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What is ethical hacking?
Ethical hacking is authorized hacking. A company hires certified security professionals to attack its own systems on purpose, under contract, to find the weaknesses a real attacker would use. The goal is simple: find and fix the holes before someone with bad intent finds them first.
It is broader than any single test. Depending on what you need, ethical hacking covers penetration testing, red teaming, and social engineering. What stays the same across all of them is that a skilled human does the work. Tools help with the early reconnaissance, but a scanner cannot think like an attacker, and that is where real risk hides.
Authorized test
What ethical hacking covers
Choose the right level of human-led offensive testing for the risk you need to understand.
FIELD NOTE
A single scene that reveals how physical red team work tests both process and people.
What it looks like in practice
Here is one example. For a physical red team, a tester starts with open-source research, learning your routines and the systems you run. Then they walk in dressed as a delivery driver and head for your server room. Nobody questions a clipboard and a uniform, and that is the point. It tests your locks, your people, and how fast anyone notices. You leave with a report on every gap and the fix for each one.
WHY RED SENTRY
Our testing is human-led, run by senior, certified professionals. Our team holds certifications including OSCP, OSEP, and CREST, our head of pen testing has two decades in offensive security, and Red Sentry was named a winner at the 2026 Global InfoSec Awards. We have completed over 1,000 assessments and found more than 25,000 real vulnerabilities, with a 4.9 rating on G2.
How it works?
Scoping Call
We learn your environment and goals and give you a clear, scoped quote.
Launch
We schedule and kick off, usually within days, and set up your real-time dashboard.
We Attack
Certified hackers test your targets by hand and verify every finding.
You succeed
You get a clear report, remediation guidance, and a free re-test after you patch.
You’re in Good Hands
“The Red Sentry team was able to deliver quick, but thorough, results for my business. Their responsiveness and findings were critical in closing a new client engagement. I am looking forward to working with them in the future.”
Craig Serold | Partner
"Complete satisfaction. Nothing less. From concept to conclusion, you are in great hands throughout the entire process."
Douglas G. | CEO
“Seamless, constructive, efficient. They are always quick to respond to customers and very easy to work with regarding scheduling.”
Ryan M. | Director of Sales
“Very good. They provided recognized credibility and gave us a clean bill of health on issues we had resolved.”
David N. | Leader of Client Delight
What is ethical hacking?
Ethical hacking is authorized hacking done to find security weaknesses before a real attacker does. Certified professionals attack your systems, networks, and people under contract, then report exactly what they found and how to fix it.
Is ethical hacking legal?
Yes, when it is authorized. Every engagement runs under a signed contract that defines the scope, and physical engagements carry written authorization with one trusted person on your side informed in advance.
What is the difference between ethical hacking and penetration testing?
Ethical hacking is the umbrella term. Penetration testing is one type of ethical hacking, focused on systems and applications. Red teaming and social engineering are others. All of them are forms of ethical hacking.
What does an ethical hacker do?
An ethical hacker thinks and acts like a real attacker: mapping your environment, chaining weaknesses together, and exploiting them in a controlled way to prove what is actually at risk, then documenting how to close each gap.
Do you use automated tools or real people?
People. Our testing is human-led. Tools help with early reconnaissance, but certified human testers do the actual work and verify every finding, because a scanner cannot think like an attacker.
What certifications do your ethical hackers have?
Our team holds certifications including OSCP, OSEP, and CREST, and our head of pen testing has two decades in offensive security. (Confirm before publishing.)
How much does an ethical hacking engagement cost?
It is scoped to your environment. One-off tests start at $4,200 and a typical engagement runs around $8,000, with larger scopes quoted accordingly. See our pricing page for detail. (Link to /pentest-cost.)