Simbian AI Pentest Agent: Continuous Context-Aware Penetration Testing and Security Assessment

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Continuous Penetration Testing Gets a Boost with AI-Powered Solution

Enterprises can now benefit from ongoing, on-demand penetration testing with the launch of the Simbian AI Pentest Agent. This innovative solution, developed in collaboration with global risk management leader LRQA, provides security teams with real-time validation of their security posture. Unlike traditional manual penetration testing, which is often a once- or twice-a-year compliance exercise, the Simbian AI Pentest Agent offers continuous, context-aware testing.

A New Approach to Penetration Testing

This new approach addresses a significant gap in traditional penetration testing, which can leave organizations vulnerable to emerging common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) and code changes for months. The Simbian AI Pentest Agent bridges this gap by delivering results in a matter of hours, enabling security teams to identify and remediate risks before they can be exploited.

According to Ambuj Kumar, CEO of Simbian, “The industry has long had to choose between the depth of a manual pentest and the speed of a shallow scan. Our AI Pentest Agent eliminates this trade-off by providing the depth and speed required to uncover risks that actually matter to the business.”

Key Features of the Simbian AI Pentest Agent

The Simbian AI Pentest Agent is designed to reason and adapt like a human hacker, leveraging context to identify potential risks. This approach is made possible through the incorporation of business context, ensuring that findings are focused on each customer’s specific security risks and priorities. The solution also includes a “Transparency by Design” feature, which provides security teams with a complete reasoning trace, showing exactly why the AI chose a specific attack path.

To ensure the safe operation of the agent, Simbian has built in a “safe mode” that prevents disruption to critical applications and complex production environments. Additionally, data is kept secure and protected throughout the testing process and is never used to train public Large Language Models (LLMs).

Partnership with LRQA

The partnership between Simbian and LRQA brings together intelligent automation and experienced human judgment, ensuring that the AI Pentest Agent operates to recognized ethical hacking standards and delivers assurance that boards and security teams can trust. As Howard Hughes, Managing Director for LRQA’s cybersecurity division, noted, “This partnership helps organizations move from periodic testing to continuous risk insight, providing them with the confidence they need to protect their businesses.”

Unlike legacy scanners, which can generate noisy alerts triggered by static rules, the Simbian AI Pentest Agent functions as an autonomous reasoning engine that adapts to the unique business context. This approach enables the agent to uncover complex business logic flaws that fixed scanners may miss, providing security teams with a prioritized, actionable guide for remediation.

A Significant Step Forward in Continuous Penetration Testing

The Simbian AI Pentest Agent is a significant step forward in continuous penetration testing, offering enterprises a powerful tool to identify and remediate risks in real-time. By providing ongoing, on-demand testing, this solution helps organizations stay ahead of emerging threats and protect their businesses from potential attacks.