Application Security Assessment
When you operate a business, a cyberattack can drastically set you back and hinder your processes. Cyber criminals are constantly learning new techniques to get private and critical information from organizations, so it is essential to modernize your security posture to stay ahead of the ever-evolving threat landscape. With an application security assessment tailored to the unique needs, requirements, and attack surface of your application, you can stay ahead of those who have malicious intent.
CBIZ Pivot Point Security performs manual, hands‑on application penetration tests aligned with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) that emulate real‑world attacker tactics across your web, mobile, and API surfaces. Our testers validate and risk‑rank every weakness, mapping each finding to the OWASP Top Ten, so your developers know exactly which vulnerabilities to remediate first and how to shut down the most common exploitation paths.
A security breach is something that puts more than your business’s data at risk. There is the potential for hackers to retrieve sensitive employee and customer information, including but not limited to:
- Social Security numbers
- Health records
- Private email conversations and exchanges
- Email addresses
- Home addresses
- Payment methods
- Phone numbers
Possibly the most damaging aspect of a breach is losing customer trust. With CBIZ Pivot Point Security, you benefit from having a team on your side that has been working for over twenty years to improve the security posture of many organizations.
Some of the techniques we use in our application security assessments include:
- SQL and OS command injection: We determine how apps respond to malicious code that attempts to allow unauthorized access. Our professionals test input validation strength to make operating system edits.
- Authentication and session management: We test multifactor flows, password reset endpoints, session token handling, and attempt privilege escalation across roles.
- Insecure direct object references (IDOR): Our team will highlight any vulnerabilities with internal references to files and resources. We enumerate object IDs and attempt horizontal and vertical access‑control bypass to expose unauthorized data.
- Cross-site scripting (XSS): We test for reflected, stored, and DOM‑based XSS, verifying exploit chains that could steal tokens or execute unauthorized actions.
- Threat‑focused architecture review: We examine your app’s unique threat model, cloud architecture, and secure‑SDLC touchpoints to spot systemic weaknesses early.
Since our start in 2001, we have completed thousands of engagements. We help clients with consulting services that better protect critical application systems from compromise. Unlike our competitors, we want to see your business succeed and reach compliance with regulations from the governing bodies of your industry. We accomplish this by being a partner in your application security testing process and treating your goals like our own.
There is a reason our experts share more than four hundred years of combined industry experience. Our clients enjoy working with us and can trust us to complete testing procedures in a timely and thorough manner. Aside from our capabilities, we only bill you for our services when we fully meet your customer satisfaction expectations.
Choosing us for assistance means getting access to a long list of services to protect your business’s data and people.
Would you like to learn more about penetration testing for your application? CBIZ Pivot Point Security looks forward to talking about your project and answering any questions. Reach out to us for more details and to request service today.
Application Security Assessment FAQs
Our team lists some frequently asked questions below regarding our application security assessment services.
WHY DO I NEED AN APPLICATION PENTEST IF I ALREADY CONDUCT AUTOMATED VULNERABILITY SCANS?
Automated vulnerability scans test for obvious threats, while penetration tests utilize manual, hands-on attention and effort from an industry-certified cybersecurity professional. A manual penetration test often exposes critical findings that even the best automated vulnerability scanners miss because each test is manual, context‑aware, and includes exploit proof‑of‑concept code and a retest after fixes to ensure the applied mitigation efforts were successful and provably effective.
Penetration tests can also reveal the greater picture of how the vulnerabilities impact your organization. While an automated scan may reveal a handful of low-risk vulnerabilities, a penetration tester can leverage those vulnerabilities and other factors to compromise the application’s security entirely in ways that an automated scan could never appropriately present or communicate.
WHAT METHODOLOGIES AND STANDARDS DO YOU FOLLOW?
We align with industry-leading frameworks and methodologies, such as the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP 800‑218.
WHAT TYPES OF APPLICATIONS CAN YOU TEST?
Our team tests e-commerce sites, corporate portals, SaaS platforms, mobile apps, and APIs.
If you are unsure if we will assess your application, please speak with one of our representatives for more information.
