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Rethinking Application Security: Data sheets, whitepapers and industry reports from the Cobalt team.
REPORT
State of Software Supply Chain Security
Our panel discusses insights from the Cobalt 2025 State of Pentesting Report and the risks they didn't see coming.
Report
State of Pentesting, Financial Services Report, 2025
Discover critical insights on LLM application security and pentesting challenges. Learn why security investments lag behind genAI adoption and how to strengthen your organization's defenses.
Webinar
The Bottom Line: Quantifying the Financial Impact of Offensive Security
Join our webinar to explore cybersecurity strategies for M&A, featuring experts from Cobalt and SideChannel on best practices and risk management across the deal continuum.
Guide
Best Practices for Penetration Testing: Introduction to Pentesting Principles, Practices, and Programs
Download essential resources on penetration testing, including best practices and strategic guides for compliance-driven pentesting to enhance your offensive security strategies.
Guide
The Offensive Security Blueprint: A Guide to Building a Modern, Strategic Program
Our new whitepaper, The Offensive Security Blueprint, outlines how to build a modern security program that reduces breach risk, optimizes your security spend, and gives you the confidence to innovate with speed.
Report
State of Pentesting in Healthcare 2025
The State of Pentesting in Healthcare 2025 report analyzes thousands of pentests and surveys of security leaders to provide a definitive look into the industry's security posture. It uncovers why remediation is a key weakness and outlines a path forward for security leaders.
Webinar
Adopting an Offensive Security Posture - SANS
Join our webinar to explore cybersecurity strategies for M&A, featuring experts from Cobalt and SideChannel on best practices and risk management across the deal continuum.
Webinar
Security Team Led Thousands of Pentests
Join our webinar to explore cybersecurity strategies for M&A, featuring experts from Cobalt and SideChannel on best practices and risk management across the deal continuum.
Report
CISO Perspectives Report: AI and Digital Supply Chain Risks
Discover how a comprehensive offensive security program can empower your organization to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before threat actors strike, ensuring you're prepared for the inevitable.
White Paper
Adopting an Offensive Security Posture
Discover how a comprehensive offensive security program can empower your organization to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before threat actors strike, ensuring you're prepared for the inevitable.
GUIDE
How to Fix the Top 5 Web App Vulnerabilities
Learn to detect and fix the top 5 web app vulnerabilities with practical strategies for developers and security teams, based on analysis of over 34,000 security flaws.
Webinar
Strengthening Cybersecurity in M&A: Taking a Strategic Approach
Join our webinar to explore cybersecurity strategies for M&A, featuring experts from Cobalt and SideChannel on best practices and risk management across the deal continuum.
Webinar
Modern Offensive Security: Inside Personio's Strategic Approach to Pentesting
Discover Personio's strategic pentesting approach to enhance security. Join experts to learn how to build and maintain an effective offensive security program. Register now.
Webinar
Live Demo: Pentesting for AI Applications
Join our live demo to discover how Cobalt's pentesting enhances AI application security, identifies critical vulnerabilities, and accelerates remediation for innovative and safe development.
White Paper
State of LLM Security Report, 2025
Discover critical insights on LLM application security and pentesting challenges. Learn why security investments lag behind genAI adoption and how to strengthen your organization's defenses.
Webinar
Live Demo: Pentesting GenAI Apps
Get started with a demo of Cobalt's Pentest as a Service (PtaaS) Platform. Join use for a live demo to see the benefits of PtaaS for your security!
Webinar
State of Pentesting 2025: What 10 Years of Data Tells Us About Real Risk
Join Jason Lamar, Cobalt’s SVP of Product, for a discussion on building a structured pentesting program that integrates with your AppSec strategy.
Webinar
How AI is Changing the Calculus on Offensive Security and Pentesting
Explore how AI is transforming offensive security and pentesting, enhancing strategies and efficiency in cybersecurity practices. Discover the future of digital defense today.
Webinar
The Risk You Didn't See Coming: Insights from the 2025 State of Pentesting Report
Our panel discusses insights from the Cobalt 2025 State of Pentesting Report and the risks they didn't see coming.
White Paper
State of Pentesting 2025
Learn what 10 years of pentesting data and a survey of 450 security leaders tells us about the AI security gap, why pentesting is more essential than ever, and much more. 
White Paper
Pentesting in 2025 and Beyond: A Strategic Guide to Choosing the Right Partner
Choosing the right pentesting provider is key to the success of your security initiatives.
White Paper
The Responsible AI Imperative Report
Discover the security challenges of AI adoption and learn how to protect your applications with strategic pentesting of AI systems throughout the software development lifecycle.
Checklist
Pentesting as a Service (PTaaS) Vendor Evaluation Checklist
Jason Lamar, Cobalt’s Senior Vice President of Product recently joined David Bittner on the CyberWire Daily Podcast to share insights on pentesting, the growing need for offensive security and how companies can stay ahead of cyber threats.
Podcast
Buckets of trouble by CyberWire Podcast
Jason Lamar, Cobalt’s Senior Vice President of Product recently joined David Bittner on the CyberWire Daily Podcast to share insights on pentesting, the growing need for offensive security and how companies can stay ahead of cyber threats.
White Paper
GigaOm Radar Report for PTaaS 2024
For the third consecutive year, Cobalt is honored to be recognized as an Outperformer in the GigaOm Radar Report for Penetration Testing as a Service. Backed by a dedicated community of expert pentesters and the latest technology, our platform delivers unmatched quality and speed. Discover why Cobalt continues to set the standard in PTaaS.
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.
White Paper
State of Pentesting 2023
Our 5th edition of The State of Pentesting explores the most prevalent vulnerabilities, how macroeconomic trends impact security teams, and where you might be leaving money on the table with your pentests by tapping into data from 3,100 tests and over 1,000 responses from security practitioners in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
White Paper
The State of Pentesting 2022
For 2022, we present the most prevalent vulnerabilities, how teams manage risk, and how talent shortages impact both security and development teams. Benchmark your application security against stats from over 2,300 pentests.
White Paper
The Buyer's Guide to Modern Pentesting
Ready for your next pentest? The Buyer's Guide to Modern Pentesting has all the intel on the pentesting market & how vendors can strengthen your security.

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