Cobalt offers a Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) platform that combines human-led offensive security testing with automated workflows to enhance the efficiency of security assessments. The platform enables organizations to identify vulnerabilities across their attack surfaces quickly, reducing the time to remediation by 50% compared to traditional methods.
Funding
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Problem
Organizations face challenges in maintaining a robust security posture due to the complexity of modern IT environments and the evolving threat landscape. Traditional penetration testing methods are often slow, inefficient, and fail to integrate with agile development practices, leaving companies vulnerable to breaches. Additionally, a shortage of skilled security professionals exacerbates these issues, making it difficult for businesses to effectively manage their security testing needs.
Solution
Cobalt provides a Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) platform that combines a SaaS platform with a vetted community of security experts to deliver continuous, human-led offensive security testing. The platform streamlines the pentesting process, offering features such as streamlined planning, integrated findings, and real-time collaboration between security and development teams. By integrating with existing security and development tools, Cobalt enables organizations to embed security throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and accelerate their DevOps journeys. This approach allows for faster identification and remediation of vulnerabilities, reducing the risk of breaches and improving overall security posture.
Target Audience
Cobalt's primary customers are IT and information security teams, DevOps teams, and small businesses that require comprehensive and scalable penetration testing solutions to meet compliance requirements, secure their applications, and reduce security risks.
Features
- On-demand access to a global community of vetted and skilled pentesters.
- Streamlined pentest planning, scoping, and scheduling through a self-service wizard.
- Real-time collaboration and communication between security and development teams within the platform.
- Integration with ITSM, DevOps, and collaboration tools via native integrations and a public API.
- Comprehensive reporting and analytics dashboards for tracking progress and trends in security testing.
- Support for various offensive security services, including application security, network security, cloud security, and device security.
- Agile Pentesting offerings that enable organizations to focus on specific areas of an asset, such as a new feature or product release.
- Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) capabilities for automated application security scanning.
- Compliant with industry standards such as ISO 27001 and SOC2 Type 2.