Protecting businesses since 2009

Your developer says it's secure. Let's find out.

You hired someone to build your website, your customer portal, your ordering system. They're great at what they do — but security is a different skillset. We test it from the outside, the same way a real attacker would, and show you what we find. For free.

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The Problem

Your website holds customer data. It's probably not as secure as you think.

  • You hired a developer to build your site, portal, or ordering system — they focused on making it work, not on security
  • That system is storing customer names, addresses, order histories, and possibly credit card numbers
  • Building software and securing software are completely different skillsets — most developers aren't trained to think like an attacker
  • Someone can potentially download your customer list, view anyone's orders, or log in as any user they want
  • Automated bots are scanning for these exact weaknesses 24/7 — you don't have to be a target to become a victim

The Solution

We test it from the outside — the same way an attacker would.

  • We probe your website with no credentials and no special access — just like a real attacker
  • If there's a way to get to your customer data, we'll find it — and we'll show you exactly what's exposed
  • We explain everything in plain English — no jargon, no scare tactics, just straight answers
  • If you want to fix it, we fix it — patch what's there, work with your developer, or rebuild whatever needs it
  • The first assessment is completely free — no strings, no obligation, no sales pitch
IBM says ↗ the average data breach costs $4.44 million — enough to shut down most small businesses overnight.
IBM says ↗ companies take an average of 241 days to even realize they've been breached. That's 8 months of exposure.
Verizon says ↗ small businesses are targeted 4x more often than large enterprises. You're not too small to be a target — you're the preferred one.
Verizon says ↗ 88% of web application attacks use stolen credentials. If your login system has a flaw, that's the front door.

The Game Has Changed

It's not just hackers anymore. It's AI.

For years, the unspoken comfort was: "We're not big enough to be a target." And honestly? That used to be mostly true. Someone had to decide to come after you. You had to be worth the effort, or you had to upset the wrong person.

That era is over.

AI is changing the economics of hacking. Right now, teams overseas are building AI tools that can automatically scan thousands of websites per hour, find vulnerabilities, and exploit them — without a human ever being involved. They don't care who you are or what you sell. They're harvesting customer databases, credit card numbers, and login credentials at scale, then selling them in bulk on the dark web.

Your website doesn't need to be "important" to be a target anymore. It just needs to be vulnerable. And an AI bot doesn't care if you're a 5-person shop or a Fortune 500 company — it's probing both the same way, at the same time, for the same data.

This isn't fear-mongering. It's the reality of where things are headed — and it's accelerating fast. The tools that used to require a skilled hacker and hours of manual work can now be pointed at your site by someone with no technical skills at all. Just a target list and an AI agent.

The businesses that take this seriously now are the ones that won't be scrambling later when a customer calls asking why their data is for sale online.

What we see

This is what an attacker sees

We don't need a password. We don't need access to your server. We look at your site from the outside — the exact same way a bad actor would — and this is the kind of thing we find.

~ — external recon
$ nmap -sV --script=http-enum target-site.com
[*] Enumerating endpoints on target...
[!!] Customer database exposed — names, emails, addresses downloadable
[!!] Order history accessible for ANY customer by changing ID in URL
[!] Admin panel reachable with no login at /admin
[!!] Stored credit card data accessible via API — not encrypted
[!] Password reset allows account takeover of any user
[*] 5 issues found — 3 critical, 2 high severity
[+] Report ready — scheduling call with business owner

What's Really At Stake

Once someone has your data, it's their call — not yours.

They can do any of this. All of this. Whenever they want.

Hackers can...

  • Sell your entire customer database on the dark web
  • Encrypt your systems and demand ransom
  • Send phishing emails as your brand
  • Log in as your customers and help themselves
  • Expose passwords your customers reuse everywhere else
  • Plant backdoors to come back whenever they want
  • Hijack your email server to spam thousands of people
  • Modify orders, invoices, or financial records
  • Use your infrastructure to attack other companies

You need to...

  • Figure out how they got in
  • Determine what data was accessed or taken
  • Check if they're still in your system
  • Stop them from doing more damage
  • Fix the vulnerability they exploited
  • Get your systems back online
  • ...by either hiring someone emergently, or relying on the same team that got you into the situation

You're supposed to...

  • Notify every affected customer
  • Report it to your state attorney general

Your customers may...

  • Get phishing emails that look like they came from you
  • Have their personal information exposed without knowing
  • Notice fraudulent charges or unusual account activity
  • Lose trust in your business — even if the impact was minor

Regulators may...

  • Investigate whether you took reasonable steps
  • Issue fines if you weren't protecting data
  • Require ongoing compliance audits
  • Open the door to class action lawsuits

All of this happens at the same time.

You're not handling one thing and moving on to the next. You're scrambling to stop the bleeding, fix what's broken, keep your business running, and figure out what to tell your customers — all at once. You won't be sleeping for a few nights.

But if a pentester finds it first?

You get a report. You fix it on your schedule. No breach happened, no customers to notify, no chaos. Just a problem found and fixed before anyone else ever knew it was there.

What We Do

We find it, explain it, and fix it

You don't need to understand the technical details — that's our job. We tell you what's at risk in plain English, then we make it right.

Outside-In Security Testing

We look at your website and customer systems the same way an attacker would — from the internet, with no passwords and no special access. If we can get to your data, so can they.

Code Review

We look at the actual code your developer wrote and find the security gaps — things like customer records being accessible to the wrong people, or data being stored without encryption.

Rebuild & Modernize

Sometimes a quick fix isn't enough. If your system was built on shaky foundations, we can rebuild the parts that matter — or migrate you to something more secure without disrupting your business.

