Is your cybersecurity
a generic checklist or
a shield against
NIS2/DORA fines?

Penetration testing means hiring security experts to try to break into your own systems before a real attacker does. Think of it as a controlled fire drill for your defenses. Instead of waiting to find out you have a problem when something goes wrong, you discover and fix the gaps first. If your company is subject to NIS2 or DORA regulations in the EU, you are also legally required to demonstrate this kind of real world security validation to regulators.

OwlAttack uses senior human experts who think like real attackers. They understand how your business works, which means they find the vulnerabilities that matter most: flaws in payment flows, gaps in access controls, and paths an insider could take to cause serious damage. This is also exactly what NIS2 and DORA auditors require: evidence of real world resilience, not just a checkbox report.

Two main differences. First, our reports are clearer, faster, and more thorough than a traditional pentest delivers. Your team gets findings sooner, in plain language, with direct Jira integration rather than a dense PDF two weeks later. Second, every vulnerability is found by a senior human expert. Traditional firms often rely on junior testers or scripted checklists; we do not.

We do not sell hours or credits. During onboarding we identify your most critical risks and build a prioritized plan together. Each month we work through the top objective on that plan, delivering findings in real time via our platform with direct Jira integration for your team. You receive a plain language Executive Summary every month plus documentation for regulators. There is no fixed end date. Your security improves continuously rather than sitting idle between annual tests.

Onboarding and Risk Discovery takes 72 hours. A Privileged Access simulation typically takes 2 to 3 weeks. An Application Assessment runs 3 to 4 weeks depending on scope. A Cybercrime Attack Simulation takes 4 to 6 weeks. The Security Retainer runs on ongoing monthly cycles. All timelines are agreed before work begins and testing is scheduled around your calendar to avoid disruption.

Yes, always. A mutual NDA is included with every engagement before any work begins. All findings are stored in encrypted environments with role based access controls. Only your assigned team and our senior experts can view the results. Your data is permanently deleted within 60 days of engagement completion unless you request secure archival.

OwlAttack works alongside your team, not instead of it. Internal teams are essential for day to day operations, but independent external testing is what regulators require and what genuinely validates your defenses. Your own team cannot objectively attack the systems they built and maintain. We provide that attacker's perspective, and all findings go directly into Jira so your team can act on them immediately.

DORA and NIS2 require organizations to demonstrate resilience against real world threats, not just document security policies. DORA specifically mandates Threat Led Penetration Testing (TLPT) for financial entities. We deliver the evidence based validation that auditors require: manual assessments with auditable findings, remediation tracking, and a final Closure Report structured specifically for regulatory submission. Our reports are accepted by EU regulators.

We use fixed price engagements for one off assessments and monthly retainer pricing for the Security Retainer. No hourly billing, no scope creep surprises. Pricing depends on the service and scope, which we define together during a free scoping call. Contact us and we will send a clear proposal within 24 hours.

Every engagement produces a structured Engagement Report with two parts: an executive section in plain language covering risk ratings, business impact, and priority actions for leadership; and a technical section with step by step reproduction instructions for every finding, for your engineers. Findings are also pushed to your Jira board automatically. After the retest is complete, we generate a consolidated Closure Report covering everything from scope to remediation outcomes, formatted for regulatory submission.

Business logic vulnerabilities are flaws in how an application is designed to work, rather than standard coding errors. Examples include payment and refund workflows that allow money to be extracted, multi-tenant access gaps that expose one customer's data to another, price manipulation in checkout flows, and privilege escalation through workflow abuse. Automated tools test for known vulnerability signatures. They have no understanding of what your application is supposed to do, which means they cannot identify cases where it can be made to do something it should not. Only a human tester who understands your business context can find these flaws.

NIS2 applies broadly to essential and important entities across sectors including energy, transport, healthcare, finance, and digital infrastructure. It requires organizations to assess the effectiveness of their cybersecurity controls, which regulators interpret as requiring active technical validation rather than documentation alone. DORA applies specifically to financial entities such as banks, insurers, investment firms, and payment providers. DORA goes further by explicitly mandating Threat-Led Penetration Testing (TLPT) for significant financial institutions, modeled on the TIBER-EU framework. In practice, a company subject to DORA needs deeper testing of operational resilience and third-party dependencies than NIS2 alone requires.

Yes. We test web applications and APIs regardless of where they are hosted, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and multi-cloud environments. For cloud infrastructure testing, scope is defined carefully to stay within authorized boundaries and avoid disruption to production systems. All testing requires explicit written authorization before work begins.

We work primarily with EU companies subject to NIS2 and DORA, which covers a wide range of sectors: financial services, banking, insurance, payment providers, healthcare, energy, logistics, and digital service providers. Our engagements are most common in companies that have recently become subject to NIS2 or DORA and need to build auditable evidence of security validation for the first time.