Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Crowdsourced penetration testing promises broad coverage, flexible resourcing, and cost efficiency by tapping into a distributed pool of security testers. Trustwave, A LevelBlue Company, realizes that not every organization has the financial resources to partner with a security firm with dedicated penetration testing capabilities. At the same time, we want to make organizations aware of the many pitfalls in the crowdsourced pen-testing market and offer a few pointers on choosing the right vendors.

The cost of hiring an outsourced cyber security company can start from as little as £500 per month, or £10,000 or higher for large companies. For global multi nationals, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to spend millions on cyber security and to protect yourself against an attack of data breach. Companies have the option to use ongoing monthly services to detect potential threats, or the opportunity to do one-off tests to check for vulnerabilities such as penetration testing or red teaming.

In today’s industrial environments, the single biggest barrier to securing operations is not technology, not budget, not even talent–it’s visibility. You cannot protect what you cannot see. In Operational Technology (OT), visibility has two dimensions: Without this combined view, organizations are left guessing where their crown jewels sit, how traffic flows across the environment and where vulnerabilities or attack paths may hide.

IT and security leaders share a common goal: to empower teams to move fast without compromising security.

With the arrival of cloud-conscious threat actors that are falling head over heels for LLM jacking and valid account abuse as cloud intrusions rose over 26% in 2024 vs 2023, being a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) you know that FedRAMP authorization is no longer about achieving a said compliance, you need to walk the extra mile to make sure you survive the ruthless competition in this space.

Artificial intelligence has gone from buzzword to business tool almost overnight. Employees are rapidly adopting platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot to draft content, analyze data, brainstorm code, and accelerate productivity. But as AI becomes embedded in everyday workflows, a new category of insider threat is emerging—one that is harder to detect, harder to classify, and potentially more damaging than anything security teams have faced before.

The Governor’s Technology Office (GTO) of the State of Nevada recently released an “After Action Report” on the statewide ransomware attack that disrupted state systems for nearly one month in August 2025. The report details not only what happened but also the coordinated incident response from the GTO, vendors and law enforcement partners from local, state and federal agencies.