How AI Pen Testing Actually Works (and Where It Breaks)
Episode Summary
AI is starting to change penetration testing, but most people are asking the wrong question. In this episode of Secured, Cole Cornford sits down with Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, AI researcher at XBOW and former NYU professor, to unpack what autonomous pen testing really is, what it can reliably do today, and what still needs humans.
They explore why AI agents are great at scaling the boring parts of testing, like authenticated workflows and broad vulnerability coverage across huge attack surfaces, and why that does not automatically translate to deep, context-aware exploitation. The…
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