Security News > 2023 > October > Unmasking the limitations of yearly penetration tests

In this Help Net Security interview, Charles d'Hondt, Head of Operations, Ambionics Security, talks about the necessity of implementing continuous penetration testing because yearly ones are not enough.

Many organizations have been accustomed to annual penetration tests.

Yearly penetration tests have shown to be efficient at finding vulnerabilities, yet they lack the ability to match the security need of regular releases and the evolving threat landscape.

Annual penetration tests is still the default practice in most companies and has been for the last decade.

New updated practices should be introduced, including continuous application and infrastructure penetration tests.

Developers may have a negative vision of continuous penetration testing if it is perceived as a time and resource constraint or a lack of communication between security and development teams.

News URL

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/10/12/charles-dhondt-ambionics-continuous-penetration-testing/