Login & Account Security

Can someone guess their way into another customer's account? Can a password reset be exploited? We lock down the front door so only the right people get in.

Data Leak Prevention

Your system talks to itself behind the scenes — passing around customer data, order details, payment info. We make sure none of those conversations are happening where someone uninvited can listen.

Ongoing Partnership

Your business changes, your website changes, and new threats show up constantly. We stay in your corner — checking in regularly and making sure nothing new has slipped through.

Sound Familiar?

When we talk to business owners about security, most fall into one of a few camps.

Some put it off — it doesn't generate revenue, so it never makes the priority list.
Some assume it's covered — their dev team, their hosting provider, somebody's got it.
Some checked a box — ran a compliance audit or a vulnerability scan once, years ago, and moved on.
Some figure insurance will handle it — but cyber policies are full of exclusions, especially around negligence. And even when they do pay out, no policy restores your reputation.
Some are waiting — they'll deal with it when something actually happens.

That last group never sees it coming. The rest just hope they're right.

How It Works

Simple. Straightforward. No runaround.

1

Reach Out

  • Call or email us
  • Quick conversation about your business
  • We make sure we're a good fit
  • Not every engagement makes sense — we're selective
844-955-HACK (4225) info@aks-llc.com
2

We Get Authorized

  • Short authorization agreement — not a 50-page contract
  • Defines exactly what we test (and what's off-limits)
  • Gives us legal permission to probe
  • Mutual confidentiality built in
See Example Authorization
3

We Probe Until We Find Something

  • Test from the outside — no logins or access needed
  • Stop at the first real vulnerability
  • Document it with evidence and proof
  • First finding is completely free
See Example Assessment
4

You Decide What's Next

  • We walk you through it in plain English
  • If there's one hole, there are almost certainly more
  • Your team can fix it, or we can
  • No pressure — totally your call
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Who We Are

A small team that does big work.

A.K.S Security was founded in 2009 by Eric Turner — a developer with 25 years of experience building web applications, based in the DFW Metroplex. What started as one person helping businesses lock down their systems has grown into a tight-knit team of trusted security consultants who work together on every engagement.

We're not a big consultancy and we don't outsource. No offshore teams, no anonymous contractors — just real people, in the United States, who you can actually talk to. Every assessment, every code review, every remediation is done by our team directly. We use the same cutting-edge tools and techniques that real attackers use, and we stay current on every new vulnerability, exploit, and attack vector as they emerge — because the threat landscape changes weekly, and last year's playbook doesn't cut it.

When you reach out, you get a real conversation with the people doing the actual work. We're small enough to care, experienced enough to find what matters, and committed enough to see it through.

Your Privacy Is Non-Negotiable

We don't talk about our clients. Period.

We don't publish case studies. We don't name-drop. We don't put logos on our website. When you work with A.K.S Security, the engagement is confidential — who you are, what we found, and what we did about it. That's between us.

We've operated this way since 2009 because we believe your security posture is your business, not our marketing material.

No client lists published
No findings shared — even if you don't hire us
Full NDA available

Get Started

Ready to find out what's exposed?

It starts with a conversation. We'll learn about your business, make sure we're a good fit, and get a proper authorization agreement in place. Then we go to work — and that first finding is on us.

No commitment. No spam. No scare tactics. Just a straight answer.

Call us 844-955-4225
Email us info@aks-llc.com

We respond within 24 hours. Usually faster.

FAQ

Common Questions

It depends on the size and complexity of your application. A focused assessment on a single web app usually takes one to two weeks. But if you're starting with the free initial assessment, we typically have your first finding within 48 hours. We'll give you a clear timeline before any work begins.
No. We test carefully and methodically — not recklessly. Our goal is to find vulnerabilities, not cause outages. We coordinate timing with you and can work against a staging environment if you prefer.
A vulnerability scan is automated — it runs a tool and hands you a list. A penetration test is manual, human-driven work. We think like an attacker, chain findings together, and show you what's actually exploitable — not just what a scanner flagged.
We contact you immediately. Critical findings — like exposed customer data or unauthenticated admin access — don't wait for a final report. You'll hear from us the same day so you can take action right away.
Once we have an authorization agreement in place, we start probing your application. When we find the first real vulnerability, we document it and send it to you — no charge, no obligation. It's our way of proving the value before you spend a dollar.
Both. We can hand off a detailed report to your dev team, or we can do the remediation ourselves. We've been building web applications for 25 years — we don't just find problems, we know how to fix them.
At minimum, once a year or after any major release. If you're pushing updates frequently, a retainer partnership gives you ongoing coverage so new code doesn't introduce new risks. The threat landscape changes constantly — your defenses should too.
Our security testing is language-agnostic — we attack from the outside, the same way a real attacker would, regardless of your stack. For code review and remediation, we have deep experience across PHP, Python, JavaScript/Node, Ruby, .NET, Java, and most major frameworks. And if you're not using a framework at all — raw PHP, Classic ASP, hand-rolled code — you're actually at higher risk, because you don't have the security guardrails that modern frameworks provide out of the box. We work with those too. If it runs on the web, we can test it and fix it.
Basically every time. Most web applications have something — SQL injections, exposed order data, customer PII leaking through API responses, misconfigured access controls, outdated dependencies with known exploits. The question usually isn't whether we'll find something. It's how many things we find.
If they're right, no problem — we won't find anything, and you can sleep well knowing you've got a top-notch team that takes security seriously. But what if they're not? Developers build features. Security is a different skillset, and even great teams have blind spots. That's exactly why the first finding is free. If your team is on it, this costs you nothing. If they're not — at least you'll know now, before someone else finds out first.