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Methodology, reporting, scoping, pricing and the awkward questions buyers ask consultancies. Practical pieces that take a position, aimed at the person doing the work.

Business4 min read

What White-Labelling Actually Buys a Testing Firm

What white-labelling actually buys a penetration testing firm: the surfaces clients notice, the ones that give a firm away, and why it changes your price.

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  1. AI
    Running a Local LLM for Pentest Report Writing
  2. Business
    Starting a Penetration Testing Company in the UK
  3. Security
    Self-Hosted or Cloud Pentest Reporting: The Third Option
Business6 min read

Open-Source Pentest Reporting: What Free Actually Costs

An open-source pentest reporting tool costs nothing to download and real hours to run: hosting, patching, backups, templates, security and client delivery.

Security7 min read

UK GDPR for Penetration Testing Firms: A Practical Guide

UK GDPR for penetration testing firms: processor or controller, what the DPA must say, personal data found during a test, and when a breach is yours to report.

Reporting7 min read

Pentest Report Automation vs Word: A Fair Comparison

Pentest report automation against Word templates and spreadsheets: what Word does well, where the hours go, and a costed example for a four-tester firm.

Business7 min read

PTaaS for Pentest Firms: What It Means and How to Sell It

PTaaS is a delivery model, not a new kind of testing. What clients mean by it, what a consultancy must change, and how to price it and sell it under your brand.

Business7 min read

Choosing Pentest Reporting Software: 12 Questions to Ask

Twelve questions that separate pentest reporting software that saves hours from software that moves them, from your Word template and AI key to data and price.

AI7 min read

AI in Pentest Report Writing: A Policy Clients Will Accept

AI in pentest report writing: what it should draft, what counts as client data, local model or your own key, and a one-page usage policy clients will accept.

Security7 min read

DORA Penetration Testing Requirements, in Plain Terms

DORA penetration testing requirements in plain terms: the yearly testing programme, threat-led testing every three years, tester rules, and what UK firms need.

Security6 min read

Answering a Security Questionnaire About Your Pentest Platform

How to answer a client security questionnaire about your pentest platform: where findings live, who can read them and what a vendor breach would expose.

Methodology5 min read

Building a Findings Library Your Team Actually Uses

How to build a pentest findings library your team actually uses: what an entry should hold, what to leave out, and how to grow it from real reports.

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