The market for penetration testing is expected to reach $3.1 billion by 2027, rising at a market growth of 12% CAGR during this time. Fueled by the rising number of mega-breaches and more sophisticated attacks, IT teams are taking a more proactive approach, using penetration testing to validate and improve their security configurations. As more organizations do business on SaaS and cloud programs, penetration testing is becoming an important complement to cloud data loss prevention tools.

Penetration testing (also known as pen testing) is the process of checking if your infrastructure and applications are robust enough to protect against cyberattacks. This is done by effectively hacking your own systems in a controlled way to simulate a cybercriminal’s activities. Pen testing allows you to uncover a range of weaknesses that a criminal could exploit, such as poorly configured systems, potential flaws in pen testing software and hardware, and social engineering exploits.