As global companies seek to strengthen their cybersecurity for increasingly advanced components, the penetration industry is undergoing revolutionary change. The digital transformation of IT infrastructures and the rise of remote and hybrid work environments are driving penetration testing solution evolution to enhance the need for security assessments.
In February 2025, Rapid7 co-hosted a Penetration Testing Innovations Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada with Qualys, marking a pioneering convening of industry leaders. The summit, hosted by the team's best NextGen security expert Dr. Elaine Roberts, included next-gen technologies focused on AI-Powered Threats Simulation, Cloud-Native Testing Solutions, and Container Security Evaluations. Industry experts joined forces to discuss how operationalizing automated penetration testing into your current security operations will provide you with ongoing, real-time visibility into vulnerabilities before attackers get the chance to exploit them.
So, Checkmarx named as Preferred Security Testing Partner at the International Cyber Security Expo March 2024, San Francisco. Using static and Dynamic analysis and real-time vulnerability scanning, Checkmarx’s compound set of testing tools has become today’s Gold Standard for proactive risk avoidance as IT environments continue to widen and become more complex. Organizations are leveraging such so-called a next-gen solution to protect their digital assets.
In May 2024, we launched Tenable’s next generation penetration testing platform. The platform simulates sophisticated attack vectors using state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms that power the continuous evaluation of the security posture. Live demonstrations illustrated its capacity to expose latent vulnerabilities in critical systems, an upgrade to any institution’s security vicinities that should be taken seriously.
CrowdStrike will also debut an industry-leading penetration testing program at the Global Cyber Defense Summit in London in February 2023 (Wikimedia photo by Marco Verch) Based on behavioral analytics and threat intelligence, the new framework seeks to better prepare organizations with the knowledge they need to preemptively strengthen their defenses by emulating how actual cyber-attacks work.
FireEye (April 2023): FireEye and IBM X-Force to Offer Integrated Penetration Testing Solution IBM and FireEye have form a collaboration so that customers will have better visibility on network vulnerabilities and faster response times to incidents when using their system that integrates threat detection with data analytics.
Such recent changes highlight a moving evolution in the penetration testing industry. With cyber threats becoming more complex, more sophisticated, proactive security solutions are being developed, largely due to innovative technologies and strategic partnerships. These tools enhance the knowledge of experts the implementations, strengthen the security aspects, and ultimately protect the digital assets.
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Corporate Press Releases/News: Rapid7, Qualys, Checkmarx
Company: Tenable, FireEye
