Gunter Ollmann

Gunter Ollmann serves as Cobalt's Chief Technology Officer (CTO). With rich and diverse experience in cybersecurity innovation, Ollmann leads Cobalt's technology and services strategy, delivering AI-enabled offensive security solutions coupled with unmatched human ingenuity.

No Plan Survives First Contact: Scoping the AI-Delivered Pentest

October 6, 2026
Est Read Time: 3 min
Carefully defining and subsequently adhering to an approved scope is arguably the most important qualitative aspect of...
AI Pentesting Thought Leadership

AI FUD: We've Seen This Movie Before

October 1, 2026
Est Read Time: 3 min
Every generation believes they're the first to face a technology capable of unraveling civilization. We are not.
AI Pentesting Thought Leadership

Automated, Agentic, Autonomous: The AI Pentesting Vocabulary Problem

September 24, 2026
Est Read Time: 5 min
As global penetration testing undergoes its biggest transformation since the invention of PTaaS, offensive security...
AI Pentesting

Introducing Cobalt Autonomous Pentest: Continuous Offensive Security Across Your Entire Portfolio

July 23, 2026
Est Read Time: 4 min
Today, we launched Cobalt Autonomous Pentest, a new way to run offensive security testing across your entire...
Modernizing Pentesting AI-Powered

5 Key Takeaways from the 2026 State of Pentesting Report

April 21, 2026
Est Read Time: 2 min
Pentest data reveals a stark divide between organizations with an ad-hoc testing model and those with a programmatic approach.
State of Pentesting

The Bug Bounty Middleman is Dying. RIP.

November 4, 2025
Est Read Time: 3 min
Let’s be honest about the strategic choice that led to the rise of bug bounty platforms. As development accelerated,...
Cybersecurity Insights Penetration Testing

The Cobalt Vision for a Human-Led, AI-Powered Future in Security Testing

October 7, 2025
Est Read Time: 4 min
The cybersecurity industry is rightly captivated by the potential of AI, but we must not be blinded by the hype. The...

Velocity vs. Vulnerability: Why AI-Generated Code Demands Human-Led Security

October 1, 2025
Est Read Time: 4 min
The appeal of AI coding assistants is undeniable. For engineering leaders and developers, these tools promise a future...
AI Pentesting

The Hidden Advantage: Why Experienced Pentesters Hold the Keys to a More Secure Future

August 5, 2025
Est Read Time: 4 min
Many in the cybersecurity world still grapple with understanding the dynamics of zero-day vulnerabilities and why...
Cobalt Core AI Pentesting