Penetration Testing · E-commerce

Penetration Testing for E-commerce

Your checkout is the money path, and PCI DSS expects an annual penetration test on top of your regular scanning. We test the storefront, the checkout, and the payment surface.

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Why E-commerce companies need Penetration Testing

  • PCI DSS mandates both regular vulnerability scanning and an annual penetration test, and the two are not interchangeable.
  • The checkout and the payment path are where cardholder data lives, which makes them the highest-value target on the store and the priority in scope.
  • Storefronts run on themes, plugins, and third-party scripts, and PCI DSS 4.0 added more prescriptive requirements around scripts on payment pages.
  • Business-logic flaws in cart, pricing, discount, and refund flows cause direct financial loss and rarely show up in a scan.

More context on this sector on our E-commerce industry page.

What our Penetration Testing engagement covers

Tailored to E-commerce, delivered by a Toronto security and compliance team led by a published CVE researcher, with our offensive-security partner where offensive testing is involved.

  • Testing of the checkout and payment path, including third-party scripts on payment pages
  • Cart, pricing, discount, and refund business-logic testing
  • Scoping against your real threat model and attack surface
  • Web application testing (OWASP Top 10, authentication, business logic)
  • External / internal network and cloud configuration testing
  • Prioritized remediation report and a free retest of critical findings

See the full Penetration Testing service page, or productized pricing for fixed-scope engagements.

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Penetration Testing for E-commerce: common questions

Does PCI DSS require a penetration test?

It expects regular vulnerability scanning and an annual penetration test, and a scan is not a substitute for the test. We scope the pentest around your cardholder data environment so it lines up with your PCI work.

Our checkout is hosted by our payment provider. Is there anything left to test?

Yes. A hosted or tokenized checkout reduces your PCI scope but does not eliminate your obligations. The storefront, the integration, the admin, and the pages your customers type into are still yours, and that is where we test.

Who performs the testing?

traztech scopes the engagement against your threat model; testing is co-delivered with our offensive-security partner, and critical findings get a free retest.

Penetration Testing for E-commerce, on your timeline

Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We will tell you whether this engagement fits, what it would cost, and when we could start.

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