A true pentest partner isn't just another vendor. Think of them as your own expert cybersecurity team, ready to perform high-quality penetration tests for your clients, all under your brand. They work exclusively with resellers like you—MSPs, vCISOs, and GRC companies—and are 100% committed to your success.
Unlike traditional security firms that might sell directly to your clients, a channel-only partner acts as a seamless extension of your team. This allows you to deliver top-tier security assessments without ever worrying about them competing for your accounts.
Why MSPs Need a Reliable Pentest Partner
For most MSPs and vCISOs, offering pentesting is a challenge. Your clients need to meet compliance frameworks like SOC 2, HIPAA, or PCI DSS, but finding a good partner is tough. The industry is full of vendors with inflated prices, slow report delivery, and low-quality results that cause more problems than they solve.
This broken model puts you in a difficult position. You either absorb huge costs, risk losing deals by passing them on to clients, or settle for a cheap pentest that could damage your reputation. A true pentest partner solves these problems by aligning their success directly with yours.
Solving Your Biggest Pentesting Challenges
The right pentest partner eliminates the common frustrations of reselling security services. Instead of a vendor creating friction, you get a dedicated ally focused on helping you grow your business. A channel-only model makes a real difference.
We are a channel-only provider, which is our promise to you. We never compete with you or sell directly to your clients, so your relationships are always safe. Our affordable pricing is built for resellers, allowing you to add a healthy margin while offering competitive rates. We also move quickly, delivering detailed reports within a week to help you close deals faster.
A dedicated pentest partner gives you access to certified experts who perform thorough, manual pentesting. This ensures you deliver results that automated scanners simply can't match. To learn more, our guide on cybersecurity for MSPs offers strategies for building out your security stack.
How White Label Pentesting Services Work
Think of a white label pentesting service as having an expert security crew on call. It allows you to sell high-value penetration testing services directly to your clients, completely under your own brand. Your partner handles all the technical work behind the scenes while you own the client relationship.
This model is a game-changer for any MSP or vCISO looking to expand their security offerings. Instead of spending a fortune building an in-house team, you can instantly add a profitable, in-demand service. This helps you meet client demands for compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and HIPAA without the crippling overhead.
The process is simple. When your client needs a risk assessment or a pentest for PCI DSS, you bring in your partner. They provide certified experts with credentials like OSCP, CEH, and CREST to perform the manual pentesting. The final report and all communication feature your branding, solidifying your role as their trusted security advisor.
A true pentest partner is channel-only, meaning they never sell directly to end-users. This commitment is the foundation of trust and ensures your client relationships are always protected. Our entire business model is built to support you, the reseller, with affordable pricing that turns pentesting into a reliable revenue stream. To better understand this model, you can learn what white label software is and how our approach to manual white-labeled pentesting helps you meet requirements for frameworks like ISO 27001.
Key Qualities of a Top-Tier Pentest Partner
Choosing the right pentest partner is a critical decision that reflects directly on your brand. The best partners make your job easier, help you close sales faster, and boost your bottom line. For any MSP or vCISO, the most important qualities are simple: affordability, speed, and real expertise.
You need a partner who understands your business model as a reseller. This means fair pricing, quick turnarounds, and testers who know how to find what matters. These are the non-negotiables that separate a great partner from the rest.
Proven Expertise Backed By Top Certifications
When you hire someone to ethically hack a network, you need proof they know what they’re doing. Certifications are the industry's way of verifying expertise. Think of it like hiring a specialized doctor; you’d look for board certifications.
Here are the key certifications to look for in a pentest partner:
- OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional): This is the gold standard for hands-on hacking. It proves a tester can compromise systems in a tough 24-hour live exam.
- CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker): This certification shows a pentester has broad knowledge of attacker tools and tactics, proving they understand how bad guys think.
- CREST (Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers): This is a global seal of approval, meaning the firm follows a strict code of conduct and has verified technical skills.
These certifications are your assurance that a real human expert is looking for vulnerabilities that automated scanners always miss. This is critical for meeting compliance goals for SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
Fast Reporting to Keep Your Deals Moving
In the MSP world, time kills deals. Waiting weeks for a pentest report is a non-starter, as it puts projects on hold and makes clients anxious. A great pentest partner understands this and operates with urgency, delivering a comprehensive report in about a week.
Fast turnaround is a competitive advantage. It lets you close deals faster, keep clients happy, and get paid sooner. This speed shows that their process is streamlined and built to support the fast-paced reality of the GRC and managed services industries.
Affordable Pricing Designed for Resellers
The math has to work. Many traditional pentesting firms price their services for large corporations, not the SMBs you serve. Their high quotes force you to either mark them up excessively or give up your margin.
