April 12th is just around the corner -and with it comes Cobalt’s fifth edition State of Pentesting 2023 report- Cobalt’s mission? To tell the story of how teams can avoid being hamstrung by seismic workplace and technology shifts-and in turn, enable tech pros to flip the script to maximize value for professional gain.
As pioneers of Pentest as a Service (PtaaS), Cobalt realized that the evolution of pentesting warrants its own research. While you may have seen other similar State of Pentesting reports, Cobalt’s research is differentiated on several fronts-
- Benchmarks based on anonymized data from thousands of pentests – and speaking of which, we’re closing in on our 10,000th pentest which will be a major milestone.!
- For the upcoming installment will include data that dives into the brainpower of the Cobalt Core, our 400+ global community of skilled, vetted testers.
Below is a sneak peek at some of the key stats in the report around macroeconomic trends, how they’re affecting security teams, and how vulnerable organizations are in the midst of change and transformation (with expanded scope to include both the US and EMEA!):
US
- 77% of security teams have experienced layoffs.
- 73% of affected teams struggle to manage vulnerabilities.
- 96% of security teams were slower to patch critical vulnerabilities compared to 2021.
EMEA
- 1 in 4 security teams have gone through layoffs.
- 1 in 4 security teams have had their budget cut.
- 58% of affected security teams struggle to manage vulnerabilities.
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