How to Choose a Penetration Testing Company: 6 Things to Check

Oct 13, 2026

We are sharing six things to check before you sign: who's actually testing, proof of exploit, cloud and API coverage, retesting, continuous testing, and report quality. Backed by 6.8M findings from the State of Pentesting 2026 report.

Compare the top penetration testing companies:
https://www.getastra.com/blog/penetration-testing/companies/

State of Pentesting 2026 report:
https://www.getastra.com/reports/state-of-pentesting

What a good pentest report contains:
https://www.getastra.com/blog/security-audit/penetration-testing-report/

Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:25 Where these numbers come from

00:42 Who's actually doing the testing?

01:20 Can they prove what they find?

01:56 Do they test how you're built today?

02:34 Will they stay until it's fixed?

03:00 Can they keep up with how fast you ship?

03:22 Will the report hold up?

03:50 Checklist

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