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How Continuous Scanning Differs from Periodic Pentesting?

Security Boulevard, Friday, May 29th, 2026

Your security testing works on a schedule, and that is how it needs to be. But our no-so-generous opponents do not think the same! Attackers don't work on a schedule.

That mismatch is at the heart of one of the most important shifts happening in cybersecurity right now, the move from periodic penetration testing to continuous scanning. And the 2025 - 2026 data makes the case more clearly than ever.

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