Automated Penetration Testing for modern security teams

Security evolves every day. Real-world attackers evolve even faster. Traditional manual penetration testing can’t keep up.
We identify vulnerabilities, validate exploitