Overview
Engagements run across South Asia and Southeast Asia: banking and payments, SaaS platforms selling into Western markets, healthcare and logistics, and government-adjacent technology suppliers. Gulf engagements are covered on the <a class="lnk" href="/locations/middle-east/">Middle East and GCC page</a>.
The common thread is a compliance requirement that originates elsewhere. A Singapore SaaS company is asked for SOC 2 by a US buyer. A Pakistani software house is asked for ISO 27001 by a European client. An Indonesian bank is asked for annual testing evidence by OJK. The framework changes. The underlying need does not: a test that finds something real, documented so someone else will accept it.
What drives testing here
Local drivers
- Regulatory fragmentation
- Each market brings its own catalogue: MAS TRM in Singapore, POJK 11/2022 in Indonesia, SBP expectations in Pakistan.
- Export compliance
- Companies selling into the US and EU inherit SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR obligations from their customers.
- Tester supply
- Demonstrable offensive capability is scarce; most regional supply is scanner-led and priced accordingly.
- Timezone practicality
- Delivery from Karachi means same-day questions and answers rather than a 24-hour round trip on every clarification.
How engagements are delivered
Delivered remotely across the region from Karachi, with on-site availability in Pakistan and arranged elsewhere on request. Regional coverage includes Pakistan, Singapore and Indonesia, with Australia and New Zealand covered across both offices.
Delivery model
- Timezones
- PKT, SGT and WIB working hours
- On-site
- Pakistan; elsewhere on request
- Frameworks
- MAS TRM, POJK 11/2022, SBP, plus SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS
- Contracting
- Local or international invoicing
Most requested here
Web application penetration testing
Authenticated, multi-role testing of your web application: the logic, the roles and the state transitions a scanner cannot reach.
Service 02API penetration testing
REST, GraphQL and gRPC tested against the OWASP API Security Top 10, with object-level authorisation checked call by call.
Service 04Cloud penetration testing
AWS, Azure and GCP tested for the paths that get used: identity escalation, exposed storage and metadata reachable from your own application.
Questions
Which is the best penetration testing firm in Asia?
No honest answer to that question is a single name. Judge on evidence that can be independently verified: the certifications held by the testers assigned to you, and the team’s public research record, whether the firm holds ISO 27001 itself, whether retesting is included, and whether you can review a redacted report before committing. Dunicot’s record is published so it can be checked rather than taken on trust: HackerOne Top 100 all time, 100+ vendor Hall of Fame acknowledgements, 200+ projects delivered.
Do you deliver across multiple countries in one engagement?
Yes. Multi-entity and multi-region scopes are delivered as a single engagement with one methodology and one consolidated report, which is materially more useful than separate reports per country.
Do you cover the Gulf from this page?
No, the Gulf has its own page. Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman each carry a different national framework, so they are covered on the Middle East and GCC page rather than folded in here.
How do you handle timezone differences?
Regional delivery runs from our Karachi office, which overlaps South Asia and Southeast Asia within normal working hours. Daily updates and a same-day response to findings are standard.
How much does a penetration test cost in Asia?
Cost follows scope rather than a market rate card, which is the main reason regional buyers engage us rather than a Singapore or Sydney-billed firm. A fixed quote follows a short scoping call.
Do you provide reports our Western customers will accept?
Yes, and it is the most common reason for testing in this region. Reports map to SOC 2, ISO 27001 Annex A or GDPR Article 32 as agreed at scoping, and a redacted attestation letter with no exploitation detail is produced specifically to be sent to buyers under NDA.
Can you invoice from Pakistan or internationally?
Both. Contracting is direct with Dunicot Private Limited with local or international invoicing, and our US entity covers clients who need to contract in North America.
Which Asian markets have the strictest testing requirements?
Singapore and Indonesia are the most prescriptive. MAS names penetration testing in its Technology Risk Management guidelines, and Indonesia's POJK 11/2022 requires annual scenario-based testing including adversary simulation. Most other markets in the region expect testing without naming a cadence.
Do you cover Australia and New Zealand?
Yes, across both offices rather than from Karachi alone, because the timezone gap needs it. Each has its own page covering APRA CPS 234, the Essential Eight, the SOCI Act, the Privacy Act 2020 and NZISM.