Cobalt-State-of-Pentesting-2026.md

The 2026 State of Pentesting Report combines analysis of thousands of penetration tests and a survey of 450 security professionals to benchmark offensive security performance, highlight top findings (e.g., XSS, missing access control, prompt injection), quantify remediation metrics (half-life, MTTR, resolution rates), and call out elevated risk and poor remediation in AI/LLM applications while recommending programmatic, continuous pentesting and stronger AI/third-party governance.