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Why Pay A Pentester? (thehackernews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by gwilikers@lemmy.ml to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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What do you guys think? I don't think there's a lot of depth to the arguments, myself. It reads more like an threadbare op-ed with a provocative title. But I'd like to hear you opinions on the impact of automated testing solutions on the role of pen-testers in the industry.

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 5 points 2 months ago

I do QA Automation for a large software company. We still have manual QA testing, because it's costly and sometimes impossible to automate everything.

Also, there is no scenario where you can automate everything until you can automate social engineering. It's why scammers don't bother trying to hack your bank but instead try to get you to buy $2000 in Applebee's gift cards to settle "an IRS debt that you need to fix RIGHT NOW!"