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CISO's Expert Guide to Agentic Pentesting for Websites

The Hacker News
· September 17, 2026

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A new guide is available for chief information security officers on using autonomous AI agents for pentesting websites. According to Mandiant, attackers can exploit new vulnerabilities in about five days, while the median organization takes 43 days to patch one, as reported by Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report. This gap is being addressed by autonomous AI agents. The guide explains how these agents can be used and what security leaders should require before deploying them in production environments. Exploitation is now a common starting point for breaches, accounting for 31% of them.

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