Nestt

What Nestt does

NESTT (Network Enterprise Solution Team Tactics, LLC) is a veteran and woman owned cybersecurity services firm headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Founded in 2021, the company delivers offensive security and security auditing engagements to federal government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and small-to-mid commercial enterprises across healthcare, finance, law, SaaS, technology, utilities, retail, and education. Core offerings are organized into two service lines: penetration testing (covering external, internal, wireless, application, social engineering, physical, purple team, and malware security testing) and security auditing/consulting (covering risk assessment, cloud security, console architecture, security gap analysis, host compliance, password audit, policy assessment, and custom consulting). Methodology is grounded in NIST SP 800-115 and the OWASP Testing Guide v.4, augmented by customized testing frameworks and hands-on attack simulation by certified engineers rather than automated scanners alone.

The technology stack is delivered as professional services rather than as a proprietary software platform — there is no application, API, or SDK surface referenced in source material. Differentiators are methodology-driven: red/blue/purple team integration, real-world attack simulation, and explicit reliance on cleared or experienced operators holding credentials such as CISSP, OSCE, OSWE, OSCP, OSWP, GPEN, Master LPT, and CEH. The company claims FedRAMP-compliant penetration testing capability and supports cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

NESTT monetizes through project-based and managed-service engagements (penetration testing, security auditing, and "Cyber Insurance" year-round protection services) priced via quote. Federal buyers access the firm through its GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract #47QTCA24D005A (SINs 54151S and 54151HACS) with NET 30 terms, while commercial buyers procure via direct sales outreach. No funding rounds, revenue figures, or customer logos are publicly disclosed; the firm operates as a privately held LLC with 1-10 employees.

Name

Nestt

Legal name

Network Enterprise Solution Team Tactics, LLC

Website

https://nestt.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NESTT is a veteran and woman owned cybersecurity firm providing penetration testing, security auditing, and cyber risk management services to U.S. federal agencies and commercial enterprises across healthcare, finance, technology, and other verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDADAHAA

Vulnerability Assessment & Scanning

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Cybersecurity/Vulnerability & Exposure Management (VM, ASM, BAS)

Keywords

• Penetration testing services
• Cybersecurity assessments
• Vulnerability management
• Security auditing
• Cyber risk management

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Penetration Testing Services: Project-based professional services providing external, internal, wireless, application, social engineering, physical, and purple team penetration testing. Revenue generated through engagement-based pricing for comprehensive security assessments.
2. Security Auditing & Consulting Services: Includes security risk assessments, cloud security assessments, console architecture assessments, security gap analyses, host compliance audits, password audits, security policy assessments, and custom consulting engagements aligned with client specifications.
3. GSA MAS Government Contract: Provides cybersecurity solutions to federal government agencies through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract, offering IT professional services and highly adaptive cybersecurity services under SINs 54151S and 54151HACS.
4. Cyber Insurance Services: Year-round cyber protection services to ensure consistency and completeness of security processes for clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NESTT provides offensive and defensive cybersecurity services centered on penetration testing and security auditing for federal agencies and commercial enterprises. Its service catalog covers external, internal, wireless, application, social engineering, physical, purple team, and malware penetration testing, alongside security risk, cloud, console architecture, gap analysis, host compliance, password, and policy assessments, plus custom consulting. The firm delivers engagements using methodologies aligned with NIST SP 800-115, OWASP Testing Guide v.4, and FedRAMP, and is accessible to federal buyers through its GSA MAS contract.

