Network Penetration Testing for App Developers in Boise

 

App development companies in Boise and across Idaho are frequent targets for cybercriminals. Your applications, APIs, development pipelines, and cloud infrastructure all handle valuable data and intellectual property that attackers want to steal, encrypt, or quietly abuse for as long as possible.

Common attacks against app developers include malware, phishing of developers and admins, password and credential stuffing attacks, SQL injection into backend APIs, and ransomware against build servers and file shares. All of them are simply different ways to gain access to the same thing: your code, your customer data, and your production environment.

The financial impact is not theoretical. In 2021, the median reported cost of a data breach reached $4.24M (source), and that only covers incidents organizations chose to disclose. The real numbers are higher.

For app development firms in Boise, regular network penetration testing (net-pen testing) is one of the most effective ways to understand how an attacker would move through your environment: from an exposed VPN gateway or misconfigured firewall, into your internal network, then toward your CI/CD systems, source code repositories, and production data.

Network penetration testing is a controlled, ethical hacking exercise where security specialists simulate real-world attacks against your IT infrastructure. For app developers this typically includes:

• External network testing against internet-facing systems, cloud workloads, and developer portals
• Internal network testing to see how far an attacker could go after a single compromised account or endpoint
• Testing of connections to source control, CI/CD, issue trackers, and artifact repositories
• Configuration review of firewalls, VPNs, identity providers, and cloud networking

The outcome is a clear, prioritized view of your real security risks, how effective existing controls are, and which changes will provide the best improvement for the lowest effort. For many Boise development shops, it is also a key piece of compliance for PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX, state privacy regulations, and customer security due diligence.

 

Boise & Idaho Network Penetration Testing for App Developers

 

OCD Tech provides network penetration testing services for app developers in Boise and throughout Idaho – from small mobile dev teams in downtown Boise to SaaS providers across the Treasure Valley and beyond.

Our team combines hands-on penetration testing and red team experience with a strong background in IT risk advisory and cybersecurity consulting. We routinely work with:

• Mobile app development companies
• SaaS and web application providers
• Custom enterprise application developers
• Gaming, fintech, healthtech, and industrial app vendors

This mix of offensive security skills and practical consulting means your network penetration test does more than list vulnerabilities. You receive:

• Clear, business-focused reporting for leadership, boards, and non-technical stakeholders
• Technical detail your engineers can act on quickly – payloads, proof-of-concept, and remediation guidance
• Prioritized risk ratings aligned to your specific environment, architecture, and development workflows
• Recommendations for longer-term security strategy, including blue team monitoring and purple team exercises

The result is a security assessment that helps Boise app developers strengthen both their network perimeter and the internal paths attackers would use to reach source code, cloud resources, and production data.

 

Our Network Penetration Testing Methodology

 

OCD Tech follows a structured, repeatable penetration testing methodology tailored to application development environments. While every engagement is customized, a typical Boise app developer assessment includes:

• Scoping and planning – Define in-scope IP ranges, cloud environments, VPNs, development networks, and any restrictions. Align testing with your release cycles to avoid disruption.
• Reconnaissance and mapping – Identify exposed services, cloud assets, remote access points, and connections to your application stack and CI/CD pipeline.
• Vulnerability identification – Use automated and manual techniques to find misconfigurations, missing patches, weak encryption, and insecure network services.
• Exploitation – Safely attempt to exploit identified weaknesses, simulating real attacker behavior against your network, identity systems, and connectivity to dev tools.
• Post-exploitation and lateral movement – Demonstrate how an attacker could pivot toward sensitive targets such as source code, build servers, databases, or admin consoles.
• Privilege escalation and assumed compromise testing – Evaluate the impact of a compromised developer workstation or account and measure how far that access can be pushed inside your network.
• Defense evaluation – Observe logging, alerting, and blue team response capabilities where appropriate, providing insight useful for future purple team exercises.
• Reporting and remediation guidance – Deliver a detailed report with executive summary, technical findings, evidence, and step-by-step remediation recommendations prioritized for your environment.

This methodology is designed to reflect how real-world attackers operate against app development organizations, not just how scanners work. It focuses on network paths, trust relationships, and configuration weaknesses that expose your applications and data.

 

National Reach

 

Although we work closely with app developers in Boise and across Idaho, OCD Tech also provides network penetration testing and broader IT security assessments to companies across the U.S., including:

• Boston (MA)
• New York City (NY)
• Washington DC
• Philadelphia (PA)
• Dallas (TX)
• Los Angeles (CA)
• Chicago (IL)
• Baltimore (MD)

For distributed dev teams or multi-region deployments, this national footprint allows us to test cloud, data center, and hybrid networks wherever your infrastructure actually lives.

 

Contact Our Boise Network Penetration Testing Team

 

OCD Tech provides network penetration testing, ethical hacking, and cybersecurity consulting to app development companies in Boise and throughout Idaho. Whether you build mobile apps, SaaS platforms, or custom enterprise software, we can help you understand how an attacker would target your network – and how to stop them.

If you would like to discuss a network penetration test for your Boise app development environment, please complete the form below. A team member will follow up to review your goals, environment, and timeline, and recommend an appropriate testing approach.