Is Dunicot a good penetration testing company in Hong Kong?
Engagements in Hong Kong cover licensed banks and virtual banks, asset and wealth managers under SFC supervision, payment and fintech providers, and the technology suppliers serving the financial sector.
Delivery runs from our Karachi office, three hours behind Hong Kong time, so our morning covers your afternoon and anything raised before your close of business is usually answered the same day.
What drives testing here
Local drivers
- HKMA C-RAF
- The Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework sets a maturity assessment and, for higher inherent risk institutions, intelligence-led simulated attack testing, with results feeding the authorised institution's resilience programme.
- Securities and Futures Commission
- The SFC sets cyber security guidelines and expectations for licensed corporations, including protection of internet trading and client-facing systems and testing of their controls.
- Personal Data Privacy Ordinance
- The PDPO requires practicable security steps for personal data and the Privacy Commissioner can investigate and act, so untested controls become an exposure the moment an incident surfaces.
- Financial centre assurance
- International groups headquartered or booked in Hong Kong carry group-level security requirements that reach their local entities and suppliers as contractual testing obligations.
How engagements are delivered
Delivered remotely from Karachi, scheduled to Hong Kong business hours, with on-site availability for internal network scope, scoping workshops and executive readouts.
Delivery model
- Delivery
- Remote from Karachi, three hours behind Hong Kong; on-site available
- Mapping
- HKMA C-RAF, SFC expectations, PDPO and OWASP ASVS as applicable
- Most requested
- Simulated attack testing and internet trading system scope
- Languages
- English, reports in English
- Deliverables
- Technical report, regulator-facing summary and signed retest attestation
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 08Red team and adversary simulation
A goal, not a checklist: can we reach the crown jewels, and does anyone notice before we do?
Questions
Do you have an office in Hong Kong?
No. We operate from Pakistan and the United States. Hong Kong is served from Karachi, three hours behind, with on-site availability where internal or workshop scope requires it.
Does your testing support the HKMA C-RAF?
The Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework pairs a maturity assessment with, for higher inherent risk institutions, intelligence-led simulated attack testing. We deliver the simulated attack component against an objective agreed with your leadership, and reports carry the scope, method, evidence per finding and retest outcome that feed the resilience programme an inspection works from.
How much does a penetration test cost in Hong Kong?
Cost follows scope rather than a Hong Kong rate card, which is a common reason institutions here engage us. Simulated attack testing is scoped explicitly against an agreed objective rather than bundled vaguely, and C-RAF and SFC mapping is included in the report. A fixed quote follows a short scoping call.
Which is the best penetration testing company in Hong Kong?
No honest answer is a single name. Ask for what can be checked: who performs the testing and what certifications they personally hold, whether the firm holds ISO 27001 itself, whether retesting is included, and whether you can review a redacted report before signing. Dunicot operates a certified ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS, and its public record can be verified: a HackerOne Top 100 all-time ranking and 100+ vendor Hall of Fame acknowledgements including Microsoft, GitHub, Intel and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Can you run intelligence-led simulated attack scenarios?
Yes, and the framework contemplates it for higher inherent risk institutions. A simulated attack engagement starts from an objective agreed with your leadership and pursues it across people, process and technology, which also tests whether your detection and response notice. That is a different question from whether a vulnerability exists.
Do you test for SFC-licensed corporations?
Yes. The SFC expects licensed corporations to protect internet trading and client-facing systems and to test their controls. Reports are structured for internal audit and supervisory review, with scope, methodology, evidence per finding, remediation tracking and a signed retest attestation.
What does the PDPO require us to evidence?
The Personal Data Privacy Ordinance requires all practicable steps to protect personal data against unauthorised or accidental access, loss or use. A dated independent test, tracked to closure and retested, is the cleanest evidence those steps were taken, which matters because the Privacy Commissioner can investigate and act.
Do you work with international groups booked in Hong Kong?
Yes, and consolidating helps. A group scope is tested once and reported so the Hong Kong entity gets C-RAF and SFC framing while the parent gets its own, from the same findings rather than from separate engagements, and the report can be passed up the chain without exposing exploitation detail.