Automated Penetration Testing Platform

MicrocosmWorks builds automated pen testing platforms that excel at breadth and consistency, scanning thousands of assets and testing hundreds of known vulnerability patterns in hours rather than weeks. However, the platform is designed to augment rather than replace manual pen testers, who still provide superior creative attack chain discovery and business logic exploitation that AI cannot fully replicate.

The MicrocosmWorks blueprint includes configurable safety guardrails that prevent denial-of-service payloads, destructive exploits, and data-modifying attacks from executing against production systems. The platform uses a traffic-light system where green tests (reconnaissance, passive scanning) run freely, yellow tests require approval, and red tests (active exploitation) are restricted to staging environments.

MicrocosmWorks configures the platform for continuous or weekly automated scanning with full simulated attack campaigns running monthly, providing dramatically better coverage than the traditional annual pen test cycle. This continuous approach catches vulnerabilities introduced by new deployments, configuration changes, and newly disclosed CVEs within days rather than waiting up to 12 months.

Yes, MicrocosmWorks builds compliance-mapped reporting modules that automatically tag findings against specific PCI-DSS requirements, SOC 2 trust criteria, and ISO 27001 controls. The reports include executive summaries, technical remediation guidance, risk scoring, and evidence artifacts formatted for auditor review, eliminating hours of manual report writing per assessment cycle.

With MicrocosmWorks development rates between $20-$45/hr, building a custom automated pen testing platform typically costs $60,000-$120,000 for the initial build versus $100,000-$300,000 in annual licensing fees for enterprise pen testing tools. The custom platform also gives you full control over attack modules, eliminates per-asset pricing models, and can be tailored to your specific technology stack.