You paid for a PDF document that was passed off as a penetration test. You spent money on a...
You paid for a PDF document that was passed off as a penetration test.
You spent money on a penetration test. All you received was an export from a scanning tool that had the consultant's logo on the report. 🎭
The suit doesn't fit
Essendis hit the nail on the head in their 2026 pricing guide. They state the market is flooded with "cheap engagements that are a vulnerability scan wearing a suit."
That line is stuck in my head. Because that's the one thing founders can actually purchase.
Automated pentesting finds attack paths, but misses SIEM, EDR, cloud, identity, and AI control gaps that leave risk hidden.
You can spend real money on excellent testing and still fail because excellence aimed at the wrong scope is just expensive noise.
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