Network Penetration Testing for MSPs in New Orleans

 

Managed Services Providers (MSPs) in New Orleans and across Louisiana are on the front line of cyber risk. When you manage client networks, servers, backups, and cloud environments, a single weakness in your environment can quickly become a multi-client breach.

Threats such as malware, phishing, password attacks, SQL injection, and ransomware are designed to quietly bypass your controls and access sensitive client data. According to industry reports, the median cost of a data breach in 2021 reached $4.24M (source)—and that only includes incidents that were voluntarily reported. For MSPs, that figure multiplies fast when multiple customers are impacted.

To stay ahead of attackers, IT Managed Services Providers in Louisiana must regularly review, test, and upgrade their cybersecurity controls. Firewalls and antivirus are not enough; you need to know how your environment stands up to a real-world attack.

Network penetration testing (often called a pentest) is a controlled, simulated cyberattack on your IT infrastructure, including internal and external networks, VPNs, remote access, and cloud-connected systems. For MSPs, this typically includes both your own environment and, where appropriate, representative client environments.

By safely attempting to identify and exploit vulnerabilities, a network penetration test gives MSP leadership a clear view of:

• Which weaknesses a real attacker would target first
• How far an attacker could move across your network and into client environments
• Whether existing security controls and monitoring are actually working
• Gaps in compliance for frameworks and regulations relevant to Louisiana businesses (e.g., HIPAA, PCI DSS, state privacy requirements)

The result is a practical, prioritized IT security assessment that helps MSPs reduce risk, protect recurring revenue, and demonstrate due care to clients, insurers, and regulators.

 

Louisiana Network Penetration Testing Experience for MSPs

 

OCD Tech provides network penetration testing services for MSPs and their clients in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana. We work with Managed Services Providers that support:

• Local accounting, legal, and financial services firms
• Healthcare providers and clinics operating under HIPAA
• Manufacturing and industrial operations along the Gulf Coast
• Professional services, public sector, and education environments

Our team combines hands-on ethical hacking expertise with practical IT risk advisory and cybersecurity consulting. We understand how MSPs actually operate—RMM tools, remote support, privileged accounts, backup systems, and multi-tenant architectures—so we can test the things that matter, not just run automated scans.

Every engagement is designed to produce actionable results for MSP leadership and technical teams, including:

• Clear identification of exploitable weaknesses in network and system configurations
• Insight into insider threat and assumed compromise scenarios (what happens if an attacker gets one foothold?)
• Specific recommendations for configuration review, hardening, and monitoring improvements
• Guidance to strengthen your own services portfolio and security offerings to clients

The outcome is not just a list of issues; it is a focused security roadmap designed for MSP environments in and around New Orleans.

 

Network Penetration Testing Methodology

 

OCD Tech follows a structured, repeatable penetration testing methodology that mirrors how real attackers operate, while maintaining strict control and safety. For MSPs, this approach is tailored to protect client operations and uptime.

Our network penetration tests typically include:

• Passive Reconnaissance – Quietly gathering information about your public-facing infrastructure, domains, and exposed services without direct interaction.
• Active Reconnaissance – Safely scanning and probing your network to identify live systems, open ports, services, and potential entry points.
• Social Engineering – Where in scope, testing how employees respond to realistic phishing or impersonation attempts, reflecting common attacks against MSP help desks and support staff.
• Exploitation – Attempting to exploit identified vulnerabilities to gain controlled access to systems, using the same techniques as real-world attackers.
• Post-Exploitation – Evaluating what an attacker could do once inside, such as accessing client data, backups, or administrative tools.
• Privilege Escalation – Testing how easily low-level access can be turned into domain admin or MSP-wide control over multiple client environments.
• Lateral Movement – Assessing how an attacker could move from one compromised system to others, including between MSP infrastructure and client networks.
• Maintain Access – Demonstrating how attackers could persist in your environment, even after apparent remediation, if controls are weak.
• Covering Tracks – Reviewing logging and monitoring to determine whether malicious activity would be detected or quietly ignored.
• Reporting – Delivering a clear, non-technical executive summary for leadership and a detailed technical report for engineers, including risk ratings and practical remediation steps.

For MSPs in New Orleans, this methodology provides a realistic view of red team–style attack paths while also supporting your blue team and incident response capabilities, effectively creating a purple team learning opportunity.

 

National Reach

 

Although we work closely with MSPs in Louisiana, OCD Tech also provides network penetration testing and IT security assessments nationwide, including:

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

This broader experience allows us to bring best practices from larger markets directly to MSPs and their clients in New Orleans.

 

Contact Our Louisiana Network Penetration Testing Consultants

 

OCD Tech provides network penetration testing, configuration review, and cybersecurity consulting to MSPs and their clients in New Orleans and across Louisiana. If you want to understand how a real attacker would target your environment—and how to stop them—complete the form below and a team member will follow up with you shortly.