Enterprise-grade offensive testing, brought to small and mid-sized businesses.

Northline Digital is led by Christopher Smith, a working penetration tester who has also run the kinds of networks he now tests.

Christopher Smith, founder & lead tester

Christopher is a penetration tester for a Fortune 500 enterprise. He has also served as a remote offensive security engineer for a Nasdaq-listed S&P 500 company and as an information security analyst at a national cybersecurity assessment firm serving banks and credit unions, where he performed security assessments. He holds advanced hands-on certifications including eWPTX, eCPPT, and HTB CWES.

He also brings hands-on systems administration experience, managing Windows servers, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and the day-to-day networks that small and mid-sized organizations actually run on. He has been on both sides: breaking in, and keeping things running.

Hands-on offensive testing

Manual testing by someone who does this work in an enterprise environment every day, not a resold automated scan.

Fixes that fit how you operate

A sysadmin background means recommendations are practical for real Windows, Active Directory, and Microsoft 365 environments and for the IT team or MSP who has to apply them.

You work with the tester

Christopher scopes, tests, writes, and walks you through every engagement personally. No sales handoff and no junior staff.

How we work

Certifications

Network & Active Directory

  • eCPPT – Certified Professional Penetration Tester (INE)
  • CNPEN – Certified Network Pentester (The SecOps Group)
  • Active Directory Red Team Specialist (CyberWarFare Labs)
  • Hack The Box Pro Labs: Zephyr (AD red team)
  • eJPT – Junior Penetration Tester (INE)

Web application & API

  • eWPTX – Web Application Penetration Tester eXtreme (INE)
  • HTB CWES – Certified Web Exploitation Specialist (Hack The Box)
  • HTB CBBH – Certified Bug Bounty Hunter (Hack The Box)
  • CAPENX – Certified AppSec Pentesting Expert (The SecOps Group)
  • CAPEN – Certified AppSec Pentester (The SecOps Group)
  • C-APIPen – Certified API Pentester (The SecOps Group)
  • Certified Web Red Teaming Analyst (CyberWarFare Labs)
  • API Red Team Analyst (CyberWarFare Labs)

Cloud

  • Multi-Cloud Red Teaming Analyst (CyberWarFare Labs)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Experience & education

Not sure which package fits?

Tell us about your business and what is driving the question (insurance renewal, a customer questionnaire, FTC Safeguards, or just peace of mind). You will get a straight answer and a fixed quote.

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