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    Best Penetration Testing Companies in Atlanta (2026)

    A penetration testing company hires out people who attack your systems with permission and report what they found. Atlanta buyers mostly need one for PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2 or CMMC evidence. This page compares 12 firms that serve Atlanta and Georgia on facts each firm publishes itself: certifications, prices, turnaround, delivery model and audit fit. No reviews, no star ratings.

    Disclosure
    Who publishes this list. This list is published by Budget Security, a penetration testing provider that appears on it. Rankings use the published criteria below, applied the same way to every firm, including us. We earn nothing from any other firm listed. Every fact about another firm comes from that firm's own website, with the URL and the date we checked it. If a firm's site blocked our check, we say so instead of guessing.

    Last reviewed: 2 October 2026.

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    How we ranked these firms

    Every firm gets a score out of 10 on five criteria. Only things a firm states on its own website count. We did not score reputation, reviews or size, because none of those can be verified from the outside.

    • Certifications stated. 2 points for offensive-security credentials named on the site (OSCP, OSWE, CEH, CREST CRT) or a CREST firm accreditation. 1 point for general security credentials only (CISSP, CISA, QSA). 0 for none.
    • Published pricing. 2 points for prices on the site. 1 for a starting rate only. 0 for quote-only.
    • Booking and turnaround. 1 point if you can scope or book online without a sales call. 1 point if the site states when testing starts or when the report arrives.
    • Delivery model. 2 points if the site says plainly whether work is remote or on site, and from where. 1 for a partial statement such as "across the U.S." 0 if not stated.
    • Audit-report fit. 2 points if the site names the frameworks its pentest reports serve (PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, CMMC). 1 for one framework. 0 for none.

    Ties are listed alphabetically. Firms whose sites blocked our check are listed last, unscored. An Atlanta office is recorded as a fact but not scored, because three of the firms Google ranks for Atlanta already deliver remotely and say so.

    The list

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      1. Budget Security (score 10/10)

      Published by us, so read this entry with that in mind. HQ: The Hague, Netherlands. No US office. All testing is remote, during US business hours. Price: $985 per tester-day for US clients (€849 per day for EU clients), published. Testers: OSCP-certified. You scope the test yourself in the dashboard, testing starts within 7 days of booking, and the report lands in the dashboard within 48 hours after the test ends. You pay after the report is delivered. Reports map to SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001 and CMMC. We score 10 because the criteria reward published prices and online booking, which is what we built the company around. If you need a firm with an Atlanta office, we are not it. Six firms below have one. Details for Georgia companies are on our Atlanta penetration testing page.

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      2. Stingrai (score 9/10)

      HQ: Toronto, Canada, with a London office. Its own Atlanta list states it "serves Georgia clients remotely from Toronto, inside the Eastern Time working day." Prices published: $3,000 for an autonomous pentest, $6,800 for a hybrid pentest, enterprise on quote. Certifications named: OSCP, OSCE, CREST CRT, eWPTX, CISSP and others, plus CREST accreditation at firm level. Frameworks named: SOC 2, ISO 27001, CMMC, PCI DSS, HIPAA. It loses one point on turnaround: "same-day results" is stated for the autonomous product only, not for the manual pentest.

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      3. BeachFleischman (score 4/10)

      Offices in Phoenix, Tucson, Nogales and Las Vegas. Its Atlanta page is one of a national series. Certifications named: OSCP, CEH, CISA, CRISC, CCNP, Security+, CCIP, PCI-SSC. No price. No turnaround. Booking is a web form. Delivery: "We can deliver network penetration testing services across the U.S." Services: external, internal, wireless and cloud network tests plus web application tests.

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      4. Aprio (score 3/10)

      Atlanta office at 2002 Summit Boulevard, Suite 120. A CPA and advisory firm; "Pen Testing" is listed under its risk and compliance assessment practice. Certifications named for staff: CISSP, CISA, PCI QSA. Frameworks named: SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA, HITRUST, CMMC, FedRAMP. No price. No turnaround. Contact form.

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      5. Asteros (score 3/10)

      Atlanta, 285 W Wieuca Rd NE. Manual-first pentesting for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HITRUST, HIPAA and PCI, with free validation retesting. Turnaround stated: "Most tests take about two weeks from kickoff to final report." No price. No certifications named (methodologies PTES and OWASP ASVS are). Booking is a consultation form.

