In New York, the question in every vendor security review is the same: who tested this, and what qualifies them? CREST membership answers it with an internationally recognised, independently audited standard, the same assurance a NYDFS examiner or an enterprise procurement team looks for when they ask about tester competence and methodology.
For 23 NYCRR 500 covered entities, Section 500.5 expects penetration testing and vulnerability assessment; for their vendors, third-party risk programmes push the same bar down the supply chain. An accredited provider with reporting mapped to the regulation and to SOC 2 clears both in one engagement.
Independently audited methodology recognised by enterprise and regulated buyers worldwide
Findings mapped to 23 NYCRR 500, SOC 2 and PCI DSS v4.0.1, not a generic template
Reports that survive NYDFS examination and Fortune-500 vendor review without a second round
Penetration testing is unregulated in most jurisdictions, anyone can call themselves a penetration tester and many providers do. CREST exists specifically to provide a recognised quality signal that buyers can rely on without running their own competency assessments on every vendor.
For regulated sectors, CREST has effectively become a procurement requirement: SOC 2 auditors and enterprise security teams expect independent accreditation; cyber insurers increasingly require it; enterprise security teams use CREST as a vendor pre-qualification filter.
Disqualification from financial sector threat-led testing programmes
Failed enterprise security reviews requiring CREST evidence
Variable test quality across providers without quality framework
Compliance audit findings on penetration testing rigour
Reduced confidence in test results from board and audit committees
Inability to evidence ethical conduct framework to regulators
CREST accreditation is the cheapest way to remove a major variable from your vendor selection, and the strongest external signal of testing quality.
New York procurement is examiner-shaped. Covered entities under 23 NYCRR 500 need annual penetration testing with documented remediation; their vendors inherit the same expectations through third-party risk programmes. Our reports are structured for both audiences: findings mapped to the regulation and to SOC 2 criteria, an executive narrative your CISO can lift into board reporting, and remediation evidence formatted for examiner review.
Delivery runs Eastern hours: kickoff, daily standups and the findings walkthrough all land inside your working day. Procurement paperwork moves fast, mutual NDA, MSA redlines and certificates of insurance handled by people who have been through US vendor onboarding many times.
Scoping starts from your regulatory position: which systems fall under Part 500, what your last risk assessment flagged, and what your examiners or clients asked about. Testing is senior-led and manual-first, web, API, network, cloud, with critical findings flagged the same day through an agreed channel, not saved for the report.
Reporting includes CVSS scoring, NYDFS and SOC 2 mapping, an attestation letter your compliance team can forward, and a retest of remediated findings included in the fee. When the finding list lands in front of a regulator or an enterprise client, it holds up.
Every CREST penetration test with RedSecLabs includes:
We deliver this service across these industries:
Every CREST member company differs in how it delivers within the framework. We staff every engagement with senior CREST-certified testers, never juniors operating under loose supervision, and our reports are explicitly structured to the standard CREST-aware buyers expect. The result is testing that withstands the audit-committee, regulator, and enterprise-security scrutiny our clients put it under.
Book a free 30-minute scoping call. CREST-format proposal within 48 hours, engagement starts within 1-2 weeks.