---
id: 7743
title: "How Often Should Organizations Conduct Penetration Tests?"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/penetration-testing-as-a-service/how-often-should-organizations-conduct-penetration-tests/"
published_at: "2025-06-30T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["compliance", "risk-management", "penetration-testing", "best-practices", "pci-dss", "ptass"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7743"
lang: en
---

# How Often Should Organizations Conduct Penetration Tests?

## Summary

Penetration testing frequency depends on compliance mandates like PCI DSS, the pace of IT change, and industry risk, with best practices ranging from annual to quarterly or continuous testing.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2025-06-30T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/penetration-testing-as-a-service/how-often-should-organizations-conduct-penetration-tests/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7743
