In today’s digital-first world, nearly every organization carries a growing web attack surface. Critical vulnerabilities discovered in web applications surged 150 % in 2024 compared to 2023. This alarming rise is fueled in part by trends like “vibe coding” (i.e., rapidly built, loosely governed code) and the increasing use of large language model–based attacks and breaches. Yet many companies still treat penetration testing (pen-testing) as a checkbox, testing just before launch and then quarterly or annually thereafter. Traditional pen-testing cannot keep up with the rapid scale of software releases, third-party library updates, and evolving threat vectors. Manual and automated pen-testing both fall short of providing real-time assurance for modern environments. Automated tools offer speed and scale but often lack depth, while manual testing provides richer insights that can’t easily keep pace with dynamic attack surfaces. To meet this pace, organizations …