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      6. Cherry Bekaert (score 3/10)

      Atlanta office at 1075 Peachtree St NE, Suite 1600, plus Alpharetta. A CPA and advisory firm offering "Network Red Team Testing (Internal, External, Wireless)" and vulnerability scanning. Certifications named: CEH, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CMMC CCP/CCA, CMMC-RP, CCSFP. No price. No turnaround. Form and phone.

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      7. Raxis (score 3/10)

      Atlanta, 2870 Peachtree Road, founded 2011. Describes itself as "a fully remote, U.S.-based team." Broad service list: web, API, mobile, cloud, Active Directory, wireless, IoT, OT, physical, phishing, red team and PTaaS. Internal tests use a shipped device. Certifications named on the pages we checked: CISSP, CISM, ISSAP for one leader; no tester credentials listed. No price. No turnaround. Quote form, phone, demo booking.

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      8. VerSprite (score 3/10)

      Atlanta, 3495 Piedmont Road NE, Building 11. CREST accredited. Services: web, mobile, API and cloud pentesting, red teaming. Certifications named: GIAC, CISSP, CISA, CISM; PCI SSC named. No price. No turnaround. Contact link only.

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      9. Coalfire (score 2/10)

      Georgia office at 12735 Morris Rd, Alpharetta. A national compliance assessor; offensive work sits under its "DivisionHex" team. Accreditations named: FedRAMP assessor, C3PAO, HITRUST, CSA STAR. Its penetration testing page returned 404 on our check, so services are taken from the homepage. No price. No turnaround. Contact form.

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      10. Frazier & Deeter (score 2/10)

      Global HQ in Atlanta, 1230 Peachtree Street NE, with an Alpharetta office. Cybersecurity advisory page lists "penetration testing, vulnerability assessments and technical audits." Frameworks named: HITRUST, HIPAA, PCI, CMMC, FedRAMP. No certifications named. No price. No turnaround. Contact form.

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      11. Tanner Co (score 0/10)

      Salt Lake City based CPA firm whose Atlanta page ranks first on Google for several Atlanta pentest queries. The page names no certifications, no price, no turnaround and no delivery model. Booking is a contact form. Network penetration testing only.

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      12. Keiter CPA (not verified: site blocked our check on 2026-10-02)

      Richmond, Virginia CPA firm with an Atlanta network pentest page. Its site redirected our checker away, so we could not read it. Google's snippet of the page describes delivery "remotely from their Richmond offices." Unscored.

    Comparison table

    FirmHQ / delivery modelPublished priceCertifications statedTurnaround statedBookingSource, checked 2 Oct 2026
    Budget SecurityThe Hague, NL; remote only, no US officeYes, $985/tester-day (US)OSCPStart within 7 days; report within 48h after testSelf-serve sign-upbudgetsecurity.com/pentest-pricing/
    StingraiToronto, CA; serves Georgia remotelyYes, $3,000 / $6,800OSCP, OSCE, CREST CRT, CREST firmSame-day (autonomous only)Quote form, calculatorstingrai.io/pricing
    BeachFleischmanAZ and NV offices; "across the U.S."NoOSCP, CEH, CISA, CRISC, othersNoFormbeachfleischman.com/network-penetration-testing-atlanta-ga/
    AprioAtlanta office; delivery not statedNoCISSP, CISA, PCI QSANoFormriskcompliance.aprio.com/assessment/
    AsterosAtlanta; delivery not statedNoNone namedAbout two weeks kickoff to reportFormasteros.com
    Cherry BekaertAtlanta + Alpharetta; delivery not statedNoCEH, CISSP, CISA, CMMC CCP/CCANoForm, phonecbh.com/services/advisory/cybersecurity/
    RaxisAtlanta; "fully remote, U.S.-based team"NoCISSP, CISM, ISSAPNoForm, phone, demoraxis.com
    VerSpriteAtlanta; delivery not statedNoCREST firm, GIAC, CISSPNoContact linkversprite.com
    CoalfireAlpharetta; delivery not statedNoFedRAMP, C3PAO, HITRUSTNoFormcoalfire.com/contact
    Frazier & DeeterAtlanta HQ; delivery not statedNoNone namedNoFormfrazierdeeter.com/services/advisory/cybersecurity/
    Tanner CoSalt Lake City; delivery not statedNoNone namedNoFormtannerco.com/network-penetration-testing-atlanta-ga/
    Keiter CPARichmond, VA; remote per snippetNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verifiedkeitercpa.com/net-pen-testing-atlanta-ga/ (blocked)

    Atlanta-based vs remote: what actually changes

    Less than the city pages suggest. Six firms on this list have an Atlanta or Alpharetta address. Three of the firms Google ranks highest for Atlanta are in Utah, Arizona and Virginia and deliver remotely. The work is the same either way for external networks, web apps, APIs, cloud and mobile: the tester needs a target, a scope and written authorisation, not a desk in Buckhead.

