Aikido releases State of AI in Pentesting report

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Aikido releases State of AI in Pentesting report

The "State of AI in Pentesting 2026" report reveals that traditional point-in-time penetration testing cannot keep pace with high-frequency software deployment, causing 76% of organizations to halt or roll back AI-driven features. To address these blind spots, the report advocates for autonomous, agentic AI testing to provide continuous security validation.

// ANALYSIS

–**Velocity Mismatch**: Traditional pentesting cycles of weeks are far too slow for modern CI/CD pipelines, creating significant security blind spots.
–**AI Deployment Risks**: Most organizations struggle to safely implement AI-driven features, often having to halt or roll them back.
–**Accountability Gap**: Security teams bear the responsibility for release outcomes but frequently lack the authority to stop risky deployments.
–**Agentic AI Solution**: AI-powered continuous testing agents are positioned as the necessary evolution to simulate attacker behavior at scale and speed.

// TAGS

pentestingsecurityaidevsecopsreportaikido

DISCOVERED

1d ago

2026-06-25

PUBLISHED

1d ago

2026-06-24

RELEVANCE

8/ 10

AUTHOR

AikidoSecurity

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