Friday Briefing: Autonomous Pen Testing

This briefing will focus on the Autonomous Pen Testing solution from Horizon3, which is an effective alternative to the traditional “once a year” manual pen testing process, which may tick boxes, but are expensive and quickly become obsolete in most continuously changing production environments.

The mantra for autonomous pen testing is “Prove that we are not vulnerable today, and then prove it again tomorrow” – which is beyond the scope of manual pen testing.

The session will be presented by Matt Miller, CEO and Co-Founder of Insicon Cyber, who specialise in continuous risk reduction and advisory services. 

An autonomous approach to pen testing has multiple immediate and measurable benefits:

• It is continuous, which enables organisations to complete new tests, retests or even feature-specific tests as they go along.
• Live feedback during the testing process, allowing your organisation to identify and address vulnerabilities as they are found.
• Better adherence to industry standards and cyber frameworks because the detailed reports can be used as evidence of compliance.
• Reduces overall costs as it allows you to optimize your cyber investments and differentiate between the security tools that are relevant to today and those that have become obsolete.
• Wider scope as you can test your entire enterprise as often as you want, instead of a small sample once a year.