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Case Studies

Engagement summaries and measurable outcomes

A selection of representative engagements. We never publish client-identifying details — these summaries illustrate scope, approach, and the outcomes our clients achieved.

SaaS 4 weeks

Web Application Penetration Testing

Web Application Security Review

A high-growth SaaS platform engaged CipherTest to validate the security of a new customer portal before a major release. Manual testing uncovered a privilege-escalation chain that would have exposed tenant data.

1 customer portal, 3 admin surfaces, 2 public APIs
14Findings
2Critical
9 daysRemediation
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FinTech 3 weeks

API Security Testing

API Security Assessment

A FinTech provider needed assurance over open-banking APIs handling payments and account aggregation. We mapped every endpoint and identified broken object-level authorization on several transaction routes.

42 REST endpoints, 1 GraphQL gateway
42Endpoints tested
3BOLA findings
0.81Avg EPSS
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SaaS 5 weeks

Cloud Security Assessment

Cloud Security Hardening

A regulated SaaS company required CIS benchmark validation across a multi-account AWS organization. We identified IAM privilege gaps and public-exposure drift that would have failed an upcoming SOC 2 audit.

AWS multi-account organization, 11 accounts
11Accounts reviewed
23CIS controls failed
100%Exposure reduction
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Manufacturing 3 weeks

Network Penetration Testing

Network Penetration Testing

A manufacturer needed to validate segmentation between corporate IT and operational technology networks. We demonstrated a path from a compromised workstation to a shared management subnet.

8 sites, 1,200 hosts, OT/IT boundary
1,200Hosts assessed
6 hopsAttack-path length
5Segmentation gaps
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Banking 6 weeks

Red Team Operations

Red Team Exercise

A global bank commissioned a stealth-first red team to evaluate detection and response. Over six weeks we emulated a financially motivated actor from initial access through to a simulated funds-transfer workstation.

Global workforce, 30k employees
18dTime-to-detect (before)
71%MTTD improvement
34Detections added
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