Cobalt Offensive Security Platform is a Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) platform that enables organizations to plan, launch, and manage security testing engagements through a centralized web-based interface. The platform allows users to initiate penetration tests within 24 hours using a guided scoping wizard that defines test parameters in four steps. Testing is conducted by a pool of on-demand security professionals matched to the specific requirements of each engagement. Core capabilities include: - A unified dashboard for tracking all assets, active/planned pentests, and findings by severity and status - A scoping wizard for creating test briefs using templates and assigning testers - Attack surface monitoring with daily scans for new hosts, port/IP changes, and basic vulnerability detection - Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) with scanning of web assets and APIs, detecting over 30,000 potential vulnerabilities - Centralized results and reporting with interactive graphs, year-over-year comparisons, and customizable report templates - Real-time collaboration between customers and testers within the platform The platform supports data residency selection between US and EU datacenters to address data sovereignty requirements such as GDPR. It also provides integrations with ITSM, DevOps, and collaboration tools to feed findings into remediation workflows and GRC systems. Cobalt targets organizations ranging from startups to large enterprises and offers flexible credit-based purchasing for scaling test capacity.