Cybersecurity and compliance for companies operating in Europe.
HackingByte runs senior-led security testing and regulatory readiness for organisations across the European Union — delivered remotely, with GDPR-aware operations. We show how an attacker would actually reach what matters, and we turn DORA, NIS 2, and GDPR pressure into evidence you can put in front of a buyer or a regulator.
- Senior-led delivery.
- No tools sold.
- Evidence-driven reporting.
European companies are under two pressures at once. The regulatory bar keeps rising — DORA for financial entities and the ICT providers they rely on, NIS 2 and its national transpositions for essential and important entities across sectors, GDPR for everyone who processes personal data — and the commercial bar rises with it, as customers, insurers, and partners ask for a recent penetration test and a credible answer to a security questionnaire before they sign. Meeting both with a binder full of policies is no longer enough; what holds up is demonstrable security.
HackingByte S.A.R.L. works to the international standards of the trade — PTES, MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP, CIS — and names them in every scope and report. Every engagement is run by senior practitioners and delivered remotely, so the level of an experienced team is available wherever your organisation sits in the EU. Each one ends in reproducible evidence, risk read in business-impact terms, and a prioritised plan your teams can actually execute. Our penetration testing is the most common entry point.
Senior-led, remote, evidence-first.
The level your regulators and customers expect, delivered remotely.
Operating across borders should not mean settling for shallow testing. HackingByte applies the same frameworks as larger firms — PTES and MITRE ATT&CK for external and internal testing, the OWASP WSTG and API Security Top 10 for web and APIs, the CIS Benchmarks for cloud — and cites them explicitly in every scope and every report, so the work is verifiable rather than asserted. Deliverables are written for the audience that needs them: your engineers, your leadership, or a customer’s auditor.
Remote delivery is how the engagement runs, not a compromise on depth. Scope is fixed up front and set to your real attack surface and your actual obligations; findings carry reproducible evidence rather than a scanner export; and reporting is built so the same file answers a board, a procurement security review, and a regulatory question. Because we operate with GDPR in mind, the handling of any data in scope is part of the rules of engagement from the first conversation. Our methodology sets out exactly how we work.
Our services for Europe.
Offensive security, assessment, and regulatory readiness.
Every engagement is senior-led, fixed-scope, and evidence-first. Scope is set to your real attack surface and the obligations you actually carry — start narrow and expand, or commission a full programme.
- Penetration testing External, internal, web, and API testing performed manually by senior practitioners — demonstrated attack paths with evidence, in the format a customer security review, an auditor, or an insurer expects.
- Red teaming and adversary simulation Objective-based engagements for mature programmes: your detection and response tested against a realistic scenario mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, under strict rules of engagement.
- Cloud security assessment Assessment of AWS, Azure, and GCP environments — identities, privilege paths, and the misconfigurations that chain into real impact, measured against the CIS Benchmarks.
- ISO 27001 readiness Gap analysis, control implementation, and audit-readiness for ISO 27001 — the certification large European accounts most often ask suppliers to hold.
- GDPR consulting Technical and advisory work to make personal-data processing demonstrable and the organisation auditable against GDPR — security evidence, not legal interpretation.
- DORA readiness Operational-resilience readiness for financial entities and the ICT third parties that serve them — ICT risk, testing, and incident handling made concrete and demonstrable.
- NIS 2 readiness Readiness for the NIS 2 directive and its national transpositions — risk-management measures, supply-chain security, and incident reporting turned into evidence.
- SOC 2 readiness Trust Services Criteria readiness for SaaS and service providers — the report large customers ask for during a security review, prepared so the audit is not a surprise.
- Cyber due diligence A clear read on the security posture of an acquisition or investment target — exposure, technical debt, and the cost of fixing it, before the deal closes.
The scoping conversation is free and without obligation.
The European context.
DORA, NIS 2, and GDPR — and the customer demands that follow.
Three regimes shape the questions European buyers now ask. DORA sets digital operational-resilience requirements for financial entities and reaches the ICT third parties they depend on, so the obligation often arrives through a contract rather than directly. NIS 2 is an EU directive being transposed into national law across the member states — timelines, the precise wording, and the supervising authority differ by country, but the direction is consistent: risk-management measures, supply-chain security, and incident reporting for essential and important entities. GDPR continues to govern personal-data processing for any organisation that touches EU residents’ data. Increasingly, the most immediate pressure is commercial: a customer’s security questionnaire, an insurer’s pointed questions, or a partner extending these requirements down the supply chain.
Our role is to turn those requirements into evidence: a penetration test or security assessment whose findings are reproducible, a reading of risk your leadership can carry to a board or a buyer, and a prioritised remediation plan. We are not legal advisers — interpreting DORA, the NIS 2 transposition that applies to you, or GDPR is for your counsel — and we make no claim of accreditation or approval by any authority. What we add is making your security demonstrable and your organisation auditable against these frameworks. Our methodology sets out the standards we cite in every report.
Frequently asked questions
- Do you have an office in the EU?
- No. HackingByte S.A.R.L. is registered in Casablanca, Morocco, and serves European clients remotely, with senior-led delivery and GDPR-aware operations. The handling of any data in scope is agreed in the rules of engagement before work begins.
- Can you help us prepare for DORA, NIS 2, or GDPR?
- Yes. We make your security demonstrable against these frameworks — testing, assessments, readiness work, and remediation plans — and work alongside your legal counsel, who interprets the texts themselves. We do not provide legal advice and we claim no accreditation or approval from any regulator.
- How does NIS 2 apply to a company in our country?
- NIS 2 is an EU directive transposed into national law in each member state, so the exact scope, deadlines, and supervising authority depend on where you operate. We help you make the required risk-management, supply-chain, and incident-handling measures demonstrable; confirming the legal scope that applies to you is for your counsel.
- Are your reports accepted by auditors and customers?
- The engagement file explicitly cites the standards applied (PTES, MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP, CIS) and provides reproducible evidence for every finding — the format large-account security reviews and auditors expect. Reports can be delivered in English or French.
- How do remote engagements work?
- Scope is fixed up front and set to your real attack surface. Testing, debriefs, and reporting are run remotely by senior practitioners; access, timing, and data handling are agreed in the rules of engagement so the work fits your operational and regulatory constraints.
Tell us what is driving the need — a customer security review, a DORA or NIS 2 obligation arriving through a contract, a GDPR question, or a doubt after an incident — and we will scope the response around your context.