Checklist on how to best prepare for your next pentest
What challenges do teams face with their pentests?
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With time and resources in short supply, every pentest should deliver results quickly with no disruption to customers’ infrastructure. That, however, is not the case. More often than not, pentests cause business disruptions and extra clean-up work, not counting teams having to fix discovered vulnerabilities. In our report, we pull together recommendations from Cobalt’s 400+ pentesters on how to best prepare and maximize ROI.
Struggle to prep environment
Tests cause business disruptions
Tests create unexpected work
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Struggle to prep environment
Tests cause business disruptions
Tests create unexpected work
60%
62%
66%
0: 3%
How many times did teams pentest in 2022?
1-3: 57%
4-5: 30%
6+: 10%
59%
38%
40%
UK & DE
US
0: 8%
1-3: 46%
4-5: 23%
6+: 23%
US
UK + DE