Penetration testing isn’t the way
to secure your organization

DARK READING RESEARCH REPORT
The State of Penetration Testing 2021

You Rely on Pen Tests to Prevent Data Breaches

of organizations primarily
conduct penetration tests
to prevent breaches

But Pen Tests Don't See Enough

; 60 Circle (1)

are concerned that penetration
tests cover only a portion
of their attack surface and leave
them with too many blind spots

are concerned penetration tests
only detect known assets and
not new or unknown assets

And Aren't Done Often Enough

conduct pen tests
once a quarter or less

conduct pen tests monthly

That is
Risky.
And Expensive.

1M-1

12% spend more than $1 million

8% spend $500,000 – $1 million

30% spend $100,000 – $500,000

5% spend up to $100,000 annually.

GO BEYOND PEN TESTING

For our inaugural 2021 report, we partnered with Dark Reading to research the current state of penetration testing practices at enterprise organizations. pen testing

The survey queried 108 IT and security managers from enterprise organizations with 3,000 or more employees across more than 16 industry verticals.

Read all the results by completing the registration form.

Penetration testing isn’t the way to secure your organization

of organizations primarily conduct penetration tests to prevent breaches

are concerned that penetrationtests cover only a portion of their attack surface and leavethem with too many blind spots

are concerned penetration testsonly detect known assets and not new or unknown assets

conduct pen tests once a quarter or less