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Automation of Pentest Delivery Enhances Security Operations

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Automation is transforming pentest delivery by addressing inefficiencies in traditional reporting methods. This shift enables real-time insights, faster remediation, and standardized operations. Pentesting remains crucial for identifying security weaknesses, but outdated workflows introduce delays and inefficiencies. Automation platforms like PlexTrac streamline the process by delivering findings in real time, integrating with existing tools, and standardizing remediation workflows. This approach helps security teams act on findings immediately, accelerate remediation, and reduce manual work. Organizations adopting Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) and increasing the frequency of offensive testing benefit significantly from automated delivery. It helps cut through the noise and deliver results in real time, improving handoffs and visibility across the vulnerability lifecycle. Service providers and enterprises can gain a competitive advantage by automating delivery, integrating directly into client workflows, and driving operational maturity. Additionally, automation in pentest delivery helps in reducing the mean time to remediation (MTTR). The article highlights seven key workflows for automating pentest delivery, including creating tickets for remediation, auto-closing informational findings, sending real-time alerts for critical findings, requesting proofreading of draft findings, sending alerts when findings are ready for retest, auto-assigning findings to users, and sending finding updates to client portals. These workflows help accelerate delivery, reduce friction, and build a foundation for a modern, scalable approach to penetration test delivery.

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  1. 22.08.2025 14:06 3 articles · 1mo ago

    Automation of Pentest Delivery Enhances Security Operations

    The article highlights seven key workflows for automating pentest delivery, including creating tickets for remediation, auto-closing informational findings, sending real-time alerts for critical findings, requesting proofreading of draft findings, sending alerts when findings are ready for retest, auto-assigning findings to users, and sending finding updates to client portals. These workflows help accelerate delivery, reduce friction, and build a foundation for a modern, scalable approach to penetration test delivery. The article also emphasizes the benefits of using platforms like PlexTrac to support these automations, enabling real-time delivery and standardized workflows across the entire vulnerability lifecycle.

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