    Three things do change:

    • Internal network tests. A remote firm tests over a VPN or ships a small device to plug in. A local firm can send a person. Both are normal.
    • Wireless and physical tests. Someone has to be in the building. Ask a remote firm how it handles this before you sign.
    • Meetings. If your auditor or board wants the tester in the room, a local firm is simpler. Most SOC 2 and PCI evidence reviews happen on a call.

    Budget Security is remote. We say that plainly because the alternative, a rented mailbox presented as an office, is how some city pages are built.

    What Atlanta buyers get tested for

    • PCI DSS 11.4. Atlanta's payment processing cluster means a large share of local pentest demand is PCI. Requirement 11.4 asks for internal and external tests at least every 12 months and after significant changes. See PCI DSS penetration testing.
    • HIPAA. Georgia's hospital systems and the health-tech vendors around them need a periodic technical evaluation under 45 CFR 164.308(a)(8). See HIPAA penetration testing.
    • SOC 2. The most common reason an Atlanta SaaS company books a pentest: the auditor or an enterprise customer asked. See SOC 2 penetration testing.
    • CMMC. Defense suppliers around Augusta and Fort Eisenhower. Level 3 requires an annual pentest; Level 2 does not. See CMMC penetration testing.

    Georgia's own breach law, O.C.G.A. 10-1-912, is a notification statute. It does not require a pentest. The federal frameworks above are where the testing mandates live.

    FAQ

    Questions we get

    How much should a penetration test cost?
    Two firms on this list publish prices. Budget Security charges $985 per tester-day for US clients, and Stingrai lists $3,000 and $6,800 per assessment. The rest quote per engagement. For a US SMB, total cost depends on the number of tester-days your scope needs; use the [penetration testing cost calculator](/pentest-pricing/) to size it.
    What are the top 5 penetration testing companies in Atlanta?
    By the criteria on this page: Budget Security, Stingrai, BeachFleischman, Aprio and Asteros. Change the criteria and the order changes. If an Atlanta office matters most, start with Raxis, VerSprite, Asteros, Cherry Bekaert, Aprio and Frazier & Deeter.
    Is pentesting illegal?
    No, as long as the system owner authorises it in writing before testing starts. Georgia nearly criminalised good-faith security research in 2018 (SB 315), but the governor vetoed the bill. Every firm on this list works under a signed scope and rules of engagement.
    Is pentesting being replaced by AI?
    Scanning is increasingly automated, and some firms sell an "autonomous pentest" product. Exploiting a chain of findings, judging business impact and producing audit evidence still needs a person. PCI DSS 11.4 asks for penetration testing, not a scan. Budget Security uses AI to scope the engagement; the testing is done by OSCP-certified people.
    Do I need an Atlanta-based firm?
    Not for external, web, API, cloud or mobile testing. You need one, or a firm that travels, for wireless and physical tests.
    Does Georgia law require a penetration test?
    No. O.C.G.A. 10-1-912 covers breach notification only. PCI DSS, HIPAA, GLBA and CMMC are the rules that require or expect testing for Georgia companies.
    How long does a penetration test take?
    Firms that state it: Asteros says about two weeks from kickoff to final report. Budget Security starts within 7 days of booking and delivers the report within 48 hours after the test ends. The test itself runs for the number of tester-days in scope.
    Which Atlanta firms publish their prices?
    Of the 12 firms here, only Budget Security and Stingrai publish prices on their sites. Neither has an Atlanta office. --- **Size your Atlanta pentest in two minutes.** Pick the assets, pick the goal, see the tester-days and the price before you talk to anyone. **[Try the calculator](/pentest-pricing/)** or **[Sign up](https://portal.budgetsecurity.com/register)**. Spotted an error? Email info@budgetsecurity.com and we will correct it. ---
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