Cobalt Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) is a managed security testing platform that combines a community of vetted security professionals with a centralized platform to conduct penetration tests across web applications, mobile applications, networks, APIs, and AI/LLM-enabled systems. The platform supports the full pentest lifecycle: - Discover: Attack surface mapping using customer input, automated attack surface scanning, and DAST scanning to identify internet-facing assets. - Plan: Annual pentest scheduling, scoping, and budgeting across applications, networks, and environments. - Test: Matching of domain expert pentesters to the customer's technology stack for manual vulnerability analysis. - Remediate: Real-time collaboration with pentesters during active tests, with findings pushed to external ticketing systems for early remediation. - Retest: Free retesting of individual findings for either a 6 or 12-month period following each pentest. - Report: Tailored reports including findings details, executive summaries, and compliance attestation letters for various stakeholders. Compared to traditional pentesting, PTaaS allows tests to start within days, enables real-time communication with testers, provides flexible compliance-oriented reporting, and supports on-demand retesting. The platform offers over 50 integrations with external tools to support vulnerability management workflows. Pentesting coverage includes application security, network security, and AI/LLM security. The service supports compliance requirements for frameworks such as PCI, SOC 2, and HIPAA.