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Rethinking Application Security: Data sheets, whitepapers and industry reports from the Cobalt team.
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White Paper
State of Pentesting 2024
Our 6th edition of The State of Pentesting explores the most prevalent vulnerabilities, top vulnerabilities, AI trends, and security challenges in cybersecurity by tapping into data from 4,000 tests and over 900 responses from security practitioners in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
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SANS AI Survey Report 2024
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SANS AI Survey 2024
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White Paper
SANS Application & API Security Survey 2024
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AI-enabled LLM solution brief
Brief
LLM Pentesting Solutions Brief
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Brief
Dynamic Application Security Testing Solutions Brief
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White Paper
State of Pentesting 2024
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Brief
Digital Risk Assessment Brief
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Guide
Frost & Sullivan Brand Protection
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GigaOm Radar Report Names Cobalt Leader for Penetration Testing as a Service (PtaaS) cover image
White Paper
GigaOm Radar Report Names Cobalt Leader for Penetration Testing as a Service (PtaaS)
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Guide
OffSec Shift
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Brief
Network Pentesting Solutions Brief
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Guide
Secure Your SDLC Guide
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White Paper
State of Pentesting 2023
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Guide
Security Risk Management: A Toolkit From Cobalt
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Brief
Risk Advisory Solutions Brief
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Wireless Penetration Testing Solutions Overview
Brief
Wireless Pentesting Brief
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White Paper
ESG Economic Validation Report
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Brief
Pentesting Use Cases Brief
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Podcast
Humans of InfoSec Podcast
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Guide
Pentesting in DevOps: A How-To Guide
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How Devs Can Fix And Prevent The 5 Most Common Web App Vulnerabilities
White Paper
How Devs Can Fix And Prevent The 5 Most Common Web App Vulnerabilities
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A Developer’s Guide to Pentest Terminology and Metrics
White Paper
A Developer’s Guide to Pentest Terminology and Metrics
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Podcast
Humans of InfoSec Episode 69: Inside the Mind of a Developer
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Brief
Cobalt Integrations Brief
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Brief
Phishing Solutions Brief
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Red Team Solutions Brief
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Cobalt Secure Code Review Solution Brief
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Secure Code Review Solutions Brief
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Brief
Cobalt Platform Brief
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Brief
Enterprise Solution Brief
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Brief
Cobalt Packages
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White Paper
The State of Pentesting 2022
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Infographic
PtaaS versus Traditional Consultancies
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White Paper
The Challenges of Threat Modeling Modern Applications
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Webinar
Benefits of Continuous Pentesting & Cyber Security Programs
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White Paper
The Buyer's Guide to Modern Pentesting
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Referral
Refer A Friend to Cobalt
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Brief
Solution Brief: Cobalt’s Pentest Platform Turns Insights Into Action
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Webinar
ROI of Modern Pentesting: How ezCater Found Real-World Savings with PtaaS
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Ebook
The PtaaS Book
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Webinar
Pair Cyber Asset Visibility with Pentesting to Fight the Clock Against Hackers
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Webinar
Leverage Pentest & Compliance Automation to Scale Security Operations
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Webinar
SaaStock Sessions: 6 Steps to Building a Pentest Program for SOC 2 Compliance
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Infographic
Pentest as a Service Features for Engineering
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Webinar
Building an Information Security & Compliance Roadmap
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Webinar
Winning the Security Budget Fight: How To Get Funding Everytime
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Webinar
SecTalks Lightning Talk: Modeling Graphs for Security Analysis
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Webinar
SecTalks Session- The State of Pentesting 2021
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SecTalks Session- How to Negotiate: Security Career Tips
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SecTalks Lightning Talk: Presented by Secureframe
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SecTalks Session- The Hidden Insights in Your Pentest Data
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SecTalks Session- Cybersecurity in the Boardroom
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SecTalks Lightning Talk: Using TPRM as a Pentesting Strategy
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SecTalks Keynote Session Oct 2021
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SecTalks Lightning Talk: The Past, Present & Future of Information Security Audit
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SecTalks Session- Speak My Language: How to Talk Security to Different Audiences
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Webinar
The State of Pentesting 2021
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Podcast
Pentester Diaries Ep7: Tips for Communicating with Customers
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White Paper
451 Research Insight Report on Cobalt PtaaS Model
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Podcast
Pentester Diaries Ep6: The Importance of Report Writing
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White Paper
Get to Know the Cobalt Core
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White Paper
The State of Pentesting 2021
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Podcast
Pentester Diaries Ep5: Understanding Severity Ratings
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Podcast
Pentester Diaries Ep4: Beyond Security Hygiene
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Podcast
Pentester Diaries Ep3: Time Management & Pentest Organization
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Podcast
Pentester Diaries Ep2: 2FA Bypass Techniques
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Ebook
Compliance Pentesting: Beginners Guide to Testing
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White Paper
SANS Analyst Whitepaper: Pentest as a Service with Cobalt 2021
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Podcast
Pentester Diaries Ep1: Understanding Business Logic
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Webinar
SecTalks Session - Make Security Stronger: Creating More Efficient Workflows
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Ebook
A Comprehensive Guide to Building a Pentest Program
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White Paper
The State of Pentesting: 2020
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White Paper
The State of Pentesting: 2019
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Ebook
Analyst Research: ROI of Pentest as Service
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White Paper
OWASP Top 10 is a Good Start. Now What?
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Ebook
A Practitioner’s Guide to Application Security
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Guide to API Security Testing
White Paper
Guide to API Security Testing
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White Paper
Analyst Research: ROI of Pentesting as a Service (PtaaS)
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Ebook
Pentesting Metrics
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Ebook
AppSec ABCs Children's Book
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