---
id: 3106
title: "Breaking Down the Benefits of Hacker-Powered Pentests"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/breaking-down-benefits-hacker-powered-pentests"
published_at: "2019-09-30T20:00:00Z"
tags: ["pentesting", "compliance", "security-testing", "audit", "forrester", "hackerone-challenge"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3106"
lang: en
---

# Breaking Down the Benefits of Hacker-Powered Pentests

## Summary

Forrester interviews show traditional pentests often become check-the-box exercises, while a HackerOne Challenge customer found 138 vulnerabilities in its first run, with faster audit responses.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2019-09-30T20:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/breaking-down-benefits-hacker-powered-pentests
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3106