Overview
Dunicot was founded in Karachi and the city remains a primary delivery base. Engagements here cluster around banking and microfinance, payment processors and wallets, shipping and logistics platforms, and the export-oriented software houses in the Shahrah-e-Faisal and Clifton corridors.
Banking work in the city has covered the full stack in a single engagement: internet banking applications, banking APIs, the Android application, ATM and CDM security, banking servers and network, and desktop applications, consolidated into one report showing the complete attack path rather than six reports stopping at six boundaries.
What drives testing here
Local drivers
- Regulated financial concentration
- Most bank and microfinance head offices sit in Karachi, and with them the internal audit functions that commission testing.
- Payments and fintech
- Wallet and processor platforms carry direct financial exposure to business-logic and race-condition flaws.
- Ports and logistics
- Freight, customs and terminal platforms integrate with government and partner systems, widening the attack surface well beyond the perimeter.
- Software exports
- Firms selling to US and EU buyers are asked for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and current test evidence.
How engagements are delivered
On-site engagements in Karachi cover internal network testing, branch and terminal environments, and workshops with engineering teams. Application and API testing is delivered remotely.
Delivery model
- On-site
- Available across Karachi for internal, branch and ATM scope
- Remote
- Application, API, cloud and code review
- Scheduling
- Testing windows outside business hours where production is in scope
- Languages
- English and Urdu
Most requested here
Internal and external network penetration testing
The perimeter from outside, and the path from one compromised workstation to domain administrator from inside.
Service 01Web 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.
Questions
Do you provide on-site penetration testing in Karachi?
Yes. Internal network testing, branch environments and ATM or CDM scope are delivered on site. Application, API and cloud engagements are delivered remotely, which is faster to start and equally thorough.
Can you test ATM and CDM estates?
Yes, against a terminal in a lab or a controlled branch, never a live customer-facing unit. Coverage includes kiosk escape, exposed ports and interfaces, terminal-to-host communication and hardening.
How quickly can an engagement start?
Typically one to two weeks from signed scope, depending on the current calendar. Urgent engagements driven by an audit or a customer deadline can often be accommodated sooner.
How much does a penetration test cost in Karachi?
Cost follows scope rather than a rate card: the number of applications, roles and tenancies, whether an API or internal network is included, and the deadline. Our head office is in Karachi, so scoping happens face to face where you prefer it, and a fixed quote follows.
Which is the best penetration testing company in Karachi?
Treat any self-declared ranking with suspicion, including this one. Ask instead 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 see a redacted sample report before signing. Dunicot is headquartered in Karachi, operates a certified ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS, and its record is published so it can be verified.
Do you work with banks headquartered in Karachi?
Yes. Most of Pakistan's banking, payments and insurance sector is headquartered here, and engagements have covered internet banking, banking APIs, mobile applications, ATM and CDM estates, internal networks and desktop applications, frequently consolidated into one engagement rather than split across vendors.
Can we meet before signing anything?
Yes. Our office is at 21-C, Zamzama Commercial Lane, Phase V, D.H.A. Scoping conversations happen in person for Karachi clients where that is easier than a call, and a mutual NDA can be signed first.
Do you test software houses building for overseas clients?
Regularly, and it is one of the most common engagements here. A Karachi software house is usually testing because a European or US customer asked for evidence, so the report is written to be passed to that customer: a technical report for your engineers and a redacted attestation letter for the buyer.