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AI & Pentesting Pulse 2026: The 6 things elite security teams do differently to close the risk gap
REPORT
AI & Pentesting Pulse 2026: The 6 things elite security teams do differently to close the risk gap

Offensive security that moves at the speed of your sprint cycle

Enterprise customers now require pentest evidence before closing deals. Meanwhile, AI/LLM assets carry high-risk vulnerabilities at 2.7x the rate of traditional software, and industry-wide, only 38% of those flaws ever get fixed.


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PROVEN RESULTS

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GigaOm Radar Report for PTaaS

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G2 Penetration Testing Tools

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to Pentest launch

500+

Expert pentesters

Here's why the best engineering teams still choose Cobalt

Security testing shouldn't be the bottleneck between your sprint and your release
Traditional vendors average six to eight weeks from scoping to first finding. By the time results land, the code is already in production.
Cobalt Advantage
Active testing starts in 24 hours. Findings go directly to your workflow on discovery. Pentesters collaborate with your team in real time, so fixes happen faster and nothing waits on a PDF.
Just 38% of AI/LLM vulnerabilities are being remediated, the lowest rate of any asset class
AI/LLM assets carry high-risk vulnerabilities at 2.7x the rate of traditional software. Automated scanners miss the novel flaws like prompt injection, MCP attacks, and insecure output handling that only surface under human-led testing.
Cobalt Advantage
Full OWASP Top 10 LLM coverage including prompt injection, MCP attacks, and insecure output handling, by pentesters with AI/ML security expertise.
Security is now a deal requirement, and the gap is growing
61% of enterprise customers now actively request pentest reports before signing, up 13 points year over year. SOC 2 plus continuous LLM testing is the minimum bar for closing enterprise SaaS deals.
Cobalt Advantage
Security proof your prospects need, on their timeline. GigaOm and G2 validation for procurement reviewers. Board-ready reporting and Jira-ready findings from the same test.

What you get

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Launch in 24 hours
Active testing starts the next day. No six-week lead time, no scheduling bottleneck.
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Findings in your workflow
Direct to Jira, GitHub, or ServiceNow on discovery. No PDF translation required.
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AI and LLM application pentesting
Full OWASP Top 10 LLM coverage including prompt injection, MCP attacks, and insecure output handling.
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DAST and Attack Surface Monitoring
Continuous coverage between point-in-time pentests. No gaps between sprints.
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Direct tester access throughout
Ask questions, dispute findings, request clarification. No ticket queue, no account manager relay.
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SOC 2, ISO 27001, and EU CRA
Compliance-ready output for enterprise procurement. One platform for application, AI, and infrastructure.

Cobalt Platform

Streamline pentest planning, execution, and remediation with a unified platform built for modern security teams.

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How B2B SaaS and AI-native security teams use Cobalt

Software companies lead all industries in remediation performance. AI/LLM applications are the exception that most programs aren't built to handle.
The 2026 Cobalt State of Pentesting Report found software ranks in the top four across every resolution metric. AI/LLM assets tell a different story: 2.7x the high-risk finding rate, with only a 38% resolution rate. While the strongest programs resolve most high-risk findings, about 20% resolve less than half. Organizations closing that gap run AI pentesting as part of their programmatic security program, not as a separate initiative.
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The latest thinking in software offensive security

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REPORT
AI and Pentesting Pulse Report 2026

78% of security teams have caught automated scanning tools missing critical AI vulnerabilities. Here is what it takes to actually find and fix them.

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The Responsible AI Imperative

Your enterprise customers are asking whether your AI features are tested. Here is how leading SaaS teams are answering that question.

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Hands-on Deep Dive into LLM Hacking: Prompt Injection, MCP, and Skills

Watch Cobalt pentesters exploit the vulnerabilities your automated scanners miss. Prompt injection, MCP attacks, and insecure output handling.

AI features ship fast. Security proof shouldn't be what slows the deal down.

The teams shipping AI features fastest are the ones who closed this gap first.

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