AI-Augmented Pentesting
Hybrid pentesting of web applications and APIs. AI scale. Human judgment.
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The future of pentesting is hybrid
Traditional pentests always involve trade-offs. In a time-constrained project, even strong testers cannot look at every part of a large application with the same level of attention. AI-augmented pentesting changes that balance.
While our AI-pentest partner XBOW tests a web application or an API surface at scale, Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity pentesters focus on the areas where human judgment matters most: context-driven testing, investigating promising leads, and actionable reporting that connects findings to real-world impact in your organizational context.
This is not an AI-only scan and it is not manual testing with a thin automation layer. It is a hybrid service in which AI and humans each do the work they are best at; AI confirms every finding with a working exploit, zero false positives. Our experts investigate the promising leads that AI could not resolve, preventing false negatives. Nothing fabricated, nothing left on the table.
Scale and judgment
AI handles repetitive parameter-level testing at scale, freeing our experts for the work where human judgment matters most.
Human focus on high-value issues
Our pentesters focus on context-driven testing, creativity and organizational understanding to turn findings into real-world impact.
Zero false positives, preventing false negatives
AI confirms findings with a working exploit. Our experts investigate the promising leads that don't meet that threshold.
Your challenges
- Large web applications and APIs have too many endpoints, parameters, roles, and workflows to test exhaustively in a standard timeframe.
- Security teams want broader coverage without taking on a new AI tool, a new vendor relationship, or raw AI output that doesn't take the context of your organization into account.
- Offensive AI can add value, but only with clear scope, guardrails, expert review, and accountable reporting.
- AI pentesting tools vary widely in quality and you can't tell a thorough test from a shallow one until it's too late. Without expert oversight, they can waste your time or create a false sense of security.
A true hybrid ai pentesting model
Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity and XBOW combine autonomous AI pentesting with 25+ years of experience from our global team of experienced pentesters and cybersecurity experts. Every engagement remains human-led, with clear scope, expert supervision, and senior review under the four-eyes principle.
XBOW adds scale through autonomous agents and validates findings with non-destructive exploits. Our pentesters bring independent judgment: investigating promising leads AI could not confirm, testing business logic and authorization flaws, and connecting findings into attack chains with remediation guidance in your organizational context.
See how hybrid pentesting actually works
Want to understand what AI-augmented pentesting actually looks like in practice? Download the whitepaper to see how hybrid pentesting combines AI-driven coverage with expert-led investigation, and where human judgment still matters most.
How we support you
AI is integrated into a human-in-the-lead pentest, with scope, supervision, and interpretation led by Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity experts. AI handles systematic baseline testing at scale. Our pentesters bring independent judgment where context matters most and where the most valuable findings are often found.
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Intake and scoping
Set objectives, define the target surface, align on access, and confirm the testing environment. Development, test and acceptance environments are the most common targets; production environments can be tested where operational load permits.
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Preparation
Agree the rules of engagement, test accounts, load considerations, and escalation paths before testing starts.
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Execution
XBOW works across the application and API surface at scale while our pentesters focus on business logic, authorization boundaries, creative attack paths, and investigation of promising leads.
04
Reporting
Present validated findings, grouped root causes, and clear remediation guidance in the Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity report.
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Advisory call
Walk through the results with your team, answer questions, and turn the output into concrete next steps.
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Why choose Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity
Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity is your expert partner in cybersecurity. We help organizations identify risks, strengthen defenses and comply with cybersecurity standards and regulations. Our services cover people, processes and technology, ranging from awareness training and social engineering to security advice, compliance and penetration testing.
We operate across IT, OT and IoT environments, supporting both digital systems and connected products. With over 300 cybersecurity professionals worldwide, we combine deep technical expertise with a global presence. Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity is part of the Bureau Veritas Group, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification.