By Kevin Townsend on April 28, 2021
Manual penetration testing (pen-testing) is increasingly challenged by automated methods of vulnerability discovery and management. The reasons are not difficult to understand: the cost and coverage of manual testing is too high and too limited.
A new survey of more than 100 IT and security managers involved in the pen-testing practices of companies with more than 3,000 employees provides more details. The survey was conducted by Informa Tech on behalf of CyCognito.
The survey/report indicates that the primary reasons for conducting pentesting are to measure the company’s security posture (70 percent), and to prevent breaches (69 percent). It is clear from other responses, however, that there is widespread concern over whether pentesting can deliver on these requirements.
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