TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT DISCIPLINES

Structured Security Evaluation Disciplines

PentAIO Labs operates focused evaluation practices across source code auditing, API security boundaries, and infrastructure hardening.

SEC-01Code Auditing & Vulnerability Discovery

Application Security & Source Code Review

Manual and automated security assessments of source code written in Go, Python, Rust, and TypeScript. Identification of business logic flaws, memory safety issues, injection risks, and OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.

Technical Methodology & Deliverables:
  • •Methodology: OWASP ASVS Level 2/3 Source Code Assessment
  • •Tooling: AST semantic analysis, Semgrep rulesets, manual logic trace
  • •Focus: Authentication bypasses, broken object-level authorization (BOLA)
  • •Deliverables: Prioritized vulnerability report and remediation patches
SEC-02REST & Authorization Models

API Security & Access Control Assessment

Systematic evaluation of API endpoints for authorization bypasses, parameter manipulation, mass assignment, and rate limiting issues. Verification of tenant isolation in multi-tenant architectures.

Technical Methodology & Deliverables:
  • •Standards: OWASP API Security Top 10 benchmark
  • •Mechanisms: JWT token validation, HttpOnly cookie security, OAuth2/OIDC
  • •Isolation: Horizontal and vertical authorization boundary verification
  • •Deliverables: Step-by-step reproduction scripts, Swagger/Postman test collections
SEC-03Offensive Security & Red Teaming

Penetration Testing & Vulnerability Assessment

Controlled black-box and grey-box penetration testing against external perimeters, web services, and internal APIs. Validation of attack paths and exploitable security findings.

Technical Methodology & Deliverables:
  • •Scope: Web applications, APIs, authentication endpoints, and perimeter proxies
  • •Execution: Manual exploitation combined with scripted verification harnesses
  • •Telemetry: Full correlation with telemetry streams and audit logging
  • •Deliverables: Technical vulnerability report with reproducible proof-of-concepts (PoC)
SEC-04Cloud Security & Systems Engineering

Infrastructure & Deployment Hardening

Hardening of container runtimes, reverse proxy architectures, and network segmentation. Implementation of secure header policies, TLS configurations, and defense-in-depth isolation.

Technical Methodology & Deliverables:
  • •Infrastructure: Docker isolation, Linux namespaces, edge reverse proxy (Caddy)
  • •Policies: Strict CSP, HSTS, TLS 1.3, HttpOnly session flags
  • •Auditing: Structured audit event emission and out-of-band log collection
  • •Deliverables: Hardened configuration templates and verification checklists