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Cobalt adds Autonomous Pentest to scale application security testing

Cobalt has introduced Cobalt Autonomous Pentest, a new offering that delivers actionable penetration testing results in as little as 24 hours to scale application security testing. The company says AI-assisted development and AI-driven attacks have outpaced traditional quarterly or monthly pentesting, making continuous offensive security necessary.

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Cobalt has introduced Cobalt Autonomous Pentest, a new offering that enables continuous offensive security across an organization’s application portfolio by delivering actionable penetration testing results in as little as 24 hours. AI-assisted development enables organizations to ship software faster than ever, while attackers are using AI to automate reconnaissance and accelerate exploitation. Pentesting performed quarterly or even monthly, can no longer keep pace. As security teams face growing attack surfaces and constrained budgets, organizations need … More

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