Penetration testing should not take a month.
CyberCTRL is an Australian-operated penetration testing platform. We deliver professional external and Grey Box security assessments within a day instead of weeks, at prices that make sense for businesses that don't have a dedicated security team but still need defensible evidence of testing.
Why we exist
Traditional penetration testing in Australia typically costs $18,000 – $25,000 and takes four to six weeks from quote to delivered report. For listed enterprises that's reasonable. For an SME running an e-commerce platform, a SaaS product, or a legal or accounting practice, it's a non-starter.
The result: smaller businesses skip testing entirely, or they buy a single annual scan and hope nothing changes for the next twelve months. Their auditors, insurers, and enterprise customers keep asking for proof of testing - and they don't have it.
CyberCTRL closes that gap. We use the same industry-standard tools that human consultants use - Nmap, Nuclei, testssl.sh, Nikto, sslyze, whatweb, wafw00f, subfinder, dnsrecon - chained into a parallel scanning pipeline. Cross-validated AI analysis (Qwen + Deepseek via OpenRouter) reduces false positives and produces narrative findings that read like they were written by a consultant, not a tool.
Reports are aligned to the ASD Information Security Manual and the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide, with vulnerability assessment findings mapped to ACSC guidance, the Essential Eight Maturity Model, APRA CPS 234, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 evidence requirements. Auditors, insurers and procurement teams accept them.
What makes us different
A day, not 4 weeks
Configure scope, click Start, get a delivered PDF report within a day. No quote cycle, no scoping calls, no scheduling weeks out.
From $1,550 ex GST
External tests start at $1,550. Grey Box tests with authenticated scanning from $1,550. Bundles available. AUD pricing, GST handled at checkout.
Run it again any time
Each engagement includes multiple scan runs. After every release, before every audit, after every infrastructure change - re-test without paying again.
ASD ISM + OWASP
Methodology aligned to the Australian Signals Directorate Information Security Manual and OWASP. Reports support Essential Eight, APRA CPS 234, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 evidence with CVSS scores and reference URLs for every finding.
Hosted in Australia
Reports, audit logs, and account data live in AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney / Melbourne). Your data does not leave Australian jurisdiction.
Mandatory MFA, AES-256-GCM
Every account requires TOTP. Grey Box credentials are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM and only decrypted inside the scan worker, never logged.
Who we are
CyberCTRL is built and operated by working penetration testers based in Australia. Our consulting work delivering manual tests for legal, e-commerce, and SaaS clients exposed how much of the standard external pen test is methodical, repeatable, and frankly automatable. The remaining 20% - interpretation, prioritisation, narrative - is where consultants add value.
We built CyberCTRL to do the methodical 80% in a day instead of weeks, and to deliver the interpretation through cross-validated AI analysis that produces findings written in the voice of a consultant, not the output of a vulnerability scanner.
The platform is not a black box. The PDF report tells you exactly which tools were run, what they found, and how the findings were assembled. Customers can run a scan again the day after a fix and have new evidence by lunch.
Who we work with
- SaaS and e-commerce platforms needing recurring external testing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or enterprise customer due diligence.
- Legal and accounting firms required by their professional indemnity insurer or regulator to demonstrate ongoing security testing.
- Australian SMEs with internet-facing infrastructure who want defensible evidence of testing without a five-figure consulting bill.
- Managed Service Providers (MSPs) who resell security services and need a partner with white-label-ready reports and AUD pricing. MSP partner programme →
Ready to see what your perimeter looks like?
Start an external scan today. Report in your inbox within a day.