A true white label pentesting partner offers channel-only pricing. Their model is designed to help a reseller like you succeed with transparent and predictable costs. Affordable pricing doesn’t mean cheap or low-quality; it means the partner’s business model is aligned with yours, turning compliance into a profitable opportunity.
Why Manual Pentesting Delivers Superior Results
Automated scanners and manual penetration testing are not the same thing. Think of an automated scanner as a basic check for obvious issues, like a guard just jiggling doorknobs. It’s a good first step, but it can't think like a real attacker or find complex vulnerabilities.
This is where a human expert makes a difference. A certified ethical hacker uses creativity and intuition to find flaws that scanners miss. They understand business context, chain together small vulnerabilities to create a major breach, and adapt their tactics to the environment. That's what real manual pentesting is all about.
Our pentesters hold top-tier certifications like OSCP, CEH, and CREST. This means they can identify logical flaws, chain vulnerabilities to escalate privileges, and provide a true risk assessment. This human-led approach is the only way to get an honest picture of an organization's security and is essential for compliance.
For your clients facing strict requirements like SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001, manual testing is mandatory. An automated scan report won't satisfy auditors. When you offer manual pentesting through a trusted partner, you’re delivering the gold standard in security validation. The demand is growing, and you can explore more data on the penetration testing market to see how big the opportunity is for MSPs and vCISOs.
Making Your Client’s Compliance Journey Easy
Your clients often see compliance as a confusing puzzle. As their MSP or vCISO, you are the one they rely on to make sense of it all. A solid pentest partner is your secret weapon, helping you turn compliance from a headache into a win.
When you provide a thorough penetration testing report, you give your clients the proof they need to satisfy auditors. Frameworks like PCI DSS, SOC 2, and HIPAA can be stressful for business owners. A high-quality pentest report provides a clear roadmap, pointing out specific vulnerabilities and explaining how to fix them in plain English.
This process delivers tangible results, helps you become their strategic guide, and builds massive trust. A great pentest partner also helps you guide clients toward true Data Security Compliance, focusing not just on passing an audit but on building a security program that actually works.
Different compliance standards have unique requirements, but they all require proof of tested defenses. Manual pentesting is the gold standard for this. Our guide on SOC 2 penetration testing breaks down how a proper pentest delivers what auditors need. The final report is the most important part. We design our reports to be clear and actionable for both technical and executive audiences, making remediation efficient.
Our Simple and Fast Onboarding Process
Getting started with a new pentest partner should be simple and fast. We built our onboarding process specifically for our MSP and vCISO partners to be as easy as possible. We handle the heavy lifting so you can stay focused on your client relationship.
Think of us as a plug-and-play extension of your team. Our goal is to get your client's penetration testing project scoped, scheduled, and completed with minimal effort from you.
Our onboarding process is just a few straightforward steps. It starts with a quick 15-30 minute scoping call to understand your client's needs for SOC 2, HIPAA, or another compliance requirement. Once you approve, we schedule the test with our certified pentesters (OSCP, CEH, CREST) and keep you updated throughout the manual pentesting engagement. Afterward, we deliver a clean, actionable report with your logo and review the findings with you.
This streamlined approach is where the industry is heading. You can learn more about the PTaaS market growth and see why this flexible model is becoming so popular. Our job isn't done after the report is delivered. We stick around to support you and your clients through remediation, ensuring you succeed as our channel-only pentest partner.
Frequently Asked Questions from Our Partners
Choosing a pentest partner is a big decision. We believe in total transparency and have answered the most common questions we hear from MSPs, vCISOs, and other resellers.
We are a 100% channel-only company. This means we will never compete with you or sell directly to your clients. Your relationships are your most valuable asset, and we are here to help you protect them.
Our pricing is affordable because we designed our entire process with the channel in mind. We provide clear, predictable costs that allow you to add a healthy margin while offering a great deal to your clients. This turns penetration testing into a profitable service for your business.
Our team holds the most respected certifications in the industry, including OSCP, CEH, and CREST. These certifications are your guarantee that a real human expert with proven skills is performing the manual pentesting, ensuring your clients meet their compliance goals for frameworks like SOC 2 and HIPAA.
We know time kills deals, especially with tight compliance deadlines for PCI DSS or ISO 27001. We are fast and efficient, delivering a complete, white label pentesting report within one week of the test's completion. This helps you close deals faster and keep your projects on track.
Ready to offer expert, affordable penetration testing under your own brand? Contact us today to learn how our partner program can help you grow your business.
Learn more at https://msppentesting.com.
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