Is physical penetration testing safe and authorized?

Yes. Every engagement is fully authorized, scoped, and conducted under a rules-of-engagement agreement with designated points of contact and get-out-of-jail documentation. SubRosa's testers attempt genuine but safe entry, coordinated so there is no disruption to operations or risk to staff.

⌐Penetration Testing

Physical penetration testing that walks through the front door.

Digital security means nothing if someone can simply walk in. SubRosa tests your facilities the way a real intruder would, access controls, surveillance, and staff awareness, to find the physical gaps before someone else does.

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Access control · Tailgating · Surveillance · Data center

⌐ Physical penetration testing, defined

What is physical penetration testing?

Physical penetration testing is a real-world breach simulation of your facilities: bypassing locks, badge readers, and surveillance, and using pretexts like posing as a vendor or contractor to get past staff. It proves whether an attacker could reach sensitive areas such as server rooms or executive offices, and shows where your access controls, monitoring, and staff procedures need to improve.

⌐ What we test

From the perimeter to the server room.

We test every layer of your physical security posture, from perimeter defenses to internal controls.

Facility & perimeter

Assessment of locks, doors, perimeter, and environmental controls for the weaknesses an intruder would exploit to get inside.

Access control systems

Testing of card readers, biometric systems, keypad locks, and badge cloning to find bypasses in your access control.

Physical social engineering

Tailgating, pretexting, and manipulation of security personnel to test how staff verify and challenge unfamiliar people.

Surveillance & response

Evaluation of CCTV, alarms, and monitoring for blind spots, plus testing of how your team detects and responds to a physical intrusion.

⌐ Why SubRosa

The gap between digital and physical.

Real breach simulation

We attempt genuine, safe entry rather than a clipboard walkthrough, so you see what a determined intruder could actually achieve.

People and technology

We test the technology and the people together, because attackers exploit whichever is weaker on the day.

Path to the crown jewels

We chain physical access into what it unlocks, server rooms, workstations, and data, showing the full business impact of a breach.

Every gap, tracked to closed.

From walkthrough to remediation.

Your physical assessment findings land in Sable, prioritized, assigned, and tracked from open to retested, so the fixes to doors, controls, and procedures actually happen and stay verified.

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⌐Physical findings in Sable

Physical findingsFacility breach

Critical
Tailgated into server room
Data center
Open
High
Cloned badge grants access
Lobby
In progress
High
Loading dock left unlocked
Perimeter
Retested
Medium
CCTV blind spot at side entry
Surveillance
Open

Access · surveillance · staffPrioritized · assigned

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Test what happens at the front door.

Book a physical penetration test and find out whether an intruder could reach your most sensitive areas, and how to stop them.

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