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22% of enterprise security leaders name continuous pentesting or validation as the leading method for confirming whether a finding is exploitable.

PublisherSynack
ReportThe State of Continuous Security Validation
Published21 July 2026
TopicsPenetration Testing, Security Validation, Exploitability, Enterprise Security

Published by Synack in The State of Continuous Security Validation , 21 July 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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