Ethical Hacking Services

Ethical Hacking Services – Expose and Mitigate Security Gaps Across Critical Systems

Simulate real-world attack scenarios to uncover security gaps, assess risk exposure, and guide targeted remediation across applications, infrastructure, and user environments.

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Clients Served

35,000+

Total Vetted Professionals

30,000+

Toptal Total Projects Delivered

85,000+

Years in Business

15+

TRUSTED BY LEADING BRANDS

Our Services

Toptal Ethical Hacking Services

Identify exploitable weaknesses before attackers can. Our ethical hacking specialists simulate real-world attack scenarios across applications, infrastructure, cloud systems, and employee-facing environments to uncover security gaps and strengthen defenses.

Penetration Testing Services

Simulate targeted attacks against systems and applications to uncover exploitable vulnerabilities and support prioritized remediation efforts.

Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis

Identify security weaknesses across infrastructure and applications to assess exposure and guide remediation planning more effectively.

Web Application Security Testing

Evaluate web applications for vulnerabilities that could expose sensitive data, disrupt services, or allow unauthorized access.

Network Infrastructure Testing

Assess internal and external network environments to uncover misconfigurations and unauthorized access paths.

Cloud Environment Security Testing

Review cloud configurations, permissions, and exposed assets to identify risks that could compromise sensitive systems or data.

API Security Assessment

Test APIs for authentication flaws, authorization gaps, and insecure data handling that could expose connected systems or information.

Red Team Operations

Conduct simulated attack campaigns that test how effectively security teams detect, respond to, and contain active threats.

Social Engineering Simulations

Run phishing and impersonation exercises that evaluate employee susceptibility to manipulation and strengthen security awareness.

Mobile Application Security Assessment

Analyze mobile applications for vulnerabilities that affect authentication, data storage, and secure user interactions.

Secure Source Code Review

Review source code to identify security flaws, insecure logic, and implementation risks before deployment into production environments.

Compliance-focused Security Testing

Validate security controls against frameworks such as PCI DSS and HIPAA to support audit preparation and regulatory readiness.

Security Remediation Planning

Develop remediation plans that prioritize critical vulnerabilities and provide clear guidance for reducing long-term security risk.

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PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS

How We Deliver Ethical Hacking Services

Our ethical hacking experts, with experience at leading companies, develop and deploy tailored solutions to meet your business needs and unique industry demands for sustainable results and long-term success.

Discover

A leader from our team works with you to understand your business challenges, pain points, and strategic goals to uncover new opportunities and identify the options to reach your objectives.

Define

Toptal leaders collaborate with your team to define your specific goals and service needs, evaluating multiple approaches and aligning requirements with your strategic objectives to define the best solution.

Develop

Once your service is defined and you have your talent or team on board, they will create your unique project timeline, process, and initial proposals, whether your goal is to uncover exploitable vulnerabilities, validate security controls, or improve incident readiness.

Deploy

Toptal will get to work, tracking quality assurance, handling project management, and maintaining the delivery schedule.

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Zohra Ibrahimi

Information Security Practice Lead

Zohra is a seasoned cybersecurity and risk executive with more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise risk management, cybersecurity strategy, IT governance, and regulatory compliance initiatives across Fortune 500 companies and global organizations.Zohra is a seasoned cybersecurity and risk executive with more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise risk management, cybersecurity strategy, IT governance, and regulatory compliance initiatives across Fortune 500 companies and global organizations.

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CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS

Ethical Hacking Solutions That Deliver Value

Toptal delivers leading ethical hacking services through its diverse talent network and flexible delivery models. We implement the right skills at each project phase, blending expertise from various roles for seamless execution.

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal
On-demand Talent and Teams

End-to-End Delivery by Toptal

Comprehensive project delivery, tailored to your specific requirements.

Information Security Practice Lead

Delivery Manager

Lead Ethical Hacker

Senior Penetration Tester

Red Team Specialist

API Security Specialist

Vulnerability Analyst

Application Security Engineer

Zohra Ibrahimi

Information Security Practice Lead

Zohra is a seasoned cybersecurity and risk executive with more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise risk management, cybersecurity strategy, IT governance, and regulatory compliance initiatives across Fortune 500 companies and global organizations. As Toptal’s Information Security Practice Lead, she takes a strategic, business-aligned approach—building scalable, results-driven security programs that not only protect critical assets but also enable business growth.

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Experience

15+ Years

Rachael Karaffa

Delivery Manager

Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.

Previously Managed Client

Experience

9+ Years

Christian Fernandez

Verified Expert in Engineering

22+ Years

of Experience

Lead Ethical Hacker

Chris is a pioneer in ethical hacking and a Linux systems engineer with multiple certifications and more than 22 years of experience. He is well-known in ethical hacking and open source communities and mentioned in books and documentaries.

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Joe Bagdon

Verified Expert in Engineering

31+ Years

of Experience

Senior Penetration Tester

Joe is a seasoned security and infrastructure engineering professional with experience performing application and network assessments, writing and enforcing policies, providing defense for an enterprise environment, and administrating infrastructures. He has in-depth knowledge of information security, information technology, and information warfare. Joe is a competent Python programmer, adding automation and integration that reduces workloads.

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Anurag Yadav

Verified Expert in Engineering

10+ Years

of Experience

Red Team Specialist

Anurag is an experienced security professional with a strong background in incident handling and threat hunting based on different attack frameworks. He has expertise in Active Directory and cloud security (Azure), utilizing offensive security tools such as Bloodhound to identify and mitigate threats. He's played a key role in the development and deployment of SOC infrastructure. He's delivered training to different tiers of the SOC team on security best practices, compliance, and the cyber threat landscape.

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Peter Zaki

Verified Expert in Engineering

10+ Years

of Experience

API Security Specialist

Peter is a security professional with 10 years of experience helping major multinational companies protect their infrastructures and customers. He designs secure systems and applications, providing guidance on security practices for web, cloud applications, and APIs. His expertise includes secure application development, cloud-native security, and DevSecOps. Peter holds certifications as a CISSP, OSCP, and AWS Solutions Architect – Associate.

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Gaya Dissanayake

Verified Expert in Engineering

11+ Years

of Experience

Vulnerability Analyst

Gaya is a cybersecurity expert who loves finding cracks in company security and creating powerful solutions to fill them. With numerous global CTF (capture the flag) competitions under her belt, Gaya excels in vulnerability management, cloud security, incident response, security awareness, and security risk management (PCI/DSS, ISO 27001, CMMC). Gaya is well versed with Qualys, Rapid7, Nessus, Splunk, Carbon Black, SentinelOne, Microsoft Sentinel, Azure cloud tools, and those in Kali Linux.

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Nicaury Francisco Ramirez

Verified Expert in Engineering

7+ Years

of Experience

Application Security Engineer

Nicaury is a security engineer with 7+ years of experience in information security, cybersecurity, and systems administration. She has worked in fast-paced, remote environments for years, developing excellent communication and leadership skills. Nicaury is a certified professional with proven problem-solving and analytical skills, a fast learning curve, and the ability to adapt to any team.

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On-demand Talent and Teams

30,000+ vetted professionals, ready to deploy individually or in teams.

Cloud Security Architect

Vulnerability Assessment Lead

Application Security Engineer

Application Vulnerability Analyst

DevSecOps Security Engineer

Application Security Reviewer

Application Security Consultant

Penetration Testing Expert

Security Program Manager

Verified Expert in Engineering

22+ Years

of Experience

Cloud Security Architect

Subbu is a subject matter expert in information security and has more than 22 years of information technology experience. He has assisted large enterprise customers in the banking, telecommunication, and e-commerce sectors with security transformation, DevSecOps, security architecture, and implementations. Subbu’s security expertise includes AWS, GCP, IAM, enterprise security, data protection, and application security and compliance.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Engineering

35+ Years

of Experience

Vulnerability Assessment Lead

Greg is a seasoned and highly qualified cybersecurity and compliance executive. He has built and led cybersecurity and compliance teams in different healthcare, financial services, and pharmaceutical organizations throughout his career. Greg's proven expertise in technical, administrative, and procedural controls for information protection allows him to help businesses keep their critical information secure, confidential, and intact.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Engineering

19+ Years

of Experience

Application Security Engineer

Claudio has 19+ years of software development experience and a cybersecurity degree. He has handled back-end, front-end, and full-stack development, DevSecOps, application security, penetration testing, and solutions architecture. With his combined expertise, Claudio focuses on helping companies by developing and architecting secure and resilient web and mobile applications.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Engineering

5+ Years

of Experience

Application Vulnerability Analyst

Aseem enjoys building DevSecOps pipelines and setting up automation using Go, Python, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, AWS Lambda, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), among others.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Engineering

8+ Years

of Experience

DevSecOps Security Engineer

Blessed is a senior information security analyst and engineer with more than 8 years of experience aligning enterprise security architecture, policies, and processes with security standards and frameworks to meet business goals. He specializes in designing and implementing security solutions for enterprise-grade cyberdefense teams and conducting penetration testing. Blessed has also been in red/blue teams, implemented ISO 27001 ISMS, and operated as a security lead in a DevSecOps environment.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Engineering

10+ Years

of Experience

Application Security Reviewer

Gökay is a senior manager and principal advisor specializing in cybersecurity, information security, auditing, and regulatory standards. He is highly skilled in enterprise security architecture and is an expert at delivering sustainable protection, strengthening reputation, and enhancing digital presence while enabling effective risk mitigation to prevent financial loss.

