Pentesting no more: Why it's time to move from Pentesting to Ethical Hacking

Published

2023-07-13 00:00

Collected

2026-07-31 01:23

---
id: 5650
title: "Pentesting no more: Why it's time to move from Pentesting to Ethical Hacking"
source_domain: ethiack.com
source_url: "https://ethiack.com/info-hub/blog/pentesting-no-more-why-its-time-to-move-from-pentesting-to-ethical-hacking"
published_at: "2023-07-13T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "pentesting", "vulnerability-disclosure", "ethical-hacking", "opinion"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5650"
lang: en
---

# Pentesting no more: Why it's time to move from Pentesting to Ethical Hacking

## Summary

Opinion piece: checklist-driven pentesting gives a false sense of security; the industry should move to continuous ethical hacking, as modeled by bug bounty and disclosure programs.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** ethiack.com
- **Published:** 2023-07-13T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://ethiack.com/info-hub/blog/pentesting-no-more-why-its-time-to-move-from-pentesting-to-ethical-hacking
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5650