How Automation is Transforming the Delivery of Penetration Testing Services

Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world security weaknesses before adversaries do. However, as the threat landscape has evolved, the delivery of pentest results has not kept pace. Most organisations still rely on traditional reporting methods, such as static PDFs, emailed documents, and spreadsheet-based tracking. These outdated workflows introduce delays, create inefficiencies, and undermine the value of the work. Security teams require faster insights, tighter handoffs, and clearer paths to remediation. Automated delivery platforms like PlexTrac provide real-time pentest finding delivery through robust, rules-based workflows, eliminating the need to wait for the final report.

The static delivery of pentest reports has become a bottleneck in a dynamic world. Findings are often buried in lengthy documents that do not align with daily operations. Stakeholders must manually extract findings, create tickets in platforms like Jira or ServiceNow, and coordinate remediation tracking through disconnected workflows. This process can lead to delays of days or weeks before remediation begins. As organisations adopt Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) and increase the frequency of offensive testing, the volume of findings grows rapidly. Automation helps teams keep pace by delivering results in real time, enhancing visibility across the entire vulnerability lifecycle. 

Categories: Pentesting Automation, Real-time Insights, Vulnerability Management 

Tags: Pentesting, Security, Automation, Delivery, Vulnerability, Remediation, Continuous Threat Exposure Management, Real-time, Centralized Data, Efficiency