Select the Pentest Type

Start setting up your pentest.

Once you’ve defined an asset, you can create a pentest.

Workflow for creating a pentest

On the Assets page, select Create Pentest on the asset row. Or, on the Pentests page, select Create a Pentest.

You land on the Let’s Get Started page.

Let’s Get Started screen prompting you to select the pentest type

Select the pentest type that you want to launch.

  • An Agile Pentest performed by Cobalt pentesters focuses on code changes or a specific area of an asset and comes with an Automated Report intended for internal use
  • A Comprehensive Pentest is performed by Cobalt pentesters for security audit, compliance audit, or customer attestation and includes comprehensive reports intended for external stakeholders

Select or Create an Asset

Select how you want to proceed with your asset:

  • Create a new asset:
    • On the Asset page, specify the asset details. Once you select Create Asset, you land on the Assets page.
    • To set up a pentest for this asset, select Create Pentest on the asset row.
    • On the Let’s Get Started page, select the pentest type, and then review your asset.
  • Use an existing asset:



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Last modified February.02.2023