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Continuous Penetration Testing
Penetration testing that keeps pace with your software
Traditional penetration testing gives you a valuable snapshot. MDLabs combines an initial expert assessment with continuous change analysis, risk-based testing and retesting so assurance can follow the application throughout the year.
A year-long testing model built around change.
Continuous change analysis
Changes to the application are assessed for security relevance, helping identify where risk may have shifted instead of waiting for the next annual test.
Risk-based testing
Testing effort is directed towards changes and attack paths that matter most. Low-risk changes do not consume expert testing time simply because they happened.
Expert-led penetration testing
Automation supports the process, but penetration testing remains expert-led. Testers investigate exploitability, business impact and how weaknesses can be combined in practice.
Remediation and retesting
Findings can be tracked through remediation and retested, providing evidence that the identified weakness has been addressed rather than leaving an ageing point-in-time report.
Living assurance evidence
Testing history, findings, remediation and retest evidence build across the engagement, creating a more current assurance record for security teams, customers and compliance activity.
Why change the annual pentest model?
Modern software can change many times between annual tests. Point-in-time penetration testing still has value, but every deployment after the test can change the security context and make the report progressively less current.
Traditional point-in-time testing
A conventional penetration test answers an important question at a particular moment: what could an attacker exploit in the agreed scope today? The engagement then ends, while the application continues to change.
MDLabs continuous testing
The testing relationship remains active. Security-relevant changes can be identified and assessed, with expert testing focused where risk has materially changed rather than waiting for the next date on the calendar.
Continuous assurance does not mean repeating a full manual penetration test after every release. By directing expert effort towards security-relevant change, the model avoids the cost profile of commissioning repeated standalone tests. Scope and commercial terms still depend on complexity, scale, change rate and testing needs.
Designed for SaaS, SOC 2 and fast-moving environments.
Closer to the development cadence
SaaS and product teams release far more frequently than traditional annual testing cycles. A change-driven model brings security testing closer to the pace of engineering without pretending that every code change needs a full manual penetration test.
A stronger assurance evidence trail
For organisations using penetration testing as part of SOC 2 or wider customer assurance, the programme creates a clearer relationship between application change, security assessment, findings, remediation and retesting. It supports the evidence story without replacing the wider control environment or auditor judgement.
Need a defined point-in-time penetration test?
Some requirements are inherently one-off: a major release, procurement exercise, customer request or defined annual test. MDLabs can scope a conventional authorised penetration test where that is the right fit. The continuous model is our preferred approach when the objective is to keep assurance current throughout the year.
Discuss a better penetration testing model
Tell us what you test today, how often the application changes and what assurance your customers or compliance programme expects. We can scope either an annual continuous programme or a defined point-in-time test.