Continuous penetration testing
Continuous penetration testing
Continuous penetration testing runs on every deploy or on a rolling basis, instead of as a periodic, scheduled engagement. Impactr is built to deliver exactly this: the depth of investigation a pentest provides, at the cadence your team actually ships at.
The problem with point-in-time testing
A pentest is a snapshot. Between engagements, teams ship dozens or hundreds of changes - and the release-to-review gap is where a large share of real-world exploitation happens, simply because nothing tested the code that shipped in between.
What changes when testing is continuous
New code and configuration get exercised before attackers reach them, not months later. Confirmed attack chains are re-run automatically after a fix ships, proving the path stays closed - and reopening the finding if a regression reintroduces it.
Fitting it into how you already ship
Continuous testing integrates into CI/CD, with scope and authenticated roles defined once. Validated findings become a build signal your team acts on the same day, not a separate quarterly report that lands after the context has moved on.
What Impactr does here
- Runs on every deploy, integrated into CI/CD
- Re-proves confirmed attack chains after a fix ships, catching regressions
- Scope and authenticated roles defined once, then reused automatically
- Findings arrive as build signals your team can act on same-day
See it work on your own application - Impactr investigates, chains, and proves impact with reproducible evidence.
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How is this different from the continuous penetration testing guide?
The guide walks through the model and how to adopt it - the reasoning, in depth. This page covers how Impactr specifically delivers it as a product. Read the guide for the full methodology.
Does continuous penetration testing replace a scheduled annual pentest?
It doesn't need to. It covers the gap between scheduled engagements, so the releases that ship between them get tested too. Many teams run both.
What happens if a fix doesn't actually close the vulnerability?
Continuous testing re-runs the exact confirmed attack chain after every fix. If the path is still exploitable, the finding reopens automatically instead of silently staying marked resolved.