Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

88% of organizations now regularly use artificial intelligence (AI) in at least one business function. While adoption of AI technologies has accelerated rapidly, security measures often lag. The rush to roll out AI has, in many cases, overshadowed essential testing and safety protocols. This is particularly a worry when AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) become deeply embedded within organizational workflows and systems in a way that most software isn’t.

73% of successful cyber perimeter breaches in 2025 were due to vulnerable web applications. Not misconfigurations. Not phishing. Applications. If you are reading this, you are either looking to validate your current pentesting partner or shopping for one because your board, auditors, or enterprise clients are asking. So let’s break down the top 10 penetration testing companies, what they actually deliver, and how to pick the right one for your specific threat landscape and compliance requirements.

For organisations pursuing SOC 2, demonstrating effective security controls is central to the audit process. While the framework does not prescribe specific technologies or testing frequencies, it does require evidence that risks are identified, assessed, and mitigated through appropriate controls. This is where SOC 2 penetration testing becomes particularly relevant.

AI pentesting has been making waves and rivals the power of human hackers in ways we weren’t expecting. But frequently, companies are looking for pentesting to achieve and support their compliance certifications.

Web application penetration testing methodology has a reputation for being more complicated than it needs to be, as new testers are often dropped into a sea of tools and terminology with little guidance on how an objective test should flow. The same problem shows up higher up the org chart, with Founders, CTOs, and other technical leaders who regularly receive pentest reports packed with screenshots and acronyms but short on clarity: what actually matters, what can wait, or how serious the risk really is.