FAQ
Questions security leads ask first
Getting started
Is it safe to test production?
Every engagement runs inside a written scope with agreed timing and limits. Anything that could affect availability is excluded or scheduled with you in advance.
Do we have to replace our current security provider?
No. Brexa finds and proves the issues. Your provider or your engineers fix them, and Brexa verifies the fix. Nobody grades their own work.
How is this different from a scanner?
A scanner reports what might be vulnerable. Brexa shows what is exploitable, how an attacker gets there, and the evidence to prove it.
How is testing authorized?
Nothing is tested without a signed scope and rules of engagement. The bug bounty work shown on this page was done inside each company's public program rules.
What do you need from us to start?
A short scoping call: what you run, what matters most, and who owns fixes. We handle the rest.
Services
What services does Brexa offer?
Two. A one-time vulnerability assessment, which is a focused, time-boxed engagement, and continuous testing, where Brexa's red and blue autonomous agents keep testing your environment as it changes. Both end with every fix retested.
Is Brexa's vulnerability assessment a penetration test?
In practice, yes. Many vendors use vulnerability assessment to mean an automated scan. Brexa's assessment attacks your systems, chains weaknesses into attack paths and proves each finding by hand, which is what most buyers mean by a penetration test.
What can Brexa test?
Web applications, APIs, the external attack surface, cloud environments, identity systems and internal networks. Each engagement covers whatever the signed scope names, and nothing else.
Which service should we start with?
Most teams start with a one-time assessment. It shows where you stand, produces a prioritized list of proven issues, and tells you whether continuous testing is worth it for how often you ship.
What do the autonomous agents actually do?
The red agent continuously probes your in-scope systems and proves exploits. The blue agent drafts fixes and hardening. You choose whether it opens reviewed pull requests in your codebase or routes each fix plan to your security or IT team.
Findings and reports
What counts as a finding?
Only something Brexa has reproduced and can show evidence for. Possible issues that cannot be proven are not reported as findings, which keeps the list free of scanner noise.
How do we receive results?
Through the Brexa client portal. Each finding has a plain-language summary for leadership, technical detail and evidence for engineers, a recommended fix and its retest status. Reports can be exported for auditors and boards.
Do you wait until the end to tell us about serious issues?
No. Proven findings reach you as they are confirmed, so a critical issue can be fixed during the engagement rather than after the report.
How do you decide severity?
By what an attacker could actually do with the issue in your environment, supported by standard references such as CVSS, CWE and OWASP categories. A technically severe issue that leads nowhere is rated below a modest one that exposes customer data.
What happens after we fix something?
Brexa re-runs the original attack. The finding closes only when that attack fails, and the retest result is recorded alongside the finding.
Safety, legal and data
Do you need written permission to test?
Yes, always. Testing starts only after a signed scope and rules of engagement that name the systems, timing, limits and contacts. Testing systems without the owner's permission is illegal in most countries.
Can testing take our systems down?
Engagements are designed to avoid it. Anything that could affect availability is excluded or scheduled with you in advance, and there are agreed stop conditions and emergency contacts.
What do you do with our data?
Brexa accesses only what the scope requires, records every action, and keeps evidence in the client portal under access controls with mandatory two-factor authentication. Our privacy policy describes what the site and portal store.
Do we need to tell our cloud or hosting provider?
Sometimes. Major cloud providers publish their own testing policies, and some activities need notice. Brexa checks this during scoping so the test stays within every provider's rules.
Are the companies in your disclosure logos your customers?
No. Those are companies whose official bug bounty programs Brexa's researchers reported vulnerabilities to. They are not customers and do not endorse Brexa.
Still have a question? Book a scoping call from the contact page, or browse the guides.
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Book a short scoping call. Nothing is tested until scope and rules of engagement are signed, and every finding comes with proof.