
The shortfalls of compliance testing have made organizations to realize that point-in-time compliance testing can’t protect against vulnerabilities introduced after the assessment. According to Verizons 2025 Data Breach Investigation Report, the exploitation of vulnerabilities rose 34% year-over-year. While compliance frameworks provide important security guidelines, companies need continuous security validation to identify and remediate new vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. Here is what you need to do to implement continuous penetration testing. | Continuous penetration testing