SOC 2 Penetration Testing
An independent, third-party penetration test formatted as evidence your SOC 2 auditor can actually use — scoped to what sits inside your trust boundary, delivered on your audit timeline.
What's included
- External & internal application testing
- API security testing
- Supporting-infrastructure review
- CC7.1-aligned finding classification
- Auditor-mappable evidence trail
Deliverables
- Executive summary for leadership
- Auditor-ready technical report
- CVSS-rated findings with evidence
- Remediation roadmap with timelines
- Re-test on request once fixes ship
Timeline
5–10 business days, built around your audit deadline if you have one. Say so during scoping.
How this fits into your SOC 2 audit
SOC 2 Type II doesn't name "penetration test" as a literal control, but under the Security Common Criteria — CC7.1, which covers detecting and monitoring for vulnerabilities — most CPA firms expect an independent, annual penetration test as supporting evidence. This engagement produces exactly that: a scoped, dated, methodology-documented test of the systems inside your trust boundary, reported in a way your auditor can map directly to their evidence checklist.
To be precise about the division of labour: I'm not a CPA firm and don't issue your SOC 2 report — that attestation comes from your licensed auditor. What I provide is the independent technical testing that sits underneath it. This is the standard structure for SOC 2 pentest evidence across the industry; auditors expect the test and the attestation to come from separate parties.
What's typically in scope
The application and infrastructure that process or store the customer data covered by your SOC 2 report — usually your production web application, its APIs, and the cloud infrastructure it runs on. If your trust boundary includes internal network segments or additional services, those are scoped explicitly during the call so nothing relevant to your audit gets missed, and nothing outside the boundary gets tested unnecessarily.
Report format
Every report includes a defined scope statement, methodology summary, dated testing window, severity-rated findings with evidence, and a remediation section — the structure auditors look for when validating CC7.1 evidence. If your auditor has a specific template or additional fields they require, share it before testing starts and the report will match it.
Questions about SOC 2 testing
SOC 2 Type II doesn't mandate a specific test named "penetration test" in the criteria text, but under the Security (Common Criteria) category — specifically CC7.1, monitoring for vulnerabilities — most auditors expect independent penetration testing as evidence that vulnerability detection controls are actually effective. In practice, the large majority of SOC 2 Type II audits ask for an annual third-party pentest report.
No — I'm not a CPA firm and don't issue the SOC 2 report itself. I provide the independent penetration test that your CPA-firm auditor will accept as evidence for your audit. This is the standard division of labour in SOC 2 engagements: a security firm or consultant runs the technical test, a licensed CPA firm issues the attestation.
Scope is usually your production application and the infrastructure that holds customer data — the systems inside your SOC 2 boundary. That typically means external and internal testing of the application, API, and supporting infrastructure, covering the same OWASP-class and infrastructure findings a general pentest would, reported in a format your auditor can map directly to CC7.1 evidence requirements.
Auditors evaluate the report on its content, not the tester's brand name — they're checking for a defined scope, a clear methodology, dated findings with severity ratings, and evidence of remediation tracking. That's exactly how every report here is structured. If your auditor has a specific format requirement, tell me before testing starts and I'll match it.
Typically 5 to 10 business days depending on how much infrastructure sits inside your SOC 2 boundary. If your audit has a hard deadline, say so during scoping — the proposal will build the timeline around it.
Pricing follows the same structure as a standard web application or network test — from $500 for a single application, from $1,500 for infrastructure in scope — since a SOC 2 pentest is technically the same work with compliance-formatted reporting. See the pricing page for details.
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