fix priority queue, clear reproduction steps, and code-level remediation guidance your team can act on immediately.
Get Protected
Know your exposure before an attacker does.
A single assessment can surface the vulnerabilities that would cost you far more to remediate after a breach. Let’s start with a scoping call.
Cybersecurity FAQ
Questions security teams ask first
Do you provide proof after remediation?
Yes. We retest critical findings and provide verification notes so leadership and auditors can confirm risk reduction.
Can you test live production systems safely?
Yes. We define rules of engagement, testing windows, and fail-safe controls before testing production assets.
Which assets can be covered?
Web apps, APIs, cloud workloads, internal networks, exposed ports, and suspicious leak/backdoor vectors.