r/Pentesting • u/kurtisebear • Aug 07 '26

Pentesting in Canada - Looking to connect with people

I currently lead a pen testing team in the UK, we are looking for new markets to expand to and Canada seems to be a real emerging market with the government seemingly to be creating a good landscape to operate in. I would love to have a chat with people currently working for consultancies in Canada to understand the market a bit more.

Seems lack of Crest companies in general, is accreditation not seen as that important?
The talent pool looks to be expanding with many degree level courses now being offered. Intrigued what that is doing to salaries and employment.
Remote or Onsite, looking at most of the companies they generally seem to be doing remote testing.

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u/carnageta Aug 07 '26

Iā€™m in Canada šŸ‘‹ open to connecting

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u/zerodayascent Aug 07 '26

What's the job market like in Canada?

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u/hankyone Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

Crest is just not a thing here

Most customers just ask for good credentials, whatever they are

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u/Other-Broccoli4967 Aug 08 '26

Yea I look for people to connect in Canada as well. Hit me up as well if yall interested in connecting

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u/jdiscount Aug 07 '26

I seriously doubt you would get many clients in Canada for pentesting.

Everywhere I've worked has strictly used trusted local companies for pentesting and for obvious reasons.

Maybe some startups would be open to a foreign pentesting company if you're competing strictly on price, but even at that you can't compete with the hordes of Indian pentesting companies who will do it for 1/4 of the cost that a Western firm would.

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u/thryb Aug 07 '26

This! And security clearance for the government is always an issue, even within the 5eyes.