Palo Alto Networks Penetration Testing
Palo Alto gives you App-ID, User-ID and a policy model good enough to express real intent. We pen test whether the policy you wrote is the policy that runs, and whether the management plane is as unreachable as you think. CREST-certified testers, fixed price from £2,460, scoped in 24 hours.
- Unlimited retesting
- No rescheduling or cancellation fees
- Fixed quote within 24 hours
“I would highly recommend EJN Labs to any organisation seeking reliable, detailed, and well-managed penetration testing services, particularly for government or enterprise-level projects.”
Imran SaghirProject Lead, SquareOne“There wasn’t another company we could find that could deliver what we needed in the timeframe we needed. The client loved it, and we got instant ROI from the engagement.”
Dan WilcocksonCo-Founder, CelloriPalo Alto’s policy model is expressive, which is an advantage and a complication. Rules can match on application, user and content rather than port alone, and estates that migrated from a port-based firewall frequently kept the port-based rules and never moved to App-ID, so the capability is paid for and unused.
Why a good policy model still needs testing
PAN-OS and GlobalProtect have also carried critical vulnerabilities including pre-authentication issues, so version currency and management plane exposure are checked first and checked by testing.
Then segmentation. If the policy claims separation between zones, that claim is verifiable by sending traffic, and auditors increasingly expect verification rather than a configuration export.
ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS and Cyber Essentials Plus audits accept manual penetration test evidence. Scan-only evidence is generally insufficient.
PAN-OS, GLOBALPROTECT + POLICY
What we actually pen test on a Palo Alto firewall
Manual pen testing across PAN-OS version and known vulnerabilities, GlobalProtect exposure, security policy and App-ID usage, management access and Panorama integration.
PAN-OS version and known vulnerabilities
Running version established from behaviour and matched against known exploited vulnerabilities, with manual verification of anything reachable, including management plane and GlobalProtect issues.
GlobalProtect and remote access
Portal and gateway exposure, whether multi-factor is enforced on every path, certificate and authentication profile configuration, and what a connected user reaches internally.
Security policy and App-ID
Rule base review for port-based rules that should use App-ID, any-any permits, shadowed rules, zone segmentation verified by traffic, and whether security profiles are attached to the rules that need them.
Management plane access
Whether the management interface is reachable from user or untrusted networks, administrator authentication and multi-factor, role-based administration scope, and API key handling.
Panorama and shared policy
Where Panorama manages the estate, its exposure and trust, whether device group and template inheritance produces the intended effective policy, and what compromise of Panorama would reach.
Decryption and inspection coverage
Whether TLS decryption is applied where policy assumes inspection, exclusions and their justification, and traffic that passes uninspected.
METHODOLOGY
Palo Alto Penetration Testing: From Scope to Attestation
CREST-aligned methodology built on OWASP Web Security Testing Guide, OWASP ASVS, NIST SP 800-115, and PTES. Each finding maps to all four standards plus your specific compliance regime.
Reconnaissance
Application mapping, technology fingerprinting, content discovery, parameter enumeration, authentication-flow analysis, role-matrix construction.
Vulnerability Assessment
Authenticated and unauthenticated automated scanning across every user role, plus targeted manual checks for known weakness patterns.
Manual Exploitation
Hands-on testing by a CREST-certified pentester. Business-logic exploitation, chained vulnerabilities, privilege escalation, impact validation.
Reporting + Retest
Executive summary, technical report with CVSS scores and reproduction steps, walkthrough call, free retest after remediation, attestation letter.
CREDENTIALS
Verified Accreditations Auditors Accept
Every credential below is independently verifiable. UK procurement teams, FCA supervisors, ISO 27001 / SOC 2 auditors, and cyber insurance underwriters all recognise these standards.
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Get a CREST Palo Alto pen test quote in 24 hours
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- CREST and IASME accredited. Testing your auditors and clients already recognise.
- Fast-track testing within 24 hours where required. Free retest of every fix included.
- Live findings via your client portal, not a four-week PDF.
- Fixed price from £3,500 for a single-role, single-app scope, agreed up front. Most engagements run £5,000 and up. No day-rate surprises.
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- Live findings land in your client portal as we test, with a free retest of every fix.
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COMPLIANCE READY
Reports Mapped to Every Framework
Findings are explicitly tagged to the relevant control reference. Your audit team submits the report directly without translation work.
ISO 27001:2022
Annex A.8.8 management of technical vulnerabilities plus A.5.15-5.18 and A.8.2-8.5 access control validation.
SOC 2 Type I & II
CC6 logical access, CC7 system operations, CC8 change management evidence.
PCI DSS
Requirement 11.4 application penetration testing across cardholder data environments, including ecommerce penetration testing for online retail platforms.
FCA SYSC
SYSC 4.1.1R, 6.1.1R, 13 mapped to each finding for FCA-regulated firms.
UK GDPR
Article 32 effectiveness testing, customer-data security controls, ICO-acceptable evidence.
Cyber Essentials Plus
Direct certification through our IASME body status, single-vendor delivery.
PRICING
Transparent Palo Alto Penetration Testing Pricing
Pricing depends on app complexity, user-role count, business-logic depth, and integration surface. The day count flexes; the included deliverables stay the same across all engagements.
2 to 3 testing days
Single user role, basic CRUD application, marketing website with auth. Around 5 working days from kickoff to report.
Get a fixed quote3 to 4 testing days
Multi-role SaaS, business application with payment integration. Around 8 to 12 working days from kickoff to report.
Get a fixed quote4 to 6 testing days
Multi-tenant platform, complex authorisation matrix, integration-heavy applications. Around 15 to 20 working days from kickoff to report.
Get a fixed quotePart of Technologies We Pen Test. These are examples of the stacks we publish pages for, not a complete list. If yours is not here we still test it. Related pages:
BY SECTOR
Palo Alto Penetration Testing for Your Sector
Sector-specialist scoping for UK businesses with sector-specific compliance regimes and threat models.
Fintech & FCA-Regulated
FCA SYSC, Open Banking FAPI 1.0, PSD2 SCA, payment-flow scrutiny, KYC/AML testing.
Fintech sector pageSaaS Companies
SOC 2 Type I & II evidence, multi-tenant boundaries, role escalation, customer-tenant isolation.
SaaS sector pageLaw Firms
SRA Cyber Standard, privileged data, conveyancing fraud defence, partner-tier procurement.
Law firm sector pageHealthcare
NHS DTAC, DSP Toolkit v6, UK GDPR Article 32, EHR systems, telehealth platforms.
Healthcare sector pageInsurance
FCA / PRA Operational Resilience, cyber underwriting, claims data, broker portals.
Insurance sector pagePublic Sector
CCS / G-Cloud framework, NCSC-aligned, citizen-facing services, PSN-compliance scrutiny.
Public sector pageWHY EJN LABS
What You Get From Palo Alto Penetration Testing
Six concrete differentiators competitors don’t all match.
CREST-Certified Testers, Verifiable
Every test by a CREST-certified pen tester (CRT, CCT APP, CCT INF where applicable). Verify our company status at crest-approved.org.
24-Hour Startup, Where Required
From signed scope to active testing in a single business day for incident response, audit deadlines, or regulator-driven timelines.
Live Findings, Not 4-Week PDFs
Critical issues reported during testing through your client portal. Your team remediates while testing continues.
Audit-Ready Reports
Executive summary plus full technical report with CVSS scores and explicit framework mappings (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, FCA SYSC).
Free Retests, Standard
Verify remediation of every finding before close-out. Letter of attestation for audit submission included. Most competitors charge £1,500-£3,000 per retest.
UK-Based CREST Testers
Every engagement performed by vetted, UK-based CREST-certified testers, matched to your needs, security clearance, and compliance scope.
FAQ
Frequently Asked
Will testing disrupt traffic?
No. We do not run denial testing against production perimeter devices. Policy verification uses ordinary traffic, and anything with a risk of disruption is agreed with you first.
Do you need administrative access?
A read-only administrator account makes the policy and App-ID review much stronger. External exposure and version testing needs no access at all, and we usually do that part first.
We use Prisma Access. Is that in scope?
We can include the configuration and policy side. The cloud-delivered infrastructure itself belongs to Palo Alto and we do not attack it, but your policy, your users and your connectivity are yours and are testable.
Do you cover other vendors?
Fortinet and Cisco have their own pages, and SonicWall, WatchGuard and others we pen test on the same basis. These are examples rather than a complete list.
Does this help with PCI DSS?
Directly. Findings are mapped to Requirement 1 and to the segmentation testing expectation, along with ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials.
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Get a fixed price for your Palo Alto review
Tell us how many firewalls, whether GlobalProtect and Panorama are in use, and whether you can share a configuration export. Fixed-price quote within one business day.
