Report by Cobalt
Next-generation Offensive Security Strategies Give Defenders the AI Advantage
5 FINDINGSPublished Jun 10, 2026
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94% of organizations explicitly see the importance of keeping humans in the loop for offensive security programs.
Offensive SecurityAI Security
60% of organizations expect analysts to shift from executing offensive security tasks to supervising autonomous workflows.
AutomationOffensive Security
53% of organizations say point-in-time penetration testing becomes outdated before results can be acted upon.
Offensive SecurityPenetration TestingContinuous Testing
58% of organizations utilize pentesting-as-a-service (PTaaS) for continuous testing.
Penetration TestingOffensive SecurityPTaaS
88% of organizations plan to increase offensive security spending over the next 12 months, with 65% planning moderate increases and 23% planning significant increases.
Security SpendingOffensive SecuritySecurity BudgetsSecurity Investment