Product overview

NESTT is a veteran and woman owned cybersecurity firm providing penetration testing and security auditing services. The offering is a cybersecurity services portfolio rather than a software platform. The core services are organized into penetration testing (covering external, internal, wireless, applications, social engineering, physical, purple team, and malware security testing) and security auditing/consultation (covering security risk assessment, cloud security assessment, console architecture assessment, security gap analysis, host compliance & malware audit, password audit, security policy assessment, and custom consulting). These services are delivered by certified security engineers using methodologies based on NIST SP 800-115 and OWASP guidelines. Government clients can access services through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• External Penetration Testing Testing of network perimeter systems directly reachable from the internet, modeling opportunistic external threat actors through open-source intelligence gathering, scanning, enumeration, and vulnerability exploitation. Intended for organizations seeking to assess internet-facing attack surface.
• Internal Penetration Testing Simulated attacks from inside the corporate network including host vulnerability scanning, situational awareness (Active Directory, network services, firewalls), and advanced network attacks such as token impersonation, kerberoasting, and golden ticket attacks. Models rogue employee or insider threat scenarios.
• Applications Penetration Testing Full unauthenticated and authenticated application testing for web, desktop, mobile, and API applications, based on OWASP Top 10 guidelines including website mapping, injection attacks (SQL, JavaScript, LDAP), remote code execution, malicious file upload abuse, and misconfiguration testing.
• Vulnerability Assessments Automated high-level scanning to identify potential security vulnerabilities in systems and software, providing a less exhaustive alternative to penetration testing for companies that need to evaluate security posture without full exploitation attempts.
• Wireless Penetration Testing Evaluation of wireless security posture including WPA password strength testing, evil twin attacks, WPA-Enterprise bypassing attacks, and assessment of network visibility and segmentation.
• Social Engineering Assessment of human vulnerability through phishing, vishing, whaling, media baiting, impersonation, and SMShing attacks to evaluate the organization's susceptibility to psychological manipulation.
• Physical Penetration Testing Testing of physical security posture through attempts to gain access to data centers, offices, substations, and critical infrastructure using drone reconnaissance, lockpicking, social engineering, sensor bypassing, and RFID/badge cloning.
• Purple Team Testing Collaborative testing exercise combining offensive red team and defensive blue team capabilities to improve baselining and detection, including attack scenarios such as malware uploads, file extractions, and network attacks.
• Malware Security Testing Evaluation of security posture through deployment of benign malware to test detection capabilities, monitoring, and response against advanced threats that evade perimeter defenses.
• Security Risk Assessment Evaluation of potential threats to the organization and risks to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information, assessing current controls based on likelihood and impact of findings.
• Cloud Security Assessment Evaluation of cloud infrastructure security posture including architecture reviews, web application assessments, host audits, and infrastructure-based penetration testing for AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
• Console Architecture Assessment Analysis of perimeter and internal network architectures and configurations, validating implementation on system consoles and providing architectural and implementation recommendations.
• Security Gap Analysis Comprehensive review of security posture based on Center for Internet Security (CIS) Top 20 Critical Security Controls, including IT interviews and providing a risk-prioritized report.
• Host Compliance & Malware Audit Evaluation of devices, workstations, and servers for security best practices including alternate media booting attempts, endpoint security evaluation against malware, firewall configuration review, and patch management assessment.
• Password Audit Analysis of password policy including hash dumping and hash cracking to evaluate password strength, enhancing employee training and overall organizational security posture.
• Security Policy Assessment Evaluation and improvement of organizational security policies including Acceptable Use Policy, Incident Response, Disaster Recovery, Remote Access, and BYOD policies.
• Custom Consulting Custom engagements aligned with in-house teams, designed to specifications of the organization including attack surface evaluation, collaborative planning, knowledge transfer, and workforce mentoring.
• Federal eCommerce (GSA MAS) Streamlined procurement channel for U.S. federal government agencies to acquire NESTT's penetration testing and security auditing services through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract, with NET 30 payment terms.
• NESTT Cyber Insurance Year-round cyber protection offering intended to ensure consistency and completeness of client security processes between point-in-time penetration tests and audits.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average cost of data breach: 4.24 million USD (industry benchmark cited to demonstrate value of proactive security investment)

Named customers5 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• General Services Administration (GSA)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 14 February 2024NESTT holds GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract #47QTCA24D005A enabling streamlined procurement of cybersecurity services by federal government agencies. The contract ordering period ends 02/14/2029. NESTT provides penetration testing and security auditing through this government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC) vehicle. Contract supports all regional and global requirements for departments and agencies of the United States federal government.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• NCC Group: Global cybersecurity services firm offering penetration testing, red teaming, and vulnerability assessments across multiple verticals. Comparable in service breadth and consultative delivery model, though significantly larger.
• NetSPI: Penetration testing and attack surface management firm serving enterprise clients with a broad pentest portfolio. Comparable in service breadth, with similar enterprise-focused delivery model and proprietary testing platform (Resolve).
• TrustedSec: Information security consulting firm providing penetration testing, red teaming, and incident response. Comparable boutique consultancy model with similar service portfolio including social engineering and physical pentests.
• Schellman & Co. Cybersecurity and compliance assessment firm providing penetration testing, FedRAMP assessments, and SOC 2/ISO audits. Comparable as a similarly positioned compliance-and-pentest firm with strong FedRAMP capabilities and mid-sized boutique structure.
• Bishop Fox: Boutique offensive security firm specializing in penetration testing, red teaming, and vulnerability assessments. Directly comparable as a similarly sized, expertise-driven pentest firm targeting enterprise and government clients with elite consulting talent.
• Coalfire: Cybersecurity advisory firm specializing in FedRAMP, compliance assessments, and penetration testing for cloud service providers and federal agencies. Directly comparable in its FedRAMP pentest capability and federal government focus.

Broad incumbents

• Mandiant (Google Cloud): Now part of Google Cloud, Mandiant is a leading incident response and penetration testing firm serving Fortune 500 and government clients. Comparable in cybersecurity advisory services but operates at vastly greater scale with global delivery.
• Optiv: Large cybersecurity solutions integrator offering penetration testing, vulnerability management, and security consulting. Comparable service portfolio but operates as a broad incumbent serving Fortune 500 enterprises.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Major federal consulting contractor with substantial cybersecurity practice serving U.S. government agencies. Comparable in federal cyber services delivery but operates at much larger scale with diversified consulting portfolio.
• Rapid7: Public cybersecurity company offering vulnerability management, penetration testing services, and security consulting alongside its product portfolio (InsightVM, Metasploit). Comparable in vulnerability assessment and pentest services but operates at much greater scale as a platform incumbent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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