Security News > 2020 > October > Can automated penetration testing replace humans?

While crowdsourced security has evolved as an alternative to penetration testing in the past 10 years, it's not based on automation but simply throwing more humans at a problem.

Tools that can be used to automate penetration testing under certain conditions have surfaced - but can they replace human penetration testers?

Automated penetration testing tools will then choose out of this list of targets the "Best" system to take over, making decisions based on ease of exploit, noise and other such factors.

Automated penetration testing tools get around this limitation by being able to run tests daily, or twice daily, or on every change, and deliver a report almost instantly.

Automated penetration testing tools don't understand web applications - at all.

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