Penetration tEsting services in Belgium
Our penetration testing services perform authorized, simulated cyberattacks on your web applications, APIs, and network infrastructure. Certified ethical hackers evaluate your defense controls, identify security vulnerabilities, and provide actionable remediation before attackers exploit them.
Why Penetration Testing Services Matter for Your Business
Modern IT environments change rapidly through continuous software deployments, cloud migrations, and third-party API integrations. While automated vulnerability scanners can flag surface-level software flaws, they fail to detect complex business logic vulnerabilities, authorization bypasses, or chained attack vectors that real hackers exploit.
Investing in independent penetration testing services allows your organization to validate actual operational risks before malicious threat actors can capitalize on them. Beyond preventing costly data breaches and unexpected downtime, thorough security testing is increasingly required to meet strict legal compliance frameworks – such as NIS2, DORA, and GDPR – and to satisfy strict vendor security requirements from enterprise clients.
How Pentesting Works
1. Scoping and Rules of engagement
2. Active testing
3. Risk analysis & reporting
4. Retesting (Optional)
The advantages of pentesting
Prevent data breaches
Safeguard client trust
Ensure regulatory compliance
Actionable remediation
When to perform pentesting?
Before releasing a new application, website, or feature into production, pentesting helps identify critical flaws that could be exploited once it’s live. It’s your last line of defense before exposure.
Significant code changes, infrastructure upgrades, or new features can unintentionally open up new vulnerabilities. Regular pentests after these changes ensure nothing slips through the cracks.
When you rely on third-party tools, platforms, or APIs, their weaknesses can become your vulnerabilities. Pentesting helps ensure those external connections don’t compromise your security posture.
Clients, partners, and regulators often require proof of a secure system. A professional pentest provides documented evidence that your defenses are strong and up to standard.
Who uses pentesting?
Internal security departments often organise penetration tests before deploying a new platform or an application. Similarly, companies who have outsourced web development use pentesting to double-check the result before going live. And for organisations that work with sensitive data or support significant transactions, regular pentesting can be mandatory to comply with industry standards or regulations.
Pentesting deliverables in a nutshell
- Executive summary with high-level purpose and outcome of the exercise
- Detailed findings section with description, remediation and actions
- Threat landscape tailored to the organisation
- End-to-end overview on how your organisation would be compromised
We keep your environment secure
At Refracted, we believe that everyone has the right to be safe in a digital world. That is why we dedicate all our knowledge and skills to keeping your security environment healthy. Just like power fruit, we boost up your immune system and protect you from harm.
Request your pentest
Pentesting is the ultimate security test for your app, platform or infrastructure. We flag technical security flaws before hackers find them. This way, you can always deploy with confidence.
People also ask
How much does a penetration test cost?
Cost depends on scope and complexity. A targeted web application test starts from a few thousand euros. A broader infrastructure assessment will be higher. We always start with a scoping call to understand your environment and provide a detailed, fixed-price quote before any work begins.
What is the difference between a pentest and a red teaming exercise?
A penetration test has a defined scope and time limit. It systematically maps and validates vulnerabilities within agreed boundaries. A Red Teaming Exercise simulates a realistic, advanced attacker with no boundaries on technique or entry point, running over weeks or months. It tests your full detection and response capability, not just your technical defences. Most organisations start with pentesting and graduate to Red Teaming once a security baseline is in place.
How long does a penetration test take?
Timelines vary depending on the size and complexity of applications and environments – determined during scoping – but as a general guide: a targeted web application or infrastructure test typically takes three to five business days, while a broader multi-system engagement can take one to three weeks. We provide a clear scope, timeline, and expected deliverables after an initial scoping call.
Will the pentest disrupt our production environment?
We agree on scope, constraints, and timing upfront. Any risky actions will be checked with you first to ensure we minimise all possible impact.