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Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland

Washington, DC Penetration Testing Services

Invadel runs fixed-price penetration testing across Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland: for the government contractors of Arlington, Tysons, and Reston preparing for CMMC or FedRAMP, 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.

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Three fields. A senior tester reads it and replies within one business day.

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Remote delivery, on-site on requestOnboarding within 24 hours of signingCMMC, NIST 800-171 & SOC 2 mapped reportsFree retest on every engagement
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Case study · HR & Payroll SaaS

Web Application Penetration Test

High risk

Critical: a file-inclusion flaw that let an attacker read sensitive files from the server through the application itself. High: stored cross-site scripting capable of session theft, insecure direct object references, and an authorization bypass that let an administrator create or delete organization owners.

Outcome. Delivered a remediation plan sequenced by real business impact, critical and high findings first, with a complimentary retest to verify every fix.

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Findings

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Read the case study

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 senior 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, SaaS, and manufacturing.

On 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, Fairfax, Annandale, Tysons, McLean, Reston, Herndon, Ashburn, Bethesda, Rockville, Silver Spring, Columbia, 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

1178 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
info [at] invadel [dot] com
Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm ET

Serving Washington, DC: remote, on-site by arrangement

Downtown DC · Arlington · Alexandria · Fairfax · Tysons · McLean · Reston · Herndon · Ashburn · Bethesda · Rockville · Silver Spring · Columbia · Baltimore

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 page
02Do 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 Level 2 self-assessment or a C3PAO assessment, whichever your contracts call for.

CMMC Level 2 penetration testing
03Where should a contractor start with CMMC Level 2?

With the 110 NIST SP 800-171 requirements and the evidence an assessor will ask for on each one. Our checklist lists them by family and flags the rows a penetration test or validated scan can evidence. Then test the CUI enclave boundary: external testing from $4,200 and internal testing from $6,000, each with a free retest.

CMMC Level 2 requirements checklist
04Are 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.

05Can you test a FedRAMP boundary?

Yes, as readiness and pre-assessment testing. We test the systems inside and around the boundary and report to NIST SP 800-115 methodology, so findings are fixed before your assessor arrives. We are not a 3PAO, and our report does not replace the assessor’s: the penetration test that counts toward a FedRAMP authorization is run by the FedRAMP recognized assessor on your path.

FedRAMP penetration testing
06Do you work with vendors that handle criminal justice information?

Yes. Software and service vendors that host or reach criminal justice information for police departments, courts, or other criminal justice agencies meet the FBI CJIS Security Policy through their contract with each agency. There is no CJIS certification, and the policy does not name a penetration test, but version 6.1 requires vulnerability scanning at least monthly, and an independent test shows whether the controls around that data hold. We run the scanning and the testing; we are not a CJIS auditor.

CJIS compliance checklist for vendors
07Do you test associations and nonprofits in Washington?

Yes. Associations and nonprofits hold member and donor records, take dues and donations online, and often run Microsoft 365 with volunteer and board accounts that outlive the role. Recipients of federal awards, subrecipients included, must also take reasonable cybersecurity measures to safeguard information, including personally identifiable information, under 2 CFR 200.303(e). We test the email tenant, the donation and member portals, and the donor database remotely, with reports written for boards and funders.

Cybersecurity for nonprofits
08Do you come on-site in DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland?

By arrangement. Most engagements are fully remote. For an internal network test we ship a small device to your office, whether it is in Arlington, Fairfax, or Bethesda, and test the network through it. 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.

09How 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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Tell us what to test and see your fixed price. Fixed scope, free retest, and a reply within one business day.