Penetration testing in Sydney for FinTech and financial services

Cyber Node works with Sydney FinTech operators, financial services firms, and technology companies. Engagements are scoped around APRA CPS 234, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 where those frameworks apply. FinTech Australia membership means we speak the same language as your stakeholders.

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Sydney FinTech focus

Compliance drivers we work to

APRA CPS 234

For APRA-regulated entities and their material service providers. Testing scoped to demonstrate control effectiveness as part of CPS 234 evidence.

PCI DSS

Annual penetration testing for in-scope CDE environments. Reports suitable for QSA evidence and ASV handoff.

SOC 2 Type II

Penetration testing evidence for the security trust services criteria. Scoped to the systems covered by the attestation.

ISO 27001

Evidence supporting A.12.6.1 and A.18.2.3 control validation as part of ISO 27001 certification maintenance.

Essential 8

Maturity assessments for organisations pursuing ASD Essential 8 alignment, particularly those supplying the Commonwealth.

Open Banking / CDR

Security testing scoped to Consumer Data Right obligations for accredited data recipients and data holders.

FinTech Australia member

Why Cyber Node for Sydney FinTech

Most FinTech security buyers have been burned by scanner output dressed up as a pen test. Cyber Node doesn’t do that. Every engagement is led by a human tester. Findings are chained where chaining matters. The report reads like an engineer wrote it because an engineer did.

See the manual penetration testing case studies for anonymised examples including one taken from a Sydney FinTech engagement. For the national FinTech anchor page and a dedicated FAQ, see FinTech penetration testing.

Questions we get

Sydney FAQ

A penetration test is one of several forms of evidence that support CPS 234 compliance, specifically the requirement to maintain information security capability and to test control effectiveness. Cyber Node engagements are scoped and reported with CPS 234 evidence in mind.

Most FinTechs we work with test annually as a baseline with an additional test after any significant release or architecture change. PCI DSS requires annual testing for in-scope environments.

Cyber Node is headquartered in Perth but works with Sydney clients on a remote-first basis with on-site visits as needed for kickoff, evidence handoff, and workshops.