Is Dunicot a good penetration testing company in Boston?
Boston engagements concentrate on life sciences and the technology around them: biotech and pharmaceutical companies, digital health and connected medical device makers, hospital systems, and the dense cluster of universities and research institutions. Each holds sensitive data, and several hold data under more than one regime at once.
Two obligations shape the work. The Massachusetts data security regulation, 201 CMR 17.00, requires a documented security programme and named technical safeguards for any entity holding personal information of Massachusetts residents, and it has done so for longer than most state laws. For connected medical devices and health software, the FDA now expects cybersecurity evidence in premarket submissions, which pushes testing earlier into the product lifecycle than a once-a-year audit would.
What drives testing here
Local drivers
- 201 CMR 17.00
- The Massachusetts data security regulation requires a written information security programme and specific technical safeguards for anyone holding personal information of state residents, with independent testing a natural way to evidence it.
- FDA premarket cybersecurity
- Connected medical devices and health software must now show cybersecurity evidence in FDA premarket submissions, which moves testing earlier into the development lifecycle.
- HIPAA
- Hospital systems and digital health companies fall under the Security Rule, which requires risk analysis and periodic technical evaluation of systems holding electronic protected health information.
- Research and university estates
- Universities and research institutions run large, federated networks with sensitive research and grant data, where segmentation and access control across many independent teams is the recurring weakness.
How engagements are delivered
Delivered by our US team on Eastern business hours, with Karachi extending cover into the evening; on-site attendance in Boston available for internal network and device lab scope.
Delivery model
- Coverage
- Greater Boston, remote and on-site
- Hours
- Eastern Time, with Karachi extending cover into the evening
- Frameworks
- 201 CMR 17.00, HIPAA, FDA premarket cyber, OWASP ASVS
- Device scope
- Connected medical device testing in a lab environment
- Invoicing
- USD
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 07IoT and embedded device penetration testing
The device, its firmware, the radio it speaks and the cloud it reports to, a connected product is only as strong as the weakest of the four.
Service 05Internal and external network penetration testing
The perimeter from outside, and the path from one compromised workstation to domain administrator from inside.
Questions
How does 201 CMR 17.00 affect what we need to test?
The Massachusetts regulation requires a written information security programme and specific technical safeguards for anyone holding personal information of state residents, including access control, encryption and monitoring. Independent testing shows those safeguards hold under attack rather than only in the written programme, and the report is structured so it maps to the controls the regulation names.
We are submitting a medical device to the FDA. Can you provide the cybersecurity evidence?
Yes. The FDA now expects cybersecurity information in premarket submissions, including threat modelling and testing of the device and its interfaces. We test the device, its update path and the service behind it in a lab environment, and the report is written so it supports the premarket documentation rather than sitting beside it.
Do you test for HIPAA covered entities and business associates?
Yes. The Security Rule is deliberately technology-neutral: it tells you to evaluate, not how. Testing is how the evaluation standard is satisfied with evidence, and the report is written so it can be filed against the relevant safeguards for systems holding electronic protected health information.
How much does a penetration test cost in Boston?
Cost follows scope rather than a rate card: application and role count, API inclusion, whether device or research-network testing is involved, and the submission or audit deadline. A fixed quote follows a short scoping call, with no hourly billing.
Which is the best penetration testing company in Boston?
No single name is an honest answer. Ask what you can verify: who performs your test and what they personally hold, whether the firm holds ISO 27001 itself, whether retesting is included, and whether a redacted sample report is available first. Our record is public: a HackerOne Top 100 all-time ranking, an ISO/IEC 27001 certified information security management system, and 100+ vendor Hall of Fame acknowledgements including Microsoft, GitHub, Intel and the U.S. Department of Defense.
When in our product cycle should connected-device testing happen?
Earlier than most teams expect. Because the FDA wants cybersecurity evidence in the premarket submission, testing the device and its interfaces before submission avoids a late finding that forces a redesign. A common pattern is a design-stage review followed by a full test on the release candidate.
Can you test a university or research network?
Yes. These estates are large and federated, so the engagement focuses on segmentation between independent teams, access control across shared systems, and the protection of research and grant data. Scope and authorisation are agreed carefully given how many groups such a network touches.