John Brown
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In a landmark year for cybersecurity, Cobalt closes 2025 with unprecedented scale and breakthrough AI innovation, driven by heightened enterprise adoption, expanded AI-enhanced capabilities and strong performance across its Offensive Security Platform. The company reported significant growth in testing volume, advanced new AI tools, and elevated industry recognition underscoring its role as a leader in modern offensive security services.
Cobalt’s Offensive Security Platform combines human-led penetration testing with AI-powered workflows, enabling organizations to identify vulnerabilities faster, manage risk more effectively and modernize security testing at enterprise scale.
Record-Setting Growth and Testing Scale
Over the course of 2025, Cobalt delivered more than 31,000 testing days and completed nearly 255,000 hours of hands-on pentesting, uncovering an average of 12 critical vulnerabilities per day, a testament to both demand for modern offensive security and the platform’s operational scale.The company also reported notable customer base expansion particularly among mid-to-large enterprises reflecting strong momentum as organizations shift from ad-hoc security tests to continuous, deeply integrated offensive security programs that support broader risk management and compliance objectives.
Breakthrough AI Capabilities Fuel Next-Gen Pentesting
Cobalt introduced a suite of AI-powered features in 2025 that modernize every stage of the pentesting lifecycle:- AI-Powered Scoping: Automatically identifies key assets and configurations for testing priority.
- AI Pentest Assistant: Summarizes historical findings and suggests actionable next steps for remediation.
- AI-Driven Insights and Benchmarking: Offers peer comparisons and contextual guidance based on a decade of pentest data.
- AI-Assisted Findings and Reporting: Speeds documentation and reporting workflows, helping security teams act faster.
Transforming Offensive Security at Enterprise Scale
Cobalt’s expanded platform is helping organizations transition from traditional point-in-time tests to continuous offensive security programs that are centrally managed and deeply integrated with development and operations workflows delivering greater visibility, control and efficiency across the security lifecycle.According to industry insights, this trend aligns with broader market movements toward automated, data-driven security practices as modern attack surfaces grow and teams seek scalable, repeatable approaches to managing risk.
Leadership and Community Expansion
In addition to product and usage growth, Cobalt fortified its leadership and research capabilities. The company welcomed seasoned security expert Gunter Ollmann as Chief Technology Officer and appointed Joseph Brinkley as Head of Offensive Security Research and Community, strengthening its global security research agenda and community engagement with elite pentesters.Under this leadership, Cobalt Core, the network of trusted pentesters that underpins the platform, expanded by roughly 11 %, reflecting growing participation and expertise that supports scaled offensive operations.
Industry Recognition and Market Leadership
Cobalt's achievements in 2025 were further validated with strong industry recognition. The company earned multiple prestigious awards and accolades, including honors for innovation, solution excellence and leadership in pentesting signaling broad market acknowledgment of its technological impact and strategic importance in cybersecurity.These honors highlight Cobalt's influence in shaping how organizations secure complex digital environments through AI-enhanced offensive security solutions that scale with modern enterprise needs.
Looking Ahead: A New Era of Scalable Offensive Security
As organizations continue to confront evolving threats and expanding attack surfaces, Cobalt's blend of human-led expertise and AI-driven innovation positions it at the forefront of next-generation cybersecurity. With a year of unprecedented growth behind it, the company is poised to drive deeper integration of offensive security within corporate risk frameworks helping customers improve resilience, accelerate remediation and operate with confidence in an increasingly complex threat landscape.SOC News provides the latest updates, insights, and trends in cybersecurity and security operations.
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