Previously at

Verified Expert in Engineering

12+ Years

of Experience

Application Security Consultant

Mehmet is a software development and cybersecurity specialist with more than 12 years of experience. His recent tasks are evaluating security requirements, defining security architectures, designing and implementing security controls, and coordinating security activities for embedded and back-end systems. Mehmet is passionate about creating and developing secure software systems, cloud computing, IoT, embedded systems, and automotive cybersecurity.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

5+ Years

of Experience

Penetration Testing Expert

Anas is an IT security engineer with five years of experience helping organizations secure their SaaS platforms from threat actors. He is an expert in application security, cloud security, penetration testing, and information system compliance, including ISO 27001 and SOC 2. With keen attention to detail and the ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment, Anas outperforms clients' expectations and provides agile and secure solutions to meet their business needs.

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Verified Expert in Engineering

10+ Years

of Experience

Security Program Manager

Vanessa is an energetic and highly competent Certified Information Systems Security and Project Management Professional (CISSP, PMP). She has spent 10+ years successfully directing complex technical programs for companies like Salesforce, Microsoft, and Boeing. Vanessa also has an excellent track record demonstrating leadership abilities, executive decision-making, complex problem-solving, detailed project planning, and effective communication.

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UNRIVALED EXPERTISE

Our Talent Has Worked With Top Companies

Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.

WHY ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE US

Toptal in Action

Discover the cutting-edge benefits our clients enjoy from the global Toptal network.

Toptal enables global media giant to advance security operations amid digital transformation.

Challenge: The company faced rapidly evolving security threats while struggling to keep pace with hiring needs. The slow hiring process and difficulties retaining staff created gaps in security operations, leaving the company vulnerable to emerging cyberattacks.

Solution: Toptal assembled a team of security specialists with expertise in cloud security and vulnerability assessment. Throughout the partnership, the team implemented robust product security measures and leveraged threat hunting capabilities to identify potential vulnerabilities. Additionally, by integrating DevSecOps practices, the team fostered a culture of continuous improvement and resilience against emerging threats.

Impact: Toptal’s close collaboration led to the successful delivery of Terraform and Ansible code, with the pre-production phase completed two months ahead of schedule. This achievement was crucial in ensuring that the client could effectively continue its digital transformation without delays.

Toptal’s contributions to our Splunk migration from our on-prem data center to AWS have been critical to our success. Communication and collaboration with both our team and customer teams has been outstanding.

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Media Company

Toptal Ranked #1 Most Reliable Professional Services Company in America

Newsweek and Statista’s rankings were based on an independent survey of more than 2,400 decision-makers at Fortune 500s.

IBM — Newsweek's Most Reliable Companies in America 2026 ranking. Toptal is ranked #11, the highest-ranked professional services firm.

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Methodology for the Rankings

How likely the respondent is to recommend the selected company to others.

Measures the convenience of interaction with the company and efficiency of processes.

Measures the company’s cost-effectiveness and quality relative to price.

Measures whether the company consistently meets or exceeds expectations in quality and timeliness of deliverables.

Measures the company’s ability to consistently fulfill commitments and maintain customer trust.

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OUR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

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Gökay Pekşen

Gökay is a security developer and advisor. He built Turkey’s first DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline, and designed and constructed a world-class cybersecurity infrastructure to safeguard $8 billion in annual local payment transactions while serving as Information Security Vice President at Interbank. He is the founder and CEO of Prime Threat, a security consultancy that helps businesses navigate GDPR compliance and risk management.

Expertise

Cybersecurity

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3 Emerging AI Security Practices for Proactive Cyber Defense

Michael Figueroa

Michael is a seasoned information security leader with experience at the Advanced Cyber Security Center and Toptal. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in high-tech crime investigations from George Washington University.

A Complete Guide to Conduct a SaaS Application Security Testing

Kanishk Tagade

Kanishk is a B2B SaaS Marketer. He’s a cybersecurity enthusiast who’s a regular contributor to many technology magazines and security awareness platforms. Kanishk manages his own cybersecurity news site quickcyber.news. Being a marketer in the tech field for a long time, he also likes to talk about building and scaling up new and existing B2B SaaS businesses.

Solving the Cybersecurity Talent Shortage: Avoid These Common Pitfalls

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