Cobalt unveils platform updates to streamline pentesting workflows
Cobalt has announced a series of product enhancements within its Offensive Security Platform intended to assist customers in scaling security testing with greater clarity, automation, and control.
The platform centralises access to security services provided by a team of pentesters, enabling organisations to identify and address vulnerabilities more efficiently across their environments. Features offered include faster pentest launches, real-time collaboration with testers, continuous scanning, and integration with remediation workflows. According to the company, these processes aim to support security teams in identifying critical issues and accelerating the mitigation of risks.
The latest updates seek to provide customers with clearer risk prioritisation. Each finding within the platform now comes with standardised CVSS v3.1 scores alongside OWASP ratings, offering a measurable and objective understanding of vulnerability severity. Users are expected to be able to concentrate their remediation efforts on the most critical security issues first, potentially saving time and resources while maintaining their security posture. CVSS data are accessible via reports, CSV exports, the public API, and integrations.
Deeper insight and increased trust in pentest results is also a focus of these enhancements. Final pentest reports now include a detailed Coverage Checklist with associated findings. This addition is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of testing scope and methodology, linking individual findings directly to test activities. This approach is intended to make it easier for users to analyse results and take appropriate action.
For organisations dealing with recurring or retested vulnerabilities, workflow simplification is addressed through a new configuration option. Users can automatically associate findings carried over from previous reports with existing tracking tickets or generate new tickets for separate tracking. This is intended to save time and reduce confusion in vulnerability management processes.
The process of launching a pentest has also been redesigned. The platform now provides an intuitive flow in which users can select from a range of pentest options, customise requirements - such as requesting a debrief call - and place their order in a matter of minutes. Cobalt describes this as making launching a pentest as simple as ordering a pizza, with the goal of improving the user experience and accelerating the initiation of testing.
Boris Diebold, Chief Technology Officer at HeyJobs, commented, "These updates are all about delivering more impactful and efficient testing. The clearer reporting and streamlined workflows help us understand and address our security risk with more confidence and speed."
Discussing the direction of the platform, Jason Lamar, SVP of Product at Cobalt, said, "These innovations mark the next chapter in the evolution of offensive security services. We're building toward a future where pentesting is continuous, deeply integrated into development workflows, and backed by data that drives real security outcomes - not just compliance. The Cobalt Platform is redefining what it means to test smarter, not harder."
The enhancements are intended to make pentesting more actionable and transparent, whether an organisation is launching a test in a short timeframe, integrating insights directly into development pipelines, or supporting compliance reporting. The platform continues to prioritise usability, integration capabilities, and the timely remediation of vulnerabilities, as it serves security and development operations teams dealing with changing and emerging security threats.
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