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Intelligence-led penetration testing

A strategic understanding of your current threat landscape

Gain clear insight into your organisation’s overall digital risk posture. Our intelligence-led approach identifies both digital exposure and technical vulnerabilities across your organisation.

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Cyber threats are no longer just technical

Modern threat actors no longer rely solely on technical exploits - they target people, public data and your organisation's digital footprint. To stay resilient, organisations need a comprehensive understanding of all potential digital and technical vulnerabilities.

Large organisations and high-profile entities are prime targets of sophisticated intelligence-led attack strategies. Using OSINT investigation methods, attackers now take advantage of the vast amounts of publicly available information to uncover Personal Identifiable Information (PII), and gain insight into an organisation’s internal structure; all of which can be leveraged through social engineering or other malicious attacks, to cause operational, financial, or reputational damage.

Staying ahead of these evolving threats now demands a layered defence approach, focusing on both digital information and the technical vulnerabilities within your organisation. By understanding these interconnected risks, your organisation will be better equipped to defend against these threats.

What is Intelligence-led Penetration Testing?

Our Intelligence-Led Penetration Testing service is a strategic defence approach designed to identify and address both information exposure risks and technical vulnerabilities in a single assessment.

We go beyond traditional investigation methods by combining:

  • Digital Risk Assessment (DRA) - A comprehensive evaluation of publicly available information (OSINT) that could put your organisation at risk.
  • Penetration Testing - A simulated attack to identify and exploit weaknesses within your internal systems and networks to analyse real-world impact.

This approach ensures that you’re not only identifying technical vulnerabilities but also uncovering open-source digital risks that attackers could exploit.

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Our methodology

Phase 1: Digital Risk Assessment (DRA)

We use OSINT techniques to conduct a deep dive into publicly available information about your organisation and its key personnel.

The goal is to uncover any potential risks or vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious actors, including:

  • Exposed personal or sensitive information (PII) about employees or leadership.
  • Digital footprints that could aid in social engineering attacks.
  • Publicly accessible data that could be weaponised by an attacker.

Phase 2: Penetration Testing

Once the DRA is complete, we then conduct penetration testing, which is enhanced by the insights gained from the DRA.

In this phase we:

  • Conduct a full penetration test to identify and assess vulnerabilities.
  • Use findings from the DRA to help identify and exploit vulnerabilities in the context of your organisation.
  • Correlate findings between digital exposure and technical weaknesses to understand how an attacker might leverage these vulnerabilities against your organisation.

Phase 3: Reporting

After we complete our assessments, we will deliver a comprehensive report that highlights any active exploitations and provides side-by-side digital and cyber risk profiles, giving you a unified view of your overall security posture.

Our intelligence and penetration testing teams will provide actionable recommendations to help you prioritise and mitigate identified risks, and proactively defend against threats, so your organisation can strengthen its security strategy.

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Why would you benefit from Intel-led Penetration Testing?

Standard penetration testing focuses on testing technical systems and networks for vulnerabilities, but overlooks the public-facing digital footprint that attackers might exploit.

  • Advanced risk reporting: Our penetration testers work closely with our Digital Investigations team to provide enhanced insights into potential threats.
  • Contextual risk analysis: Understand the impact of your exposed data. We assess how threat actors could weaponise OSINT to execute targeted attacks on your organisation. 
  • Prioritised remediation: Get clear, actionable steps based on our findings to prioritise and mitigate digital risks and reduce attack surface. 
  • Cost-effective solution: By conducting the DRA first, we identify potential digital exposure risks early and streamline the penetration testing phase, making the process more targeted and efficient. This integrated approach provides a more in-depth analysis of your risk landscape.

Our service is designed for organisations that:

  • Have high-profile leadership or sensitive operations that make them targets for malicious attacks.
  • Are expanding rapidly or concerned about their digital risk exposure.
  • Want to understand their exposure from both internal and external perspectives.
  • Seek to go beyond compliance requirements and proactively secure their environment.
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Why partner with PGI?

By combining technical and intelligence expertise with a deep understanding of modern business operations, PGI are setting a new standard for digital threat mitigation, helping our clients stay resilient against today’s most sophisticated evolving threats.

Get in touch with us today to see how our Intelligence-Led Penetration Testing can provide your organisation with the most up-to-date and comprehensive security assessment available.

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Human-led approach

We combine expert human analysis with intelligence-led techniques to mirror how real-world attackers operate.

Holistic risk insight

Our services consider a wide range of behaviours, through our knowledge and expertise, giving you a more comprehensive overview of your organisational risk.

In-depth expertise

With deep understanding of threat actor behaviours and methodologies, we deliver clear and actionable recommendations tailored to your unique threat landscape.

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