## PENETRATIONTESTING

Canonical URL: https://side.inc/services/quality-assurance/penetration-testing
Provider: Side (https://side.inc)

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## CERTIFIED PENETRATION TESTING AND EXPLOITATION TESTING

We offer internationally certified OSCP penetration testing services for any app or game. Our professional cyber security experts will evaluate your game or app using industry-standard black box penetration testing tools and techniques.

We also offer next-level exploitation testing which uses techniques game hackers use to try to exploit your online or mobile game.

[GET IN TOUCH](https://side.inc/contact)

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## BENEFITS

### SATISFY COMPLIANCE

Many compliance and cyber security teams require annual or even quarterly penetration testing. Our affordable **NinjaScan** service offers OSCP-certified penetration testing reports to satisfy your own compliance needs and those of your players or customers.

### PREVENT CHEATERS & HACKERS

Cheaters use your API and game code to find ways to get ahead. Let us find those backdoors and exploits before your players do.

### REST ASSURED

Being hacked can cost millions. Rest assured that your app or game is safe as it can be when our team of cyber experts help you find and fix potential security problems before the real hackers do.

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LEARN MORE

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## OUR SOLUTIONS

## NINJASCAN

Our OSCP-Certified cyber security experts will spend two weeks conducting penetration testing for your game or app network and systems—safely.

You get a third party professional penetration test report, suggested fixes, and an optional rescan after fixes.

## NINJAHACK

Our industry-unique game exploitation testing utilizes proprietary tools and technology to find the ways players might exploit your systems to their advantage. Our team of experienced game cyber security experts will conduct white-hat attempts to find your: game exploits, backdoors, and weaknesses cheaters could exploit.

## WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED

[GET IN TOUCH](https://side.inc/contact)

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PENETRATION TESTING

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WHITE-HAT

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GAME HACKING PREVENTION

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NETWORK INTRUSION

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SQL INJECTION

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PORT SCANNING

## SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE WITH QA AND DEVOPS

We take game and app security seriously. To keep our partners’ users safe, we take a three-fold approach to security involving **[Quality Assurance](https://www.side.inc/services/quality-assurance)**, **[DevOps](https://www.side.inc/services/game-development)**, and Penetration Testing. We collaborate with our partners developers, DevOps, QA, and other teams to make sure the most important aspects of security are cared for.

## KEYS TO USER SAFETY

How can an app or game company keep its users safe? There are three primary aspects to user security: 

### 1

A safe user is one whose personal information is kept private. 

### 2

A safe user can trust that their login is restricted just to them, and that no hacker can gain access to their account. 

### 3

A safe user expects an app or game to work correctly, and that everyone else using the app or game is playing by the same rules (no cheaters). 

When companies fail to balance all three aspects of security, all too often it can lead to security breaches. We can work across [**QA Testing,**](https://www.side.inc/services/quality-assurance) and DevOps teams to not only identify potential exploits, but also patch them correctly with **NinjaScan** and **NinjaHack**. After patching, we then perform a rescan (free of charge) to ensure that the patch is successful.

[FIND OUT MORE](https://www.side.inc/lab/how-qa-devops-and-penetration-testing-teams-work-together-to-keep-games-and-apps-safe)

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## FROM THE LAB

[VISIT THE LAB](https://side.inc/lab)

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January 8, 2026

## The Importance of QA for Strong AI Guardrails in Games

[QUALITY ASSURANCE](https://side.inc/lab/qa-for-ai-guardrails-in-games)

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November 20, 2025

## Meet the Team: Afonso Maia

[QUALITY ASSURANCE](https://side.inc/lab/meet-the-team-afonso-maia)

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October 15, 2025

## Making Sense of Player Feedback at Scale

[QUALITY ASSURANCE](https://side.inc/lab/playtesting-ai-technical-brief)

## EXPLORE MORE

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## GAME DEVELOPMENT

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## QUALITY ASSURANCE

![localization](https://d1r5h1ay0no5pj.cloudfront.net/side/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20133006/localization-icon.svg)

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## LOCALIZATION

![audio-production](https://d1r5h1ay0no5pj.cloudfront.net/side/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Audio-Icon-1-1.svg)

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## AUDIO PRODUCTION

![player-support](https://d1r5h1ay0no5pj.cloudfront.net/side/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20133042/player-support-icon.svg)

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## PLAYER SUPPORT

![localization-qa](https://d1r5h1ay0no5pj.cloudfront.net/side/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20132924/localization-qa-icon.svg)

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## LOCALIZATION QA

![datasets](https://d1r5h1ay0no5pj.cloudfront.net/side/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20132755/datasets-icon.svg)

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## DATA SETS