Penetration Testing & Attack SimulationApplication Security
Cobalt Offensive Security Platform
Pentest as a service pairing vetted pentesters with a real-time findings and retesting platform.
Cobalt Offensive Security Platform Overview
What it does
The Cobalt Offensive Security Platform is a penetration testing as a service (PTaaS) platform that replaces procurement-heavy, point-in-time pentest engagements with tests launched from a SaaS interface in as little as 24 hours. Its distinctive mechanism pairs the Cobalt Core, a vetted community of more than 500 pentesters, with Cobalt Sage AI, which automates reconnaissance, scanning, triage, and report generation so human testers concentrate on exploitation and analysis across web applications, APIs, networks, and cloud environments.
How it works
Customers scope assets and testing windows in the platform, draw on an annual allotment of Cobalt Credits to launch comprehensive or agile pentests without a new statement of work, and collaborate with testers in real time as findings stream into the portal with proof of exploitation. Findings flow into developer ticketing and collaboration tools through more than 50 integrations and an API, and every pentest includes free retesting of individual findings for six or twelve months to confirm closure. A Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) module adds continuous automated scanning of web applications and APIs between manual tests.
Credentials and traction
SOC 2 Type II audited annually, ISO 27001 certified, and CREST accredited for penetration testing services. Cobalt was named a Leader in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for Pentest as a Service (PTaaS) for the fourth consecutive year and won a 2026 Fortress Cybersecurity Award in Continuous Exposure Management. More than 1,500 customers, from startups to enterprises including Vonage and Pendo, use the platform, which delivers more than 5,000 pentests annually.
Key Capabilities
mapped to solution categoriesInitiates penetration testing engagements through a platform interface without requiring a new statement of work for each test, enabling testing at the cadence of development releases.
Delivers findings through a live client portal as testers discover them, with status, severity, and evidence, instead of a single static PDF at the end of the engagement.
Automatically re-executes test cases for specific findings after the reported remediation deadline, confirming closure without scheduling a separate engagement.
Manages asset scope definitions, scope change approvals, rules of engagement, and testing windows through a persistent platform interface rather than per-engagement documentation.
Delivers findings directly into developer ticketing systems (Jira, GitHub Issues, Azure DevOps) alongside standard pentest reports, enabling developer remediation tracking within existing workflows.
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Info last updated on July 26, 2026
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