Boston and Massachusetts
Boston Penetration Testing Services
Invadel runs fixed-price penetration testing for Boston and Massachusetts companies, from the biotech labs of Kendall Square and the Seaport to the hospitals of Longwood, the asset managers downtown, and the technology and defense firms along Route 128. Senior New York testers, delivered remotely, on-site by arrangement.
Why Invadel
Why Boston companies test with us
The same senior team, wherever you are
External, web, API, cloud, and phishing tests are fully remote by design. Internal tests run through a small device we ship to your Boston office. The certified testers who scope the work are the ones who run it.
Written for Massachusetts obligations
201 CMR 17.00 expects a written information security program with regular monitoring and testing. Our reports give the program the evidence it needs and map findings to HIPAA, SOC 2, and CMMC where those apply too.
Fixed prices, no travel line
Every engagement is fixed-scope and fixed-price, agreed in writing before we start. Remote delivery means there is no travel charge, and a Boston client pays the same published price as a New York one.
Industries we serve
Built for Boston's core industries
Boston concentrates life sciences, academic medicine, asset management, and hardware engineering in a few square miles, and each brings a different regulator and a different buyer asking for evidence.
Biotech & life sciences
Kendall Square and Seaport companies protecting research data, lab systems, and the cloud platforms behind clinical work, often under HIPAA and partner diligence at once.
Hospitals & academic medicine
Longwood and downtown health systems testing patient portals, clinical applications, and internal networks to the HIPAA Security Rule.
Asset managers & financial services
Mutual fund companies, advisers, and fintechs meeting SEC expectations, SOC 2 reviews, and the questionnaires institutional clients send.
SaaS & technology
Product companies from the Seaport to Cambridge closing SOC 2 audits and enterprise security reviews to win larger customers.
Robotics, hardware & defense
Route 128 engineering firms and defense contractors testing embedded devices, OT, and the CUI enclaves CMMC Level 2 requires.
Higher education
Universities and research institutes securing student systems, research networks, and the federal grant data attached to them.
How we test each sector, with the frameworks and prices that apply: penetration testing by industry, including fintech, law firms, healthcare, and SaaS.
Services
Penetration testing services in Boston
A focused engagement for every layer of your environment, each one led by a certified tester and delivered with a report your team, board, and auditors can use.
Web App
Manual testing of your web app across the OWASP Top 10, business logic, and every user role, from $5,200.
ExploreAPI
REST, GraphQL, and SOAP testing for broken authorization, token flaws, and data exposure, from $4,000.
ExploreCloud
Configuration and exploitation testing across AWS, Azure, and GCP, from $6,800.
ExploreHardware & IoT
Embedded, medical, automotive, and OT device testing, from firmware to radio, from $5,200.
ExploreMobile Application Testing
iOS and Android testing against the OWASP MASVS: storage, transport, runtime, and the API behind the app, from $6,000.
ExploreExternal Network
Testing of your internet-facing perimeter: exposed services, remote access, mail, and cloud edges, from $4,200.
ExploreOn the ground in Boston
Built for how Boston actually works
Boston is one of the densest technology and life-sciences markets in the country, and its companies get asked for penetration testing evidence early. A biotech raising its next round faces investor diligence, a hospital answers to the HIPAA Security Rule, an asset manager answers to the SEC and to institutional clients, and a Route 128 defense supplier answers to CMMC. Each of those requests wants a manual test by an independent firm, reported in a specific form.
Massachusetts adds its own rule. 201 CMR 17.00 requires any company that owns or licenses personal information about a Massachusetts resident to maintain a written information security program, to encrypt that information when it travels over public networks or sits on portable devices, and to monitor and test the program regularly. A penetration test is the most direct evidence that the technical side of that program works.
We serve companies across Greater Boston and Massachusetts, including Back Bay, the Seaport, the Financial District, Kendall Square and Cambridge, Longwood, Somerville, Waltham, Burlington, and Worcester, and the rest of New England from the same team. Testing is delivered remotely from our New York office, with on-site work arranged when a scope needs a person in the building.
New York City HQ
New York, NY 10001
Serving on-site in Boston
Back Bay · Seaport · Financial District · Kendall Square · Cambridge · Longwood · Somerville · Waltham · Burlington · Worcester
Also serving
Manhattan · Brooklyn · Queens · Long Island · New Jersey · Connecticut · Westchester County · Philadelphia · Washington, DC · Chicago · Florida · Texas · Denver · Atlanta · Charlotte · California
FAQ
Boston penetration testing, answered
Common questions from Boston teams scoping their first, or next, engagement.
Still have questions?01How much does a penetration test cost in Boston?
The same fixed prices we publish for everyone: external network testing from $4,200, web application testing from $5,200, API testing from $4,000, and internal network testing from $6,000, each agreed in writing before work starts and each including a free retest. Remote delivery means there is no travel charge for Boston clients.
See the pricing page02Do you come on-site in Boston?
By arrangement. Most engagements are fully remote, and internal network tests run through a small device we ship to your office. When a scope genuinely needs a person in the building, such as a badge-access assessment paired with a red team exercise, we travel from New York and agree it in the proposal.
03Does 201 CMR 17.00 require penetration testing?
The regulation requires a written information security program with regular monitoring, testing of the program’s safeguards, and an annual review. It does not use the words penetration test, but a manual test by an independent firm is the clearest evidence that the technical safeguards, encryption, access control, and secure system configuration, actually hold. Our reports are written so they can be filed as that evidence.
04Can you test a hospital or clinical system without disrupting care?
Yes. Rules of engagement are agreed with clinical and IT leadership before testing begins, including windows, systems that must be handled with care, and an emergency stop contact. We never run denial-of-service techniques, and testing of clinical applications uses test accounts and staging environments wherever they exist.
HIPAA penetration testing05Do you work with defense contractors preparing for CMMC?
Yes. Route 128 and Worcester-area suppliers handling controlled unclassified information need evidence that the CUI enclave is segmented and that NIST SP 800-171 controls hold. We test the boundary and the identity paths into it and report in a form a C3PAO assessment can use.
CMMC Level 2 penetration testing06How fast can a Boston engagement start?
Scoping takes about a day, onboarding begins within 24 hours of a signed proposal, and testing typically starts within a week. If you are working to an audit date, an investor diligence deadline, or a customer review, tell us the date and we plan the engagement around it.
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