About us

Built by hackers.
For teams that ship.

Black Vault Security is a senior-led cybersecurity firm offering offensive testing, managed defense and practitioner-grade training. We started Black Vault because most security firms sell paperwork - we'd rather ship results.

What drives us

Mission, vision, promise

Our Mission

Protect organizations from cyber threats with senior-led offensive testing, modern managed defense and the kind of training that actually changes how teams build.

Our Vision

A digital economy where security isn't a tax on innovation - where startups, scale-ups and enterprises ship faster because security is built into the work, not after it.

Our Promise

Plain-English findings. Reproducible PoCs. No bait-and-switch sales process. We'd rather lose the deal than oversell what we can deliver.

Core values

The principles we hire and fire for

Security First

Every engagement is built around the principle that we'd rather find it ugly than have an attacker find it expensive.

Excellence

Senior people running engagements, not L1 ticket-pushers. Every report is signed off by the practice lead.

Client Focus

We win when you do. Long-term partnerships beat one-off invoices - we'd rather lose a deal than oversell.

Integrity

Transparent scope, honest pricing and zero pressure. If a smaller engagement is right for you, we'll say so.

Why Black Vault

Senior people.
Receipts, not slideware.

Most CERT-In firms sell paperwork. We sell results. That means honest scope, manual-first testing, reproducible findings - and reports your auditors and engineers will both accept.

  • Senior-led teams - every engagement run and signed off by a practice lead
  • Manual-first testing methodology; scanners are the floor, not the ceiling
  • Reports your auditors and engineers will both accept
  • 24×7 SOC backed by a modern open-source stack
  • Remote engagements - India and worldwide
  • Hall-of-Fame researchers - NASA, UN, Meesho and dozens of private programs

What every engagement includes

Our defaults - built into the scope, not sold as upgrades.

Manual+
Methodology, not scanners
Letter
Of attestation included
Audit-OK
ISO / SOC 2 evidence-ready
<48h
Written scope turnaround
24×7
Incident hotline
Slack
Channel with engineering
Scope an engagement

The people behind it

Our team

A polyglot crew of pentesters, analysts, architects and trainers - across India and remote.

Black Vault is a senior-led shop with 5+ years of combined cybersecurity practice across penetration testing, security assessments, threat modeling and security architecture.

Our team includes Penetration Testers who specialize in web, mobile, API, cloud and network surfaces; Security Architects driving threat modeling and secure-by-design reviews; SOC Analysts running 24×7 monitoring and incident response; and Trainers who teach what they actually ship in the field.

Every member is paid to stay sharp - quarterly capture-the-flag rotation, conference budget, and research time built into the work week. We hire for proven skill and keep it current.

Penetration Testers

Web, mobile, API, cloud and network surfaces.

SOC Analysts

Triage, hunt, contain - 24×7×365.

Security Architects

Threat modeling and secure-by-design reviews.

Trainers

Practitioners who teach what they ship - not slideware.

Recognition

Hall of Fame credits

Responsible-disclosure acknowledgements from organizations that take security seriously.

NASA

Recognized for responsible disclosure of security issues in NASA web properties.

United Nations

Acknowledged contribution to the UN responsible-disclosure program.

Meesho

Hall-of-Fame recognition for vulnerability disclosure.

Private programs

Multiple Hall-of-Fame credits from private bug-bounty programs.

Let's build something secure.

Whether you need a one-off pentest, a SOC retainer, or a team upskill - a 15-minute call is the fastest way to find out if we're a fit.