---
id: 185
title: "What is Penetration Testing as a Service?"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/what-is-penetration-testing-as-a-service/"
published_at: "2026-03-01 21:18"
tags: ["cloud", "pentesting", "appsec", "continuous-testing", "penetration-testing", "vulnerability-scanning", "bugcrowd", "security-testing", "ptaas", "retesting", "cloud-platform"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/185"
lang: en
---

# What is Penetration Testing as a Service?

## Summary

PTaaS combines human-led penetration testing with a cloud platform for scoping, real-time findings, and retesting, fitting teams with frequent releases better than one-off assessments or scanners.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2026-03-01 21:18
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/what-is-penetration-testing-as-a-service/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/185