Offensive security
that thinks like your attackers
Offensive security probes your systems the way adversaries would, so weaknesses are found and fixed before real attackers can exploit them.
2,500+
tests performed
250+
active clients
1st place
NorthSec 2014, top 10 nearly every year
One practicemany ways in
Offensive security is the practice of attacking your own systems, methodically and with permission, to find the weaknesses adversaries would, before they do. It spans several disciplines, each probing a different way in.
The core discipline is penetration testing: the precise, evidence-driven test of whether real flaws can be exploited. Around it sit red team engagements, vulnerability assessment and social-engineering testing, matched to your risk profile and security maturity.
A team that thinks like attackers
Offensive security at OKIOK is performed by experienced cybersecurity specialists with deep hands-on expertise across complex environments.
To stay on the cutting edge, they compete under the OKIOK banner at NorthSec, the premier event of its kind, and have done so since 2010, when it was still called HackUs and held at Université de Sherbrooke. The team won in 2014 and has placed in the top 10 in nearly every year it has competed. Between competitions they keep abreast of the latest threats through R&D, specialized training and certifications.
Look at that scoreboard and you will see handles, not companies. OKIOK competes as OKIOK, the only security firm to put its own name on the board, where a bad year is exactly as public as a good one. That is deliberate. An anonymous team risks nothing, and a public record is the most honest measure of whether a team can do what it claims.
Our offensive security services
From a targeted penetration test to a full adversary simulation, matched to what you need to prove.
Penetration testing
Certified experts probe every layer with cutting-edge, AI-augmented tooling and hand-crafted techniques that go well beyond what automated scanning finds on its own. The methodology is aligned with the gold standards of the industry, such as OWASP, NIST and OSSTMM, and findings are reported ranked by CVSS severity with a prioritized fix plan.
Vulnerability assessment
Automated testing that finds the known vulnerabilities in the systems in scope and ranks them by CVSS severity. Often paired with a penetration test, which adds the attack vectors and chains an assessment does not cover.
Red team testing
A full-scope, objective-driven simulation of a real attacker, including APT-style campaigns that unfold over time. Instead of checking one system, a red team pursues a goal the way an adversary would, across technology, people and physical access, to answer the harder question: would your team notice, and could they stop it?
Purple team testing
Collaborative, iterative testing of adversary techniques: the red side executes known attacks while your defenders watch, validate their telemetry, adjust controls and refine detections as it happens. Each technique is replayed until it is caught reliably. The output is measurably stronger detection and response playbooks, not a pass/fail score.
Questions about offensive security?
How a penetration test differs from a vulnerability assessment, and what a test costs.
Find the weaknesses first
Talk to our team about the offensive testing that fits your systems, your risk and your compliance needs.
Social engineering & phishing
Testing the human layer: phishing campaigns and social-engineering scenarios, including pretexting and physical access attempts, that reveal how your people and processes hold up under pressure. You get the paths that worked, where they broke down, and targeted awareness recommendations, so training lands where it is actually needed.