AI agents are increasingly being used by attackers to hack organizations at speed and scale, automating tasks like reconnaissance, vulnerability discovery, and exploitation that previously took human teams weeks or months. This has made traditional annual or quarterly penetration testing inadequate, prompting a growing market for continuous, AI-driven red teaming tools that allow defenders to simulate these attacks against their own systems before real adversaries do. While AI agents will largely replace manual pen-testing, human security professionals will still be essential for assessing business impact, prioritising fixes, and testing the robustness of AI systems themselves.
