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The best way to know you would survive an attack is to invite one.

You can assume your defences hold, or you can find out. Offensive security is cimply playing the attacker, on purpose and on your side, from testing your apps and APIs to phishing your team and walking into your building. Better we find the gap than someone else.

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  • Penetration testing that probes your apps and APIs the way a real attacker would
  • Red team exercises that test your people, process and technology as one
  • Social engineering tests, from phishing your inbox to walking through your front door

Before and after

The current picture, and where it goes.

Most businesses find out where their security fails at the worst possible moment, during a real attack. Offensive security flips that around. You hire the attacker first, learn exactly where you are exposed and fix it on your own terms.

Before:

Defences that look solid on paper and haven never actually been tested. A team that has had the phishing talk but never the phishing test, and a front desk that has never had to stop someone who simply walked in with confidence.

After:

Apps, APIs and networks probed by experts before criminals get the chance. Staff tested with real phishing simulations, and physical security checked by someone quietly trying to reach your server room. Every gap found becomes a fix rather than a headline.

The Invisible Win

The cheapest breach is the one you stage yourself.

A real attack costs money, trust and sleep. A staged one costs a fraction and teaches the same lessons safely. When cimply tests your apps, your people and your building, the only thing compromised is a false sense of security, and you get a clear list of what to fix while it is still cheap to fix it.

  • Weaknesses found by your side, before the other side finds them
  • A workforce that has met a real phishing attempt and learned from it
  • Physical and digital gaps closed before they cost you
“Attackers do not care how big you are. They care how easy you are. Offensive security tells you the honest answer, while it still costs almost nothing to fix.”

Think like an attacker, on your side of the table.

Offensive security is simple in idea and powerful in practice. cimply acts as the attacker, with your permission, to find the gaps before a real one does. Penetration testing probes your applications, APIs and networks for the flaws that matter, which counts for more than ever now that so much code is written with AI tools and 45 percent of it ships with a known vulnerability. Red teaming goes further, testing your people, processes and technology together the way an actual intrusion would unfold.

The eye-opener for most businesses is social engineering. cimply runs controlled phishing tests to see who clicks, and physical tests where a member of our team tries to walk into your office, your secure areas or your server room, politely and without permission. It sounds like something only large enterprises do, yet 60 percent of breaches involve a person and ransomware now shows up in 88 percent of small business breaches, because attackers no longer care how big you are. The good news is these tests are more accessible than you think, and you reach cimply directly to scope something that fits your size and your budget.

$56,600

average cybercrime cost to an Australian small business

45%

of AI-written code contains a known vulnerability

Every 6 min

a cybercrime is reported to the ASD

Find the gap first, on your terms.

Waiting for a real attack to test your security is the most expensive way to learn. With penetration testing, red teaming and honest social engineering, cimply shows you exactly where you stand and how to close the gap, while it is still a lesson rather than a loss. These services are within reach for a business your size, and worth every conversation.

Curious what an attacker would actually find?

Let’s find it first, together.

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