Identify web application security gaps through emulated, real-world attacks.
Subject your web application to common attack techniques with our experienced professionals.
Subject your web application to common attack techniques with our experienced professionals.
Web-based application development and the explosion of Software-as-a-Service have created a fundamental shift in how online services are delivered to users. With new applications and services come new vulnerabilities created by coding issues or infrastructure misconfigurations. The problem of insecure software is a systemic cybersecurity issue that has transcended time. We were built to help you address this heightened sense of cybersecurity risk.
Our team of dedicated application security specialists works with application development shops to further the security of the applications they work on day in and day out. Our team can assist your organization in developing and building internal capabilities, or provide a point-in-time security evaluation with our Web Application Penetration Testing process.
Our process uses a combination of automated and manual testing. We begin our process using a purpose built web application security tool that combines the power of dynamic application security testing (DAST) with interactive application security testing (IAST). After we analyze your web application using this tool, we will then leverage these results to inform our manual testing phase.
For manual testing, our team follows the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) testing framework, which is an industry accepted best practices framework for assessing security of web applications. Our team will analyze the automated scan results and collaborate with you to develop a suitable test plan for execution. Once our plan is set, we will run our test cases against your application and work with your team to identify vulnerabilities and provide actionable guidance for remediation.
Functional areas of the OWASP testing framework that may be covered during our testing include:
Our Web Application Penetration Testing process will not only help your application become more secure, but we also aim to improve the capabilities of your team by providing them with actionable and repeatable results. Some key differentiators of our approach include:
Yes. Echelon Risk + Cyber works extensively with healthcare organizations, and web application penetration testing is a key part of supporting that industry's security needs. Our OWASP-based methodology applies directly to patient portals, internal healthcare applications, and any system handling sensitive health data. Testing is performed by experienced operators and paired with actionable remediation guidance suited to the compliance pressures healthcare organizations face. Our testers are experienced working with clients across a diverse set of verticals and compliance requirements, including HIPAA.
OWASP's testing framework is widely regarded as the industry standard for web application security assessments. Echelon's process combines this framework with both automated and manual testing. Testing begins with a tool combining DAST and IAST, as well as a tester manually "walking" through the application to understand its functionality. Those results help inform the manual phase performed by experienced testers rather than relying on automated findings alone.
API security testing should cover authentication and authorization controls, input validation, and how the API handles errors, since overly detailed error messages can expose information attackers can use. Testing should also evaluate business logic specific to how the API is actually used, not just technical flaws. The strongest approach pairs automated scanning to catch common issues quickly with manual testing to validate exploitability and surface logic flaws automation tends to miss, the same combination Echelon applies across its broader web app testing process.
The most effective approach combines automated and manual testing rather than relying on either alone. A tool integrating DAST and IAST is used to surface common vulnerabilities quickly. Those results inform a manual phase, where testers follow the OWASP framework to validate findings and uncover issues like business logic flaws and authentication weaknesses that automated tools can miss. While our testers utilize commercially available tools such as Burpsuite Pro to proxy and analyze web traffic, they also assess business logic flaws that are easily overlooked by automated scanners, but often lead to hugely impactful vulnerabilities.
Testing typically begins with automated scanning to establish a baseline as well as manually "walking through" the application with a proxy like Burpsuite. The team then analyzes those results and builds a manual test plan based on the OWASP framework, covering areas like authentication, session management, and business logic. Expect knowledge sharing throughout, not just a final report, along with actionable findings that support both immediate fixes and a longer-term roadmap.