Core Security Consulting Services (SCS) is a professional security consulting service offering expert-led security assessments, penetration testing, and red team exercises tailored to an organization's specific environment. Service offerings are organized into two primary categories: **Penetration Testing Services:** - Network Security Testing: Covers internal and external network vulnerabilities, including routers, switches, and hosts. - Web Application Testing: Follows OWASP Application Security Verification Standard, targeting injection flaws, broken authentication, XSS, and misconfigurations. - Social Engineering: Deploys phishing simulations with organization-tailored emails to evaluate employee security awareness and defense capabilities. - Cloud Security: Assesses cloud-based systems, applications, and their integration with existing environments. - IoT Security: Analyzes IoT device components, interactions, firmware, hardware, and source code. **Red Team Exercises & Application Security Tests:** - Control Verification: Validates security controls using breach and attack simulation techniques, including SIEM event flow checks. - Purple Teaming: Combines Red and Blue Team collaboration to improve overall security posture and train internal defenders. - Adversary Simulations: Simulates active intrusion scenarios to test Blue Team responses against adaptive adversaries. - Black Box Testing: Full-scope, end-to-end attack scenarios with minimal prior information provided to the testers. - Application Security Testing: Evaluates desktop, mobile, and web applications through dynamic testing and source code audits. SCS also assists organizations with compliance requirements including PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, SEC, and CMMC.