Simbian®, a superintelligent security operations leader, announced the general availability of its Simbian AI Pentest Agent, a revolutionary autonomous penetration testing tool designed to provide continuous, on-demand security validation for today’s enterprise environments. The first-of-its-kind penetration testing agent combines deep organizational knowledge with autonomous penetration testing, allowing security professionals to detect and mitigate threats before they can be exploited by attackers.
Traditional penetration testing often occurs only once or twice per year as a compliance activity, leaving a lengthy “window of exposure” where new code changes and emerging vulnerabilities may linger unmitigated. The Simbian AI Pentest Agent transforms this model by making real-time, business-aware penetration testing a core part of continuous security validation, delivering actionable results in a matter of hours.
Developed in collaboration with global risk management expert LRQA, the solution combines mature cybersecurity methodologies with advanced autonomous reasoning capabilities. Drawing on LRQA’s decades of penetration testing experience and rigorous adherence to responsible AI principles, the agent is built with enterprise trust at its core, including full transparency, ethical hacking standards, and safe-mode safeguards that protect critical production systems.
“The industry has long been forced to choose between the depth of a manual pentest and the speed of a shallow scan,” said Ambuj Kumar, CEO and Co-Founder of Simbian.
“Simbian eliminates that trade-off. Our AI Pentest Agent doesn’t just follow a script; it reasons and adapts like a human hacker, leveraging context to uncover risks that actually matter to the business. We are giving enterprises the ability to find and close risks before attackers can ever exploit them.”
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Guided by LRQA’s cybersecurity division, the AI Pentest Agent embeds “Transparency by Design” principles, enabling security teams to review the agent’s complete reasoning trace. The solution’s intelligent safe-mode operation ensures it conducts thorough tests without disrupting critical applications, while all sensitive data remains protected and is never used to train public large language models.
“By combining Simbian’s autonomous AI with LRQA’s deep expertise in threat-led cybersecurity, we are helping organizations move from periodic testing to continuous risk insight,” said Howard Hughes, Managing Director for LRQA’s cybersecurity division.
“This partnership brings together intelligent automation and experienced human judgement, ensuring the AI Pentest Agent operates to recognized ethical hacking standards and delivers assurance that boards and security teams can trust.”
The autonomous reasoning capabilities of the AI Pentest Agent go far beyond legacy static scanners, which often produce overwhelming lists of theoretical alerts. Instead, Simbian’s solution dynamically adjusts its logic based on live application responses, prioritizes real risk exposures, and delivers clear, actionable guidance for remediation, helping enterprises focus on meaningful improvements.
