MANAGED PENETRATION TESTING PROGRAM
Annual tests tell you where you were vulnerable twelve months ago. Trava's Managed Penetration Testing Program replaces that model with monthly, human-led testing and quarterly risk-reduction reporting. You always know where you stand today.
Talk to an ExpertNew systems. New code. New configurations. New attack paths. A single annual test captures one snapshot of your environment and says nothing about what changed between audits. A compliance checkbox is even less useful: it confirms you were tested, not that you're secure.
Trava's Managed Penetration Testing Program is built around how environments actually change. Our senior practitioners conduct active, human-led testing every month against your defined rotation of environments. Each engagement finds what automated tools miss and validates what your team has already fixed. Every quarter, we deliver a summary report that gives your leadership a clear, defensible view of risk reduction over time. This is not a scanner running on a schedule. It is an expert-led program.
At the start of your engagement, you and your Trava team define your rotation pool and in-scope environments. From there, testing runs on a defined monthly schedule with full flexibility to prioritize different surfaces each cycle.
Active, human-led testing on your selected rotation. Network, cloud, web application, or a combination based on your current priorities.
Prioritized findings with remediation guidance tailored to your organization's risk tolerance and business priorities. Compliance-ready report included.
A risk-reduction summary report for your security team and leadership. A clear, defensible record of your posture over time — not just a point-in-time snapshot.
Every engagement follows the same structured methodology. Five phases. Senior practitioners throughout. Nothing delegated to automated scanning alone.
Phase 1: Reconnaissance
We map your digital footprint: technologies, open ports, exposed services, and third-party integrations. This includes OSINT, network enumeration, and attack surface identification — exactly as a real adversary would approach your environment before attempting access.
Phase 2: Initial Compromise
We test internet-facing assets for exploitable vulnerabilities and validate each finding to separate real exposure from scanner noise. Every finding in this phase is manually confirmed before it appears in your report.
Phase 3: Privilege Escalation
We simulate attacker progression from limited access to administrative control, stress-testing your internal permission structures and security controls.
Phase 4: Lateral Movement
We test how far an attacker could move within your environment once inside — evaluating network segmentation, internal monitoring, and detection capabilities.
Phase 5: Reporting and Remediation Support
You receive a compliance-ready report with business impact analysis, proof-of-concept evidence, prioritized findings, and clear remediation guidance. An executive summary is included for leadership. Your team can reach our practitioners directly with follow-up questions on any finding.
The Managed Penetration Testing Program is for organizations that need structured, ongoing security testing across multiple environments — without managing separate point-in-time engagements for each. Particularly relevant for teams with defined testing priorities across network, cloud, and web application surfaces who need predictable monthly coverage and a clear record of risk reduction over time.
Findings are prioritized and tied to specific systems, so your team fixes the right things first. Remediation guidance is written to be actionable, not just informative.
Quarterly risk-reduction reporting gives you a clear, defensible record of program progress to share with boards and executive teams.
Every engagement produces a compliance-ready report. Your auditors get the documentation they need. You walk in prepared.
A defined rotation pool and consistent monthly cadence means no surprise scoping conversations. Testing runs on a predictable schedule your team can plan around.
A traditional annual penetration test is a point-in-time engagement: your environment is assessed once, a report is delivered, and the engagement ends. Trava's Managed Penetration Testing Program runs monthly. Your environment is tested on a recurring cadence, findings connect across cycles, and quarterly reporting tracks risk reduction over time rather than resetting each year. You get a security testing function, not a one-time project.
Each monthly engagement includes a compliance-ready technical report with business impact analysis, proof-of-concept evidence for confirmed findings, prioritized remediation guidance, and an executive summary. Every quarter, you receive a risk-reduction summary report documenting posture improvement over time — a defensible record for leadership, boards, and auditors.
Organizations that have outgrown the annual penetration test model and need structured, ongoing testing across multiple environments. Particularly relevant for teams managing testing priorities across network, cloud, and web application surfaces who want predictable monthly coverage, compliance-ready documentation, and a clear view of risk reduction over time — without managing separate scoping conversations for each engagement.
Testing occurs monthly. At the start of your engagement, you and your Trava team define your rotation pool — the environments and test types that are in scope. Each month, our practitioners run active testing against the selected rotation, delivering findings and remediation guidance within the engagement cycle. Every quarter, you receive a cumulative risk-reduction report.
Vulnerability scanning is automated detection — software that checks for known weaknesses on a schedule. Penetration testing is active exploitation conducted by human practitioners. Our team finds vulnerabilities that scanners miss, validates findings manually so you don't chase false positives, and tests how an attacker would actually move through your environment once inside. The Managed Penetration Testing Program combines both: automated scanning feeds our practitioners' reconnaissance, and human testing takes it from there.
Monthly expert-led testing. Quarterly risk-reduction reporting. One team that knows your environment.