Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland
Washington, DC Penetration Testing Services
Invadel runs fixed-price penetration testing for the Washington, DC region, from the government contractors of Arlington, Tysons, and Reston to the associations and law firms downtown and the biotech and healthcare companies of Montgomery County. Senior New York testers, delivered remotely, on-site by arrangement.
Why Invadel
Why Washington, DC companies test with us
Built for the federal supply chain
Contractors 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 CMMC assessment can use.
Senior testers, in-house, US-based
The OSCP and OSCE3 certified testers who scope your engagement are the ones who run it, from our New York office. No offshore handoffs and no rotating crowds, which matters when the data in scope is federal.
Fixed prices, no travel line
Every engagement is fixed-scope and fixed-price, agreed in writing before we start. Remote delivery means no travel charge, and a DC client pays the same published price as a New York one.
Industries we serve
Built for Washington, DC's core industries
The capital region runs on federal contracting, professional services, and the institutions that orbit government, with a biotech and healthcare corridor to the north and one of the largest data center markets in the world to the west.
Government contractors & defense
Arlington, Tysons, Reston, and Herndon firms proving CMMC Level 2 readiness, NIST SP 800-171 compliance, and FedRAMP boundaries for the cloud services they sell to agencies.
Cloud, cybersecurity & technology
Northern Virginia software and infrastructure companies closing SOC 2 audits and enterprise reviews, including the data center corridor around Ashburn.
Associations, nonprofits & law firms
Downtown organizations protecting member data, donor records, and privileged client information, and answering the security questionnaires their members and clients send.
Healthcare & biotech
Montgomery County life-sciences companies and regional health systems testing to HIPAA and to the diligence standards research partners apply.
Financial services & fintech
McLean, Bethesda, and downtown firms meeting regulator, SOC 2, and partner expectations for the platforms that move money.
Media, advocacy & consulting
Organizations whose reputations depend on the confidentiality of their systems, testing email, collaboration, and the web platforms the public sees.
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 Washington, DC
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 Washington, DC
Built for how Washington, DC actually works
The Washington region has more organizations under an explicit security mandate than almost any other market. Defense and civilian contractors carry DFARS and NIST SP 800-171 obligations and the CMMC assessments that verify them. Cloud providers selling to agencies carry FedRAMP. Associations, law firms, and consultancies carry the questionnaires of the members, clients, and agencies they serve. A manual penetration test by an independent, US-based firm is the evidence every one of those parties expects.
The states around the District add their own rules. Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act and Maryland’s Online Data Privacy Act both require reasonable security practices for the personal data they cover, and the District’s data breach law requires reasonable safeguards for residents’ personal information. None of them spells out a penetration test, but each expects the safeguards to be real, and a test is how you show they are.
We serve organizations across the region, including downtown Washington, Arlington, Alexandria, Tysons, McLean, Reston, Herndon, Ashburn, Bethesda, Rockville, Silver Spring, and Baltimore, and the rest of Virginia and Maryland 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 Washington, DC
Downtown DC · Arlington · Alexandria · Tysons · McLean · Reston · Herndon · Ashburn · Bethesda · Rockville · Silver Spring · Baltimore
Also serving
Manhattan · Brooklyn · Queens · Long Island · New Jersey · Connecticut · Westchester County · Boston · Philadelphia · Chicago · Florida · Texas · Denver · Atlanta · Charlotte · California
FAQ
Washington, DC penetration testing, answered
Common questions from Washington, DC teams scoping their first, or next, engagement.
Still have questions?01How much does a penetration test cost in the Washington, DC area?
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, internal network testing from $6,000, and cloud testing from $6,800, each agreed in writing before work starts and each including a free retest. There is no travel charge.
See the pricing page02Do you support CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171 assessments?
Yes. We test the segmentation around the CUI enclave, the identity and remote-access paths into it, and the systems that hold controlled unclassified information, then report findings mapped to the 800-171 control families so the evidence fits a C3PAO assessment.
CMMC Level 2 penetration testing03Are your testers US-based and are results handled securely?
Our testers are in-house employees working from our New York office. Findings and evidence are handled through our platform rather than email, rules of engagement and data handling are agreed in writing, and testing artifacts are destroyed on the schedule set in the engagement terms.
04Can you test a FedRAMP boundary?
We test the systems inside and around a FedRAMP boundary as a penetration test and report to NIST SP 800-115 methodology. Note that a FedRAMP authorization itself requires testing by an accredited third-party assessment organization; our work supports readiness and the ongoing testing between assessments.
05Do you come on-site in the DC area?
By arrangement. Most engagements are fully remote, and internal network tests run through a small device we ship to your office. When a scope 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.
06How fast can an 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 assessment date or a contract deadline, tell us the date and we plan the engagement around it.
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