Pentera automates what penetration testers do manually — and runs those tests continuously rather than once a year. Founded in 2015 in Tel Aviv, Israel (originally as Pcysys), the company provides an automated security validation platform that safely executes real attack techniques against an organization’s live environment to find exploitable vulnerabilities before attackers do.
The platform doesn’t just scan for known vulnerabilities — it chains them together to demonstrate actual attack paths, showing security teams exactly how an attacker could move from an initial foothold to their most critical assets. Pentera tests across the full attack surface including internal networks, external-facing assets, and cloud environments. Each test produces a prioritized remediation roadmap based on actual exploitability, not theoretical risk scores. This approach cuts through the noise of traditional vulnerability scanners that often produce thousands of findings without meaningful prioritization.
Pentera has raised over $150 million in funding and serves over 900 customers across more than 50 countries, including large enterprises, government agencies, and financial institutions. The company competes in the automated penetration testing and breach and attack simulation (BAS) market, which has been growing rapidly as organizations realize that annual penetration tests provide only a snapshot view of their security posture. Pentera’s ability to safely test production environments without requiring agents or prior knowledge of the network makes it practical to run continuous validation — turning security testing from a periodic event into an ongoing process.
