A SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, or HIPAA audit window is approaching.
Your auditor's control list expects current penetration testing as evidence and your current report is stale or absent.
For compliance leaders
Your auditor is going to ask for a pentest report. Make sure it's one they'll accept on first read.
CyberGuards delivers a senior-led test mapped directly to your framework — findings tagged to SOC 2 trust criteria, ISO 27001 Annex A, PCI DSS requirements, or HIPAA safeguards in each finding's title line. Retest before field work opens, included in scope.
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Is this the engagement you need?
You're probably here because of one of these.
A prior audit had follow-up evidence asks.
You want this round to close on first read instead of generating a second evidence cycle mid-field-work.
A customer security questionnaire references pentest report dates.
Procurement is asking when your last pentest ran and what's in scope. The date on your current report is older than expected.
Your compliance program is expanding.
New framework, additional control set, new product line, or extended audit boundary — you need pentest coverage that matches the new scope.
A finding from another source needs validating.
An internal note, a customer-reported issue, or a bug-bounty finding raised the question of what else exists. You want a current state before audit field work.
If any of these match where you are right now, the rest of this page is for you.
What you walk away with
A report built to close audit controls on first read.
Framework-mapped findings
SOC 2 trust criteria, ISO 27001 Annex A, PCI DSS requirements, or HIPAA safeguards in the title line of each finding — not in an appendix.
Audit-ready evidence package
Scope statement, methodology summary, severity rationale, and remediation status per finding — field-work ready.
Retest before field work
Retest before your audit window opens — included in scope. Your auditor reads the post-fix state.
Direct line during field work
Direct line to the senior tester if your auditor asks for clarification — no escalation queue, no junior handoff.
How an engagement runs
Four steps, sequenced to your audit window.
- 01
Quick scoping call
We walk your framework version, audit window, and the control IDs that depend on a current pentest. You leave with a fixed scope, price, and delivery date sequenced to your field work.
- 02
Hands-on testing
A senior tester runs the engagement end-to-end. Findings emerge tagged with the relevant control reference in the title line. Live channel if your auditor asks questions during field work.
- 03
Report your auditor will accept
Three audiences, one document. Board summary. Control-mapped executive section for the audit pack. Developer section your engineering team works from.
- 04
Retest before audit
After your team ships fixes we retest and update the report — included in scope. The version your auditor reads reflects the post-fix state.
Audit window approaching?
A quick call lets us sequence the engagement to your field-work date and give you a fixed price before you commit.
Get a straight answer Honest answers to compliance-leader questions
Things compliance leaders ask before they hire us.
"Will this be ready in time for my audit?"
We sequence engagements to your audit window. Most engagements deliver the report two to three weeks before field work, with the retest landing in the final week. If your timeline is too tight, we say so on the scoping call.
"Will my auditor accept this report on first read?"
Our reports map findings to the control IDs of your specific framework version. References to past audit acceptance available after the scoping call.
"Do you map to my framework version specifically?"
Yes. SOC 2 (TSC 2017 and 2022), ISO 27001:2013 and 27001:2022, PCI DSS v3.2.1 and v4.0, HIPAA Security Rule. We confirm the version on the scoping call.
"What if we are mid-transition between framework versions?"
We map findings to both versions where it matters, so your auditor sees one report regardless of which version they're operating against this cycle.
"What if a critical finding surfaces during audit field work?"
Same-day disclosure to your designated contact. We can hold the finding in confidence for the duration of field work, or coordinate with your auditor under a documented disclosure protocol agreed up front.
A real story.
“We had a SOC 2 Type II audit and an ISO 27001 certification audit in the same calendar quarter. CyberGuards scoped a single engagement that covered both control sets, mapped every finding to both frameworks in the title line, and delivered the retest two weeks before our SOC 2 field work opened. Both auditors closed every pentest-related control on first read. We did not file a single exception.”
Not ready to scope a call yet?
Download the Pentest Audit-Evidence Checklist — twelve items every pentest report needs for your auditor to close the relevant controls on first read. Each item mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and HIPAA, plus the common reason auditors send reports back when the item is missing.
- Use it as a vendor scoping checklist before you sign your next SOW.
- Use it as an audit-readiness review on a report you already have.
- Read the three items pentest reports fail on most often — and how to avoid each.
Direct PDF download — no email required.
Want to walk your audit window with our lead pentester?
A quick call to walk your framework, audit timing, and the control IDs that depend on a current pentest. We come back with a fixed scope, fixed price, and delivery date sequenced to your field work.