Penetration Testing that ships
US-based penetration testing engineers delivering pentesting that finds what scanners miss — manual and automated penetration testing for regulated and growth-stage teams.
What this service delivers
Penetration Testing is the discipline of manual and automated penetration testing — engineered, versioned, and accountable to outcomes. At NextGen Coding Company, our US-based penetration testing specialists ship production-grade solutions that work under real traffic and audit scrutiny, not just in demos.
Our engagements combine strategic assessment with hands-on delivery. We start by understanding your current manual and automated penetration testing posture, then design and ship a solution matched to your team, timeline, and risk tolerance — using Burp Suite, custom tooling, and manual review where appropriate.
Every penetration testing project is measured against outcomes: cycle time, incident rate, cost per unit, or the specific KPI your leadership cares about. If we can't tie the work to a metric, we don't recommend the work.
Why choose NextGen Coding
Most penetration testing initiatives fail not because the technology is wrong, but because the delivery model is. NextGen brings senior US engineers who have run manual and automated penetration testing in production at scale, with the systems discipline to hand off a solution your team can own long-term.
Our penetration testing engagements are outcome-priced and outcome-measured. We provide transparent, US-market pricing and a written scope up front — no scope creep, no offshore handoffs, no surprise change orders.
Built for teams that need to move
Teams adopting penetration testing
Product and engineering groups formalizing penetration testing into a durable practice rather than one-off effort.
US-regulated industries
Financial services, healthcare, and legal clients whose manual and automated penetration testing work must meet US regulatory and audit standards.
Post-Series A SaaS
Growth-stage software companies where penetration testing decisions now affect real user counts and revenue.
Enterprise modernization
Established companies replacing legacy approaches to penetration testing with cloud-native, engineered systems.
Consulting overflow
Boutique firms needing an on-call US team to backfill penetration testing capacity during peak load.
Fractional leadership
Companies without a full-time head of penetration testing who need senior direction on a fractional basis.
Everything included in a NextGen build
Penetration Testing discovery
Assessment of your current manual and automated penetration testing posture, gaps, and priority use cases before any implementation work.
Architecture & design
Reference architecture for the penetration testing solution, documented and reviewed with your team.
Toolchain selection
Recommendation of the tools and platforms — Burp Suite, custom tooling, and manual review — that fit your team, budget, and existing stack.
Environment setup
Development, staging, and production environments provisioned with IaC and access controls.
Implementation
Production-grade penetration testing shipped iteratively with weekly demos and clear acceptance criteria.
Integration
Wiring the penetration testing solution into your existing systems — data sources, identity, monitoring, CI.
Testing & validation
Automated tests and quality gates specific to penetration testing work — not just unit tests.
Observability
Metrics, logs, and traces on the penetration testing system so failure modes are visible before users see them.
Documentation
Runbooks, decision records, and diagrams that survive engineer turnover.
Knowledge transfer
Structured handoff so your team can own the penetration testing system after the engagement ends.
How the engagement runs
Discovery
Interviews with stakeholders, review of current manual and automated penetration testing state, and definition of success metrics.
Architecture
Reference architecture and toolchain recommendation, reviewed and approved before build.
Foundation
Environments, access, base infrastructure, and CI wired up.
Build
Iterative delivery of penetration testing capabilities with weekly demos.
Hardening
Security review, performance tuning, observability, and load testing.
Enablement
Documentation, training, and handoff so your team owns the system.
Transparent, US-market pricing
Assessment
2–3 week penetration testing assessment with a written report and roadmap. Starting at $8,000–$18,000.
Implementation
Typical penetration testing implementations run $40,000–$180,000 depending on scope and integrations.
Embedded team
1–3 senior penetration testing engineers embedded month-to-month. From $22,000/month per engineer.
Retainer
Post-implementation retainer for optimization, monitoring, and enhancement. From $8,000/month.
All pricing is transparent and US-market calibrated. We don't compete on the lowest upfront number — we compete on delivering outcomes that generate the highest return on investment.
Results our clients experience
Faster manual and automated penetration testing cycle
Clients typically see cycle time on manual and automated penetration testing work drop by 40–60% after adopting the systems we ship.
Fewer production incidents
Post-launch, incident volume tied to the penetration testing surface drops materially — often by half or more within a quarter.
Team leverage
Your existing team gets 2–3x more done on manual and automated penetration testing work because the toolchain is in place and the runbooks are written.
Thought leadership & technical writing
Penetration Testing in 2026
Where penetration testing is heading — the patterns worth adopting and the ones to skip.
Buying vs building penetration testing
When to buy a platform, when to build in-house, and how to tell which situation you're in.
Penetration Testing for regulated industries
How to run penetration testing inside SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI environments without the paperwork slowing delivery.
Objections, addressed
We already have a manual and automated penetration testing vendor.+
Great — we often work alongside existing vendors, augmenting them with senior engineering capacity. If the vendor is working, we help extend it; if not, we can help you migrate.
Our team can do this in-house.+
Sometimes yes, sometimes the internal team is fully allocated. We're a good fit when you need senior US engineers to move a penetration testing initiative forward without pulling from core roadmap work.
This looks expensive.+
Compare the fully loaded cost of a US senior engineer plus benefits, plus the opportunity cost of not shipping penetration testing for 3–6 months. In most cases, engaging a specialized US team is the cheaper path to the outcome.
Frequently asked questions
Which technologies do you use for penetration testing?+
We standardize on Burp Suite, custom tooling, and manual review, and adapt to your existing stack when there's a good reason to. All choices are documented with rationale so future engineers understand why.
How long does a typical penetration testing engagement run?+
Assessments run 2–3 weeks. Implementations run 8–16 weeks. Embedded engagements are month-to-month with 3-month minimums common.
Do you work with our existing engineering team?+
Yes — most of our penetration testing work is done alongside client teams. We handle the specialized work while your engineers stay focused on core product.
Is your penetration testing team US-based?+
Yes. Every engineer, designer, and analyst on the engagement is a US employee working on US business hours.
Engineering discipline. US-based delivery.
NextGen runs security and compliance engagements as engineering work — evidence-collected, version-controlled, and reproducible. Our consultants have run through SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI attestations on the operator side and understand what auditors actually ask for.
Every consultant on security and compliance engagements is a US employee — a requirement for many SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI attestations, and a baseline expectation for financial and healthcare buyers. We serve regulated industry clients across the US from our New York office.
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