Gaming Platform Security Assessment
Comprehensive security assessment for gaming platforms, focusing on anti-cheat systems, player data protection, microtransaction security, and game engine vulnerabilities.
In scope
- Anti-cheat system evaluation
- Game engine security testing
- Player authentication review
- Microtransaction security assessment
- Game client security analysis
You receive
- Platform security report
- Anti-cheat recommendations
- Transaction security analysis
- Client-side protection strategy
- Player data security framework
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Entry — market-sized scope
$22.5K
External penetration test of the platform's public footprint: up to 25 external IPs, 1 web app (player portal or store) and 1 API. No game client, game engine or anti-cheat work.
- external ips
- 25
- web apps
- 1
- apis
- 1
- External network penetration test of up to 25 IPs
- Security test of 1 web app
- Security test of 1 API
- Player authentication review on the tested app
- Findings report with one retest round
- — Anti-cheat system evaluation
- — Game client and game engine analysis
- — Microtransaction logic testing
- — Player data security framework
Core Gaming Security Assessment
$45K
One game title on one client platform: up to 25 external IPs, 2 web apps and 2 APIs, plus anti-cheat design review, player authentication review and player data protection review.
- external ips
- 25
- web apps
- 2
- apis
- 2
- Everything in the entry tier
- Anti-cheat architecture and configuration review
- Player authentication and account takeover review
- Player data protection review
- Platform security report
- — Hands-on anti-cheat bypass testing
- — Microtransaction and in-game economy testing
- — Game client reverse engineering
- — Game engine security testing
Advanced Gaming Security Program
$75K
One game title on up to 2 client platforms: up to 100 external IPs, 3 web apps and 5 APIs. Everything in the basic tier, hands-on anti-cheat bypass testing, game client analysis, and microtransaction and in-game economy abuse testing.
- external ips
- 100
- web apps
- 3
- apis
- 5
- Everything in the basic tier
- Hands-on anti-cheat bypass testing
- Game client security analysis and tamper testing
- Microtransaction and in-game economy abuse testing
- Client-side protection strategy
- — Custom anti-cheat detection tooling
- — Game engine source-level review
- — Additional game titles
Enterprise Gaming Security Solution
$120K
Up to 3 game titles: up to 250 external IPs, 5 web apps and 10 APIs. Everything in the advanced tier, game engine security testing, custom anti-cheat detection tooling handed over, backend and cloud infrastructure testing and two retest rounds.
- external ips
- 250
- web apps
- 5
- apis
- 10
- Everything in the advanced tier
- Game engine security testing
- Custom anti-cheat detection tooling handed over
- Backend and cloud infrastructure testing
- Two retest rounds
- — Operating anti-cheat or fraud monitoring
- — Remediation engineering
- — Console platform certification work
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What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a security assessment engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Scoping
Systems, sites, stakeholders and the question the assessment must answer.
You see · Your objectives and constraints.
02Discovery & evidence
Documents, configurations and interviews, plus technical testing where the service includes it.
You see · Access and time with key people.
03Analysis
Findings rated by risk to your business, not by a generic score.
You see · A prioritized view of your risk.
04Report & debrief
Executive summary, findings and a remediation roadmap, walked through with your team.
You see · The report and the debrief.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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