Physical Penetration Testing Services
A held door defeats every firewall behind it. Testers attempt to walk into your facility, clone a badge, or access an unlocked workstation, the same way an intruder would. What they reach and how far they get provide a clear picture of where physical controls actually hold.
A Building Has Its Own Attack Surface
An unfamiliar face carrying a box, walking confidently toward a propped-open door, reads as routine to most people. Confidence and context read as authorization, even when neither actually exists. That single moment of trust can carry someone straight past every digital control your team built.
An unlocked workstation, an open server room, or a cloned badge can create a direct path to systems your network monitoring may not detect from the network perimeter. Testing this surface shows what physical access actually enables once someone gets inside.
Four Points Where Testers Try to Get In
Entry Points and Access Controls
Testers attempt entry through badge readers, mantraps, and reception areas, measuring whether stated procedures hold up against a real attempt.
Badges and RFID Credentials
A tester captures and replicates badge credentials to measure how far a cloned badge gets someone inside your facility.
Workstations and Network Ports
Testing measures what a few minutes of access to unattended workstations, open network ports, and accessible server rooms could expose.
Visitor and Escort Procedures
Testing reviews reception protocols, visitor logging, and escort policies alongside the technical work, since procedure is part of the control itself.
Know the Signs Before They Become an Incident
A Facility Team That Knows What to Watch For
Reception and facility staff walk away with concrete examples of what testing revealed, turning an abstract policy into something they've actually seen in action.
Visitor logging, badge policy, and escort procedures get validated against a real attempt, giving your facilities team data to support any policy change.
Results from this engagement become the reference point for testing any additional facility your organization opens or acquires.
Testing Stays Professional and Documented
Every on-site attempt happens under a signed authorization letter, carried by the tester in case facility staff or security question their presence. Your designated contact knows the testing window in advance, even when front-line staff don't.
Before testing begins, DivIHN and your organization also agree on who notifies local law enforcement about the engagement window and how officers can verify a tester's authorization if they respond on site.
What Comes Up Before an On-Site Engagement
How is physical penetration testing different from a security audit?
A security audit reviews policies and documentation. Physical penetration testing puts those policies to a live test, showing whether stated procedures hold up against a genuine attempt.
Is a retest included if a gap gets identified?
Yes, at no additional cost. Once your team addresses a gap, whether that's a policy change, a physical control fix, or additional staff training, a tester revisits the same access point to confirm the fix actually holds under a second real attempt. That gives your team verified proof the gap closed, rather than a report that simply states it should have.
Does testing include the office environment or common areas too?
Yes, testing covers shared spaces like break rooms, conference rooms, and reception areas, which often carry as much risk as restricted zones, since they're where visitors and unfamiliar faces move with the least scrutiny.
Does this include testing hardware ports and workstations, or just building access?
Yes, testing covers both. Getting through the front door is the first step. Once inside, testing extends to what that access actually enables: unattended workstations, exposed network ports in conference rooms or common areas, unlocked server rooms, and any hardware an attacker could plug into or walk away with. The goal is a complete picture of what physical access leads to, not just whether entry is possible.
How much advance coordination happens with our facilities or security team before the on-site date?
Coordination happens in two stages. During scoping, your designated contact confirms which locations are in scope, what's off-limits (executive offices, sensitive areas, anything with regulatory restrictions), and the general testing window. Closer to the on-site date, that same contact receives the specific day and rough time frame, kept tight enough that front-line staff don't get advance notice, but enough lead time for your team to have the authorization letter and emergency contact process ready.