Network Penetration Testing for SaaS companies in Newark
Network Penetration Testing for SaaS Companies in Newark
Cloud-first and SaaS businesses in Newark and across New Jersey are prime targets for cybercriminals. Your platforms store customer data, application secrets, and API keys that are highly valuable on the black market. Threat actors use techniques such as phishing, malware, password attacks, SQL injection, API abuse, and ransomware to gain access to that data and disrupt your services.
The financial impact is significant. The median reported cost of a data breach in 2021 reached $4.24M per incident, and that only includes breaches that were actually disclosed. For subscription-based SaaS companies, the real cost also includes churn, reputational damage, and downtime that directly hits monthly recurring revenue.
For Newark-based SaaS firms operating in regulated environments (such as finance, healthcare, logistics, and education), maintaining trust is non‑negotiable. To do that, organizations need to regularly review, test, and upgrade their cybersecurity controls—not just on paper, but against realistic attacks.
Network penetration testing (net‑pen testing) is a controlled, ethical hacking engagement where security professionals simulate real attackers targeting your production network, cloud environment, and supporting infrastructure. For SaaS companies, this often includes testing:
Internal and external networks supporting your SaaS platform
Cloud environments (e.g., AWS VPCs, Azure VNets, GCP networks)
VPNs, remote access, and admin interfaces used by engineers and support teams
Shared hosting, multi‑tenant segments, and third‑party integrations
The outcome of a network penetration test is a clear, prioritized view of your real‑world risk—where an attacker can get in, how far they can move, and how to close those gaps. Leadership teams use these findings to improve IT security, compliance readiness, and incident response planning.
Newark SaaS Network Penetration Testing Experience
OCD Tech delivers network penetration testing for SaaS companies in Newark and across New Jersey, from early‑stage startups in coworking spaces to established providers in downtown Newark and the broader North Jersey corridor.
Our team combines penetration testing, IT risk advisory, and cybersecurity consulting experience across industries that frequently rely on SaaS platforms, including:
Fintech and financial services
Healthcare and health‑tech providers
Logistics, transport, and port‑adjacent businesses around Newark
Education, non‑profits, and public sector SaaS adopters
We focus on practical, exploit‑driven testing, not checkbox exercises. That means we do not just list vulnerabilities—we demonstrate what an attacker can actually do in your environment. The final deliverable includes:
Evidence‑based findings in business‑friendly language for executives
Technical details and proof‑of‑concepts for engineering and DevOps teams
Actionable remediation steps aligned with modern SaaS architectures
The result is a network security assessment that not only exposes weaknesses but gives you a concrete plan to harden your SaaS platform and supporting infrastructure.
Network Penetration Testing Methodology
OCD Tech uses a structured, repeatable methodology that mirrors real attacker behavior while staying within an agreed scope. For SaaS organizations, this methodology is tailored to include cloud networks, CI/CD pipelines, developer access, and third‑party connections.
Our approach typically includes:
Passive Reconnaissance – Quietly gathering information about your external footprint, cloud assets, and exposed services without directly touching systems.
Active Reconnaissance – Safely probing networks and services to identify open ports, misconfigurations, and potential entry points into your SaaS infrastructure.
Social Engineering – Where approved, testing staff susceptibility to phishing and other tactics commonly used to compromise admin accounts and developer access.
Exploitation – Attempting to leverage identified weaknesses to gain unauthorized access, such as exploiting network services, VPNs, or misconfigured cloud components.
Post‑Exploitation – Assessing what an attacker could do after gaining a foothold, including access to databases, internal APIs, or management consoles.
Privilege Escalation – Attempting to move from a low‑level account to higher‑privileged roles, particularly those with access to production SaaS environments or customer data.
Lateral Movement – Testing how easily an attacker could move across your internal network, between environments (dev, test, prod), or across tenants.
Maintaining Access – Demonstrating how persistent access could be established if controls are not properly configured or monitored.
Covering Tracks – Evaluating the effectiveness of your logging, monitoring, and detection (Blue Team) capabilities against realistic attacker behavior.
Reporting – Delivering a clear, prioritized report and briefing, mapping technical findings to business risk, compliance requirements, and SaaS‑specific concerns.
This methodology supports Red Team, Blue Team, and Purple Team style engagements, depending on your maturity and objectives.
National Reach
Although we are deeply familiar with the Newark and New Jersey technology landscape, OCD Tech also provides network penetration testing and IT security assessments to companies across the U.S., including:
This national reach is useful for SaaS providers with distributed teams, multi‑region data centers, and customers across multiple states who need consistent security testing and compliance evidence.
Contact Our Newark Network Penetration Testing Consultants
OCD Tech provides network penetration testing, cloud security assessments, and cybersecurity consulting to SaaS businesses and other organizations in Newark and across New Jersey.
If you want to understand how an attacker would target your SaaS platform—and how to stop them—complete the form below, and a member of our team will contact you to discuss scope, timelines, and next steps.
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