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Closing the Gaps: External Penetration Test for a Logistics Provider

A national logistics provider (anonymized)

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The Challenge

Ahead of a major customer's security due-diligence review, a national logistics provider needed independent validation that its customer-facing tracking platform and corporate network could withstand a determined external attacker.

The Investigation

Our team conducted a structured external penetration test spanning the public tracking platform, exposed APIs, and internet-facing infrastructure, mapping findings to business impact rather than just technical severity.

The Solution

Findings were delivered with a prioritized remediation roadmap, focused first on issues with direct exposure to customer data. A retest confirmed closure of the highest-priority findings before the customer's review deadline.

Technology & Approach

  • terminalExternal network and API penetration testing
  • terminalWeb application security testing
  • terminalRisk-based findings prioritization

Illustrative Results

  • check_circleIllustrative outcome: highest-severity findings remediated and retested ahead of the customer deadline
  • check_circleIllustrative outcome: due-diligence review passed without material security findings outstanding
  • check_circleIllustrative outcome: remediation roadmap adopted as an input to the provider's ongoing vulnerability management program

"We didn't just get a list of findings — we got a plan we could actually execute against a hard deadline."

Representative client sentiment, illustrative — Head of IT

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