Find out what an attacker
could actually reach.
Most small businesses have never had anyone genuinely try to break into their systems. They have a firewall, some antivirus, and an assumption. A penetration test replaces the assumption with a list — what we got into, how, and what to fix first.
Four reasons this lands on someone's desk
A customer asked. Larger companies increasingly require suppliers to evidence their security posture before renewing. A test produces documentation you can hand over instead of assurances you're asking someone to take on trust.
An insurer asked. Cyber insurance applications and renewals ask progressively harder questions. Answering them accurately is easier when someone has actually looked.
Something already happened. After an incident, the pressing question is whether the way in is genuinely closed and whether there are others like it. Testing answers that directly.
Nobody has ever checked. The most common reason, and the most honest one. The systems have grown over years, several people have touched them, and no one can say with confidence what's exposed.
Scoped up front, no surprises
Scope and rules of engagement
We agree in writing what's being tested, what's explicitly off limits, and when. You get a fixed price against that scope before any work starts.
The test
Hands-on attempts to gain access and move through your environment the way an attacker would — chaining small weaknesses rather than listing them in isolation.
Prioritized report
What was reachable, how, and what to fix in what order — written so an owner can act on it, not just a technician. We'll walk you through it.
Fixed fee, agreed before we start
Penetration testing is quoted per engagement, because the price depends on what you're testing. A single web application and a multi-site network are not the same job, and pretending they cost the same would mean overcharging one of them. You approve a fixed number against a written scope, and that's what you pay.
Enterprise managed clients receive one test per contract year as part of their plan. Everyone else — on a managed plan or not — can commission one as a standalone project. You don't need to be a C3 customer to book a test.
Serving Clemson, Central, Seneca, Pendleton, Six Mile, Easley, and Anderson, South Carolina, and the wider Upstate.
Straight answers
What's the difference between a penetration test and a vulnerability scan?
A vulnerability scan is automated. It compares your systems against a database of known issues and produces a list, often a long one, with no sense of which entries actually matter. A penetration test is a person attempting to break in. We chain findings together the way a real attacker would — a weak password here, an unpatched service there — and establish what someone could genuinely reach. A scan tells you a door might be unlocked; a test tells you what's in the room.
How much does a penetration test cost?
It's quoted as a fixed fee against an agreed scope, because cost depends entirely on what's being tested — a single web application is a very different engagement from a multi-site network. You approve a number before any work starts, and that's the number you pay. Enterprise managed clients receive one test per contract year as part of their plan.
Will testing disrupt our business?
Scope and rules of engagement are agreed in writing before anything begins, including which systems are in play, which are explicitly off limits, and when testing happens. Where there's genuine risk to a production system, we schedule around your operating hours rather than finding out the hard way.
Do I need a penetration test if I already have managed IT?
They answer different questions. Managed IT keeps your systems patched, monitored and running — it's the ongoing defensive work. A penetration test is an independent check on whether that defence actually holds against someone actively trying to get through. Cyber insurers and enterprise customers increasingly ask for evidence of the second, not just assurances about the first.
Stop assuming. Find out.
Tell us what you'd want tested and we'll scope it — no charge for the conversation.
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