Your external attack surface has vulnerabilities. Most businesses don't find out until an attacker does.
Coyote Bytes Security delivers web application and network penetration testing for small and mid-market businesses. I test the way attackers move, and I know what your security tools should have caught — because I work on the defense side too.
What You're Actually Hiring
What separates this from a commodity scan.
Threat Hunter's Perspective
This practice is built alongside active threat hunting work: tracing attack paths through enterprise networks, analyzing threat actor behavior, and identifying what slipped past defenders. That background changes how findings get prioritized. A CVSS score is a starting point, not a verdict — what matters is whether something is actually exploitable in your environment and what an attacker would do with it.
Direct Engagement
Coyote Bytes Security is a solo practice. I scope every engagement, run every test, and write every report. The person you talk to in the first conversation is the person who will be in your environment — no handoffs, no junior tester substituted in once the contract is signed.
GIAC Certified
GPEN and GWAPT are SANS Institute certifications for penetration testing work — proctored, open-book, and skills-based. Not multiple choice. They're the industry standard for technical validation in this space, and they're the credentials behind both service lines.
What We Test
Coyote Bytes Security focuses on two assessment types. Both follow industry-standard methodology, deliver professional reports, and include a walkthrough call after delivery.
Web Application Penetration Testing
Manual testing against the OWASP Top 10 and beyond. Authentication, session management, API security, business logic flaws, and input validation. Findings that are manually verified and actually exploitable, not scanner output repackaged as a report.
External Network Penetration Testing
Perimeter enumeration, service fingerprinting, vulnerability identification, and exploitation of your external attack surface. Prioritized by real-world exploitability, not just CVSS score.
About Patrick
I've worked in IT since 1998 and in professional security since 2018. My background spans both sides — offensive testing and active threat hunting work, tracing how attackers move through live networks. Coyote Bytes Security is the offensive application of that: finding what attackers would use to get in, before they get the chance.
U.S. Army veteran. 26 years in IT. Background includes federal and defense environments.
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