Report by Cobalt

Next-generation Offensive Security Strategies Give Defenders the AI Advantage

5 FINDINGSPublished Jun 10, 2026
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Key Findings

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53% of organizations say point-in-time penetration testing becomes outdated before results can be acted upon.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