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Melbourne's Top‑Rated Penetration Testing Services

Penva Security is headquartered in Melbourne – delivering CREST-certified, human-led + AI penetration testing to Melbourne businesses across the SaaS, HealthTech, education and enterprise sectors. Same time zone, same city, in-person available.

Melbourne · VIC

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Servicing Melbourne CBD, Southbank, Docklands & Greater Melbourne

Local Context

Why Melbourne Businesses Choose Penva

Melbourne is Australia’s SaaS and HealthTech capital – home to a deep concentration of scale-ups, the Parkville biomedical precinct, major universities, and Victorian Government workloads. It is also where Penva is headquartered, which means Melbourne clients get the closest possible engagement: same city, same time zone, in-person available when it matters.

Every engagement is CREST-certified, human-led, and delivered with the ISO 27001, SOC 2, Essential Eight and HIPAA evidence Melbourne’s SaaS, HealthTech and education sectors need. We pair AI-accelerated reconnaissance for speed and coverage with OSCP- and CREST-qualified human testers for exploitation, business-logic abuse and validation – the combination that finds the vulnerabilities AI-only platforms consistently miss.

Because we are Melbourne-based, on-site scoping, in-person developer walkthroughs and executive readouts are straightforward – usually same week. Sensitive findings stay in Australian jurisdiction with no offshoring, which matters for Melbourne’s HealthTech vendors handling patient data, education-sector teams under the ST4S framework, and Victorian Government supply-chain partners.

Industries

Industries We Serve in Melbourne

Melbourne’s economy concentrates particular industries – and each has a distinct testing profile. Below are the sectors we work with most often.

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SaaS & B2B Platforms

Melbourne’s tech scale-up corridor – Cremorne, Richmond and the CBD. Web application and API testing, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 evidence for enterprise sales motions, plus post-release regression testing for teams shipping weekly.

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HealthTech & Digital Health

Vendors clustered around the Parkville biomedical precinct and serving public and private health. HIPAA Security Rule + Privacy Act APP 11 evidence in one engagement, plus mobile app and API testing for connected-health platforms.

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Education & EdTech

Universities, schools and EdTech vendors supplying the Australian education sector. ST4S (Safer Technologies for Schools) alignment, student-data handling testing, and Privacy Act APP 11 evidence.

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Retail & E-commerce

Melbourne’s major retail HQs and the e-commerce ecosystem around them. PCI DSS v4.0.1 Requirement 11.4 testing, plus checkout, payment and customer-portal security.

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Victorian Government & Suppliers

Vendors supplying Victorian Government departments and agencies. ISM-aligned testing, Essential Eight maturity validation, and evidence suitable for procurement responses.

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Professional Services & Legal

Law firms, accounting practices and consultancies – handling sensitive client data with strict confidentiality obligations. Privacy Act APP 11 testing and incident-readiness validation.

How We Work

How We Work With Melbourne Clients

Three engagement modes – and because we are Melbourne-based, on-site options are easy.

Remote · AU Jurisdiction

Fully remote testing, Melbourne-based CREST testers, Australian jurisdiction for findings. Daily progress updates and a shared tracker. The fastest start for the majority of Melbourne engagements.

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Melbourne-based testers, AU time zone

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Daily Slack / Teams check-ins

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Shared live finding tracker

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Faster start – usually within 5 business days

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Hybrid · In-Person Scoping

Remote testing with in-person scoping, developer walkthroughs and executive readout sessions at your Melbourne office or a CBD coffee. The benefit of being local – no travel cost, easy to coordinate.

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In-person scoping anywhere in Melbourne

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Mid-engagement developer walkthrough

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On-site final readout with executives

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All testing remote, AU jurisdiction

For internal infrastructure

On-Site · Internal & Sensitive

Full on-site engagement – testers physically present at your Melbourne office or data centre. Reserved for internal network testing, segmentation validation or projects requiring physical access.

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Tester(s) on-site for engagement duration

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Internal network and segmentation coverage

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Best for sensitive infra systems

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Same-week scheduling typical

Our Services

Penetration Testing Services Available in Melbourne

Every penetration testing service we offer is available to Melbourne clients – and because we are local, in-person engagement is easier than anywhere else in Australia.

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Web Application Penetration Testing

Manual, OWASP-aligned testing of authentication, access control, business logic and APIs – covering the OWASP Top 10 and beyond for SaaS, portals and e-commerce.

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API Penetration Testing

REST and GraphQL testing against the OWASP API Security Top 10 – BOLA, broken function-level authorisation, mass assignment, excessive data exposure and injection.

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Network Penetration Testing

External and internal infrastructure testing – exposed services, misconfigurations, privilege escalation and lateral movement, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK.

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Cloud Penetration Testing

AWS, Azure and Google Cloud configuration and exploitation testing – IAM weaknesses, exposed storage, metadata abuse and insecure cloud-native services.

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Mobile App Penetration Testing

iOS and Android testing aligned to the OWASP MASVS – insecure storage, weak crypto, certificate handling, API abuse and reverse-engineering resistance.

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AI & LLM Penetration Testing

Testing for AI-powered products against the OWASP LLM Top 10 – prompt injection, data leakage, insecure output handling, model abuse and agent tool misuse.

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Book a free 30-minute scoping call. Fixed-price quote within 24 hours. Human-led + AI testing. Audit-ready reports. Free retest within 60 days.

Client Feedback

What Our Australian Clients Say

Real feedback from CREST-certified engagements delivered across Australia.

Michael Wendland

Partner at Bonsai

Reliable and professional penetration testing partner

Penva Security provided a quick and efferent pentest report that satisfied our needs and certification criteria. I would highly recommend them for penetration testing, and will be using his services again in the future.

Stuart Cox

Creative Director at NorthBase

Professional, communicative, and highly reliable testers

Penva Security conducted a penetration test of our webapp and produced a report of security issues. The team was professional and communicated well throughout, including giving us the expected timeline for the work and keeping us up-to-date as we progressed. The report was well written and I can recommend them to anyone looking for penetration testing.

Daniel Scocco

Founder at InstaDelivery

Working with third or forth time with Penva Security

This is the third or fourth time we work with Penva Security. They always delivers timely and great work. One of the best security experts I know.

Pricing

Transparent, Fixed-Price Engagements

Penetration testing in Australia typically starts from AUD $2,000 depending on the type of test, the number of assets and the size of the attack surface. Get an estimated quote within 30 seconds – no surprise add-ons.

Fixed-Price Pentest

From A$2,000 / engagement

Pre-defined scope with clear deliverables – ideal for compliance-driven engagements.

Pay-As-You-Go

From A$500 / week

Continuous testing for agile teams shipping weekly. Built for SaaS and FinTech.

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FAQ

Penetration Testing in Melbourne - Common Questions

Direct answers to the questions Melbourne businesses ask most often. Updated May 2026.

Is Penva Security based in Melbourne?

Yes. Penva Security is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. We service Melbourne clients with same-time-zone scheduling, in-person scoping and readout options across the CBD, Cremorne, Richmond, Parkville, Hawthorn, South Melbourne and Greater Melbourne. We are an Australian Business Number-registered Australian company, with all sensitive findings handled in Australian jurisdiction.

Can we meet in person before booking?

Yes. Because we are Melbourne-based, in-person scoping is straightforward — usually within the same week. We can meet at your office, your developer team’s workspace, or a CBD location that suits your team. Many Melbourne clients prefer in-person scoping for sensitive projects or where the technical team wants to walk us through the application live.

Will you sign an NDA before scoping?

Yes. We sign a mutual NDA before any technical or commercial information is exchanged. We can also work to your standard MSA, supplier agreement, or specific data-handling requirements common in Melbourne HealthTech, education-sector and government supply-chain procurement.

Do you do HealthTech penetration testing in Melbourne?

Yes — Melbourne HealthTech is one of our largest engagement areas. We test mobile health apps, clinician portals, patient-facing platforms and connected-device backends. A single engagement produces evidence aligned to HIPAA Security Rule (for vendors serving US covered entities), Privacy Act APP 11 (for AU patient data), and ISO 27001 / SOC 2 (for enterprise sales). See our HIPAA page for the US-side compliance detail.

Do you work with Melbourne SaaS for ISO 27001 and SOC 2?

Yes — this is our most common Melbourne engagement type. Most Melbourne SaaS clients book a single engagement that produces evidence aligned to both ISO 27001:2022 Annex A.8.8 / A.8.29 and SOC 2 Trust Services CC7.1, plus the supporting clauses each framework needs for stage-2 / Type II reports. One test cycle, two-framework evidence.

Can you start a Melbourne engagement quickly?

Yes. Most Melbourne clients receive a fixed-price quote within 24 hours of the scoping call, and active testing typically starts within 5 business days. Because we are local, in-person scoping can usually be arranged same-week — which is the fastest path for compliance deadlines.

Do you work with Victorian Government and supply-chain vendors?

Yes. We deliver ISM-aligned testing for Victorian Government supply-chain vendors, including Essential Eight maturity validation and evidence suitable for IRAP assessment packages. Australian-based testers and Australian-jurisdiction findings are the default for these engagements.

Do you also serve businesses outside the Melbourne CBD?

Yes — we work with clients across Greater Melbourne including Cremorne, Richmond, South Yarra, Hawthorn, South Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Carlton, Parkville, and out to Box Hill, Glen Waverley, Footscray and Geelong. Remote engagements work identically regardless of office location; on-site scoping or readouts can be scheduled at any Greater Melbourne location.

How much do penetration testing services cost?

Penetration testing in Australia typically costs between AUD $2,500 and AUD $40,000 per engagement. Price depends on the type of test (web app, API, network, cloud or mobile), the number of assets and user roles, and the size of the attack surface. Penva Security provides a fixed-price quote within 24 hours after a free scoping call, with no surprise add-ons and a free retest.

Do you use AI or human testers?

Both, in the right order. We use AI and automation to accelerate reconnaissance, expand coverage and run regression scanning — but every exploit, business-logic test and finding is performed and validated by a CREST-certified human tester. AI gives us speed and breadth; humans give the judgment, exploitation and zero false positives that audit-ready evidence requires.