Penetration testing, red team operations, and security advisory — delivered by a long-time practitioner who ranks in the global top tier of offensive security platforms, and writes reports that make sense to engineers and executives alike.
Buyers pay for penetration tests and get 300-page PDFs built from scanner output, padded with generic recommendations, and missing the two things that matter.
What's actually exploitable. What to fix first.
Every engagement we've seen as subcontractors, every report our clients inherited from their last vendor — the same pattern. Automated output dressed up with a cover page. Severity labels that don't reflect business impact. Remediation advice copy-pasted from a template library.
We built PrimeRanks around the opposite premise.
Every finding is manually verified and chained to demonstrate real business impact. If we can't exploit it, it doesn't make the report.
A "high" that requires twelve prerequisites matters less than a "medium" on your auth flow. We rank findings the way an attacker would — by what they'd hit first.
No ghostwriters, no templated boilerplate. Executives get a clear narrative. Engineers get reproducible proofs-of-concept and remediation that applies to your stack.
Web applications, APIs, infrastructure, and cloud environments. Scoped to your threat model, executed manually, reported clearly. Findings mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and prioritized for remediation — not just scored against CVSS.
Scenario-driven engagements that test detection and response, not just preventive controls. Objectives-based assessments aligned to real threat actor TTPs — with a debrief that strengthens your blue team rather than embarrasses them.
Architecture reviews, pre-audit readiness (PCI-DSS and adjacent frameworks), policy alignment, and security strategy for teams without a dedicated CISO. Honest advice from someone who's also run the infrastructure being reviewed.
Offensive work grounded in 15+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience — Active Directory, Exchange, Linux, virtualization, networking — across environments from small business to Fortune 500.
We don't just find the break. We know what it takes to fix it without breaking the business around it.
Consistently ranked in the global top tier of offensive security platforms. Published technical author. Certified across offensive and defensive disciplines. Active in the CTF and research community under the handle respawnRW. Operating under strict NDA as standard.
Also an Ambassador of NTHW — contributing educational content, mentoring, and community-facing talks.
30 minutes. We map your actual risk, not a checklist. No obligation.
Scope, timeline, rules of engagement, pricing. Usually within 48 hours.
Typical engagements run 1–4 weeks. Progress updates, not radio silence.
Written report delivered, followed by a live debrief with your team.
One round of retesting on remediated findings — included in every engagement.
Engagements are typically booked 2–4 weeks out. Start with a 30-minute scoping call — no deck, no pitch, just a conversation about what you need tested and why.