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title: "Year-End Pentest for AI-Enabled Applications"
description: "Your pentest completed by December 31, 2026. Earlier if you need it. Applications, AI, and the infrastructure under them, by AI security specialists."
url: https://ziosec.com/year-end-pentest
---

# You shipped AI this year. Did your pentest cover it?

Your pentest completed by December 31, 2026. Earlier if you need it. We test your application, the AI built into it, and the infrastructure under it, from a single application to a full network estate.

- Book a scoping call: https://ziosec.com/demo?topic=pentest
- Read the sample report: https://ziosec.com/sample-report

AI agent pentests start at $10,000 per engagement. The pentest stands alone. No subscription required.

Pentesting AI agents since 2024. Voice agents included. Current security work: an enterprise of roughly 11,000 people rolling Claude Code out to 1,000 developers.

## How we finish by December 31

Your pentest is completed, with the report delivered, by December 31, 2026. If you need it earlier, tell us the date on the scoping call and we work to that. The date is fixed, so the sooner we talk, the more room there is for your access setup, your paperwork, and any holiday change freeze.

What happens, in order:

1. Scoping call. We agree what is in scope, the test windows, and the date you need the report.
2. Scope and fee in writing. We send them. You sign the engagement.
3. Access. Test accounts, environments, IP ranges, and one named contact are in place.
4. Testing. Our engineers test, hands-on. Critical findings do not wait for the report.
5. Report. The report and remediation roadmap are delivered by December 31, 2026, or by your earlier date.

What we need from you, fast:

- Book the scoping call now. It is the only step that cannot start without you.
- Sign quickly. If your legal or procurement review takes more than a few days, start it the day of the call.
- Have access ready: test accounts, environments, and network ranges, with one named contact who can unblock us.
- Check your holiday change freeze and tell us on the call if it restricts third-party testing.

Best for an audit period or PCI cycle that ends December 31, an enterprise deal waiting on security evidence, or a board that wants an answer on AI risk before the year closes.

## How it runs

1. Scope. One call to agree targets, test windows, access, and data handling. Scope and fee agreed in writing.
2. Access. Your team provides test accounts, access to the systems in scope, and one named contact.
3. Test. Our engineers run hands-on adversarial testing across everything in scope. Your contact answers questions as they come up.
4. Report and readout. We deliver the report and roadmap and walk your team through it.

Critical findings do not wait for the report. How we escalate them to your named contact is agreed in scoping.

## Pricing

- AI agent pentests start at $10,000 per engagement.
- Broader scope is quoted on the scoping call: web applications, APIs, cloud environments, and external and internal networks.
- Fixed scope and a quoted fee, agreed in writing before testing starts.
- If you choose continuous testing later, 100% of the pentest fee can be applied as credit toward an annual ZioSec Offense subscription.

## What we test

We test everything an attacker can reach, from a single application to a full network estate. AI and AI-enabled applications are our specialty, and we have been pentesting AI agents since 2024. Hands-on testing by security engineers, not an automated scan.

The AI layer (our specialty):

- LLM features: chat, copilots, summarization, and search.
- Agents: what they can be talked into doing and what their permissions reach.
- Tool and MCP integrations: tool misuse and privilege escalation.
- RAG and data sources: indirect prompt injection and data exfiltration.
- Voice agents: caller verification bypass and spoken prompt injection.

The application around it:

- Web applications: the screens, sessions, and access controls your users and your AI features live inside.
- APIs: the endpoints the product, your customers, and the agent all call.
- Authentication and authorization: sign-in, roles, and tenant boundaries.

The infrastructure under it:

- Cloud environments: the accounts, services, and configuration your applications run on.
- External networks: what is exposed to the internet, including large IP ranges.
- Internal networks: how far an attacker can move once inside.

One scope, agreed up front. Test all three layers together, or any one of them.

We work across Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Copilot, Copilot Agent Studio, Google Cloud Agent Platform, AWS Bedrock, LangChain, and N8N.

## Did your last pentest reach the AI layer?

Three things to check against the scope of your last report. This is our view from testing AI agents since 2024.

1. Agents are not applications. An agent takes instructions from content it reads, then acts with its own permissions.
2. The attack path runs through the tools. Prompt injection is the entry point. Tool misuse, privilege escalation, and data exfiltration are the damage.
3. The guidance is newer than many scopes. OWASP published its Top 10 for Agentic Applications in December 2025 and a 2026 Top 10 for LLM Applications in August 2026. A pentest scoped before those may not cover agent risks.

## What you get

- Executive summary.
- Detailed, reproducible findings.
- Findings mapped to OWASP and MITRE ATLAS and aligned to NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and the EU AI Act.
- Compliance gap analysis.
- 30/90/180-day remediation roadmap.
- Formatted for GRC platforms like Drata and Vanta.
- Evidence for your customers, with an executive summary written for leadership and customer conversations.
- A readout with your team.

## After the report

A one-time pentest is a snapshot. What you do next is your call. You can stop there, and the pentest stands alone. Or we can set up continuous testing of the applications we tested, including their AI components and features, so results stay current as they change.

100% of the pentest fee can be applied as credit toward an annual ZioSec Offense subscription.

## FAQ

**Is there really time before year end?** Yes. We promise your pentest completed, with the report delivered, by December 31, 2026, and earlier if you need it. Three things on your side keep that date safe: the engagement is signed promptly, access and test accounts are ready when testing starts, and your named contact is reachable during the test. The sooner the scoping call, the more room you have for all three.

**Does a holiday change freeze block testing?** Often it does not. Testing does not require you to deploy changes, and test windows and environments are agreed in scoping. Check your freeze policy for rules on third-party testing and tell us on the scoping call.

**How large a scope can you take?** From a single application to a full network estate. That covers web applications, APIs, cloud environments, and external and internal networks, including large IP ranges, along with the AI layer. Larger scope is quoted on the scoping call.

**Production or staging?** Either. If you are unsure, start with a staging environment that mirrors production and add a small set of checks against production. We settle it on the scoping call.

**How do you handle data and access?** You decide what we can touch. Before testing starts we agree in writing which accounts we use, which environments and data are in bounds, and how evidence is stored and returned or deleted afterward. We test only what is in the signed scope, and we use test accounts wherever they exist.

**Will our auditor accept it?** That is your auditor's or assessor's call, so share the scope with them early. What you get is independent third-party evidence: a test by an independent team, with a written report, which is the kind of evidence these programs ask for. PCI DSS requires internal and external penetration testing at least once every 12 months and after significant change, by an independent qualified tester. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 do not mandate a pentest, but auditors and enterprise customers commonly ask for one.

**What does continuous testing cost?** It is an annual ZioSec Offense subscription, quoted for the applications you want covered, including their AI components and features. 100% of your pentest fee can be applied as credit toward it.

**We already had a pentest this year.** Check whether its scope included your agents, their tools, and their permissions. We can test the AI layer on its own.

**Who does the testing?** ZioSec security engineers, hands-on. It is not an automated scan.

## Contact

- Book a scoping call: https://ziosec.com/demo?topic=pentest
- Email: info@ziosec.com
- Phone: +1-720-807-2737