Penetration Testing Services in Chicago
Penetration testing identifies exploitable vulnerabilities in your environment before an attacker or auditor does. A senior, certified penetration tester scopes and leads your engagement from start to finish, delivering findings mapped to relevant compliance requirements and a retest at no additional cost.
What Illinois Law Expects From Chicago Organizations
The Personal Information Protection Act requires Illinois organizations to keep reasonable security measures over records that hold an Illinois resident's personal data, and to extend the same terms to their vendors (815 ILCS 530, Section 45). The statute never defines what reasonable means, so a documented penetration test gives your organization concrete proof to show an auditor, insurer, or business partner.
The Biometric Information Privacy Act requires organizations to protect biometric identifiers with the same standard of care their industry uses for other confidential and sensitive information (740 ILCS 14, Section 15(e)). Illinois is the only state that lets residents sue directly over a biometric privacy violation, with damages reaching $1,000 per negligent violation and $5,000 per reckless or intentional violation, plus attorney's fees (740 ILCS 14, Section 20).
Coverage Built Around What Your Business Actually Runs
One Tester, Start to Finish
The certified penetration tester who scopes your engagement runs it personally, from the first day of testing to the final report.
Retest Included, Never Re-Invoiced
Once your team closes a Critical or High finding, a tester confirms the fix at no additional cost. The report updates to reflect what's resolved.
Reports Mapped to Your Compliance Framework
Each vulnerability ties directly to the control your auditor checks, so your team hands the report over without reformatting anything.
Fixes That Come With a Plan
Every vulnerability ships with remediation steps your security team can act on immediately, not just a severity score and a description.
See a Sample Penetration Test Report Before You Scope a Vendor
Value That Extends Beyond the Report Itself
The scoping call confirms what's in scope, what's off-limits, and how findings get communicated during the engagement, so your team knows what to expect before testing starts.
The Risk Impact Brief translates each vulnerability into business risk language your leadership can act on, so budget and priority conversations happen faster.
Your testing window gets built around your change freezes and maintenance cycles, so the assessment fits your operational calendar instead of interrupting it.
Testing Fits Around Your Operational Calendar
A tester schedules your testing window around change freezes, maintenance cycles, and business-critical systems, keeping the assessment aligned with how your business actually operates.
Your final report separates exploitable, critical risk from informational noise. Your technical team receives a walkthrough with the tester before the engagement closes.
Common Questions Asked By Chicago Buyers
What does the final deliverable package include?
Every engagement closes with a Risk Impact Brief for leadership, a Technical Pentest Report for your security team, and an Attestation Letter for your auditor. Larger engagements add a Remediation and Retest Report for tracking fixes over time.
What do we need to prepare or provide before kickoff?
Your team provides scope boundaries, in-scope IP ranges or application URLs, and a designated technical contact during the scoping call. Testing begins once the rules-of-engagement agreement is signed.
Who owns the report and the underlying data after the engagement ends?
Your organization holds full ownership of the report and the underlying test data once the engagement ends. DivIHN retains an internal engagement record, including the test evidence and findings documentation, to support the included retest and to respond to any post-engagement audit questions, consistent with your MSA.
Do you sign an MSA and NDA before scoping begins?
DivIHN signs a mutual NDA before any scoping details are shared, and finalizes the MSA and rules-of-engagement agreement before testing begins.
What's the difference between a vulnerability scan and a penetration test?
A vulnerability scan flags known issues in your environment. A penetration test goes further, simulating how an attacker chains those issues together to reach your core systems, giving your team a realistic picture of actual exposure.
How long does a penetration test take?
Active testing typically runs two to three weeks depending on scope, with the full engagement timeline, from scoping to final report, running longer.