Network Penetration Testing for SaaS companies in St. Louis (MO)
Network Penetration Testing for SaaS Companies in St. Louis (MO)
Software-as-a-Service companies in St. Louis and across Missouri are frequent targets for cybercriminals. Threat actors aim to compromise multi-tenant cloud platforms, customer data, and integrations with third-party services through attacks such as phishing, credential theft, ransomware, misconfiguration abuse, and API exploitation. With recurring subscription revenue and large volumes of sensitive data, SaaS providers are especially attractive targets.
The financial impact of a successful breach is substantial. In 2021, the median reported cost per data breach reached $4.24M (source)—and this only reflects incidents that were publicly disclosed. For SaaS platforms, the real cost also includes churn, reputational damage, regulatory scrutiny, and contractual penalties.
To manage this risk, SaaS organizations in the St. Louis area need to regularly assess, test, and strengthen their IT security controls. A structured, professional network penetration test helps confirm whether your defenses work as expected before an attacker finds out they do not.
What Is Network Penetration Testing for SaaS?
Network penetration testing (net-pen testing) is a controlled, ethical hacking exercise where security specialists simulate real-world cyberattacks against your cloud and on-premise infrastructure, corporate network, and internet-facing assets. For SaaS companies, this typically includes:
Production and staging environments hosted in public cloud platforms
VPNs, firewalls, and remote access used by distributed engineering and support teams
Admin portals, APIs, and management interfaces used to operate your SaaS platform
Office networks and Wi‑Fi that provide a possible foothold for lateral movement
The objective is to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and weak controls, then safely exploit them to show realistic business impact. Leadership teams gain clear visibility into:
How easily an attacker could access customer or operational data
Whether existing controls (e.g., MFA, segmentation, logging) are effective
How well the organization detects and responds to malicious activity
Where improvements are needed for compliance, contracts, and audits
Network Penetration Testing Experience in Missouri
OCD Tech provides network penetration testing and IT security assessments to SaaS companies and other organizations in St. Louis and throughout Missouri. Our team combines deep technical expertise with practical experience in:
Cloud-hosted and hybrid SaaS architectures
Secure configuration review of network and security appliances
Red Team style exercises to emulate realistic attacker behavior
Aligning security controls with regulatory and customer requirements
The result is a targeted penetration test that not only uncovers weaknesses, but also delivers clear, prioritized remediation guidance for your engineering, security, and operations teams.
Our Network Penetration Testing Methodology
OCD Tech follows a structured, repeatable methodology to ensure consistent, reliable results. While each engagement is tailored to your SaaS environment, a typical assessment includes:
Passive reconnaissance – Collecting information about your external footprint without direct interaction (domains, subdomains, exposed services).
Active reconnaissance – Safely probing systems and services to identify open ports, technologies, and potential entry points.
Social engineering (where in-scope) – Testing whether attackers could obtain credentials or access via phishing or related tactics.
Exploitation – Attempting to exploit discovered vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to gain initial access.
Post-exploitation – Assessing what an attacker could do after gaining a foothold, such as accessing code repositories or databases.
Privilege escalation – Attempting to move from standard user access to administrator or root privileges.
Lateral movement – Testing how far an attacker can pivot across your environment, including between corporate and cloud networks.
Maintaining access – Evaluating how easily persistence could be established without detection.
Covering tracks – Identifying logging and monitoring gaps that would allow an attacker to remain undetected.
Reporting – Delivering a clear, executive-friendly report and a technical remediation plan, mapped to risk and business impact.
This approach supports not only traditional penetration testing but also Red Team and Purple Team style security assessments, helping both offensive (testing) and defensive (monitoring, response) teams improve together.
National Reach
Although we maintain a strong presence in the St. Louis region, OCD Tech delivers network penetration testing and cybersecurity consulting to SaaS providers and other organizations across the United States, including:
Contact Our St. Louis Network Penetration Testing Team
OCD Tech partners with SaaS companies and other organizations in St. Louis and across Missouri to perform network penetration testing, IT security assessments, and ongoing cybersecurity advisory services.
If you would like to discuss how a network penetration test can help validate and strengthen the security of your SaaS platform, please complete the form below. A member of our team will follow up with you shortly.
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