Security Audit

“How much does a security audit cost?” – I hear that question almost as often as “Do we even need one?”. The honest answer upfront: There is no serious fixed price – and that is a good thing. Here is why audit effort varies so much, how prices actually form, and what a good offer looks like. What drives the effort of an audit A security audit is not a standard product. Four factors decide how much work goes into it: ...

“Should we get an audit or a pentest?” – the question comes up again and again, and honestly: the answer is less often “simply both” than you might think. The two approaches answer different questions. Understand that, and you also know where to start. What a security audit checks A security audit is a systematic technical assessment: I look at your configurations, architectures, processes, and settings – cloud setup, Linux and container environments, access rights, secrets, monitoring. The goal is to find and assess known vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and design problems. ...

“What does a pentest cost?” is the most common question after “what is a pentest?” – and it is a fair one. The honest answer up front: there is no serious fixed price. Anyone offering you pentests “from” a certain amount is calculating at a risk – yours. Here is how prices for security services actually come about, and how to recognise a good proposal. Why there is no fixed price A pentest (or a security audit) is not a standard product like a firewall license. The effort depends on things that differ completely from business to business: ...