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Who is Cobalt?
Cobalt is a technology company that provides an automated security testing and penetration testing-as-a-service platform for development and security teams building and operating web, mobile, and cloud applications.
- Penetration testing-as-a-service platform for web, mobile, and cloud applications (application security)
- Management of pentest lifecycle including scoping, execution, reporting, and remediation workflows (security operations)
- Access to a vetted community of security researchers and ethical hackers for on-demand testing engagements (crowdsourced security testing)
- Integrations with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and developer tooling to align security testing with software delivery processes (DevSecOps)
- Analytics and reporting on vulnerabilities, risk posture, and remediation progress for security and compliance stakeholders (security analytics)
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Cobalt operates in the application security (AppSec) and DevSecOps categories, offering a penetration testing-as-a-service platform that enterprises use to assess the security of web, mobile, and cloud-based applications and APIs. The platform is designed for security teams, engineering leaders, and compliance owners who need repeatable, standardized penetration testing aligned with software release cycles and regulatory requirements.
The service combines a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform with a curated community of security researchers, often referred to as ethical hackers, who execute tests against defined targets. Enterprise users define scope and objectives for an engagement, after which Cobalt coordinates testing activities, centralizes communication, and aggregates findings into structured vulnerability reports. The workflow typically includes asset onboarding, threat modeling at a basic level through scoping, execution windows, and verification of fixes after remediation.
From a technical perspective, Cobalt supports testing across common application architectures and protocols, including HTTP/S web applications, RESTful APIs, and mobile application backends, and may extend to cloud-hosted environments. The platform focuses on vulnerabilities aligned with widely known security standards and frameworks such as the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 (application security) and common industry vulnerability taxonomies. Testing approaches can include manual testing supported by tooling, authenticated and unauthenticated assessments, and evaluation of access control, input validation, session management, and encryption practices.
The platform is intended to integrate with enterprise software delivery practices by connecting to issue trackers and CI/CD tools, enabling findings to be converted into tickets for engineering teams. This positions Cobalt within the DevSecOps ecosystem, where security testing is scheduled alongside sprints and release cadences rather than as a purely ad hoc or annual exercise. For many organizations, this allows recurring penetration tests for production systems as well as pre-release testing for new features.
In an enterprise tool directory, Cobalt aligns with categories such as Application Security Testing (AST), penetration testing-as-a-service, crowdsourced security testing, and Security Operations (SecOps) support. Its capabilities are typically used in combination with Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), and vulnerability management platforms, with Cobalt focused on human-driven penetration testing delivered through a managed, cloud-based workflow.
Our description of Cobalt. Updated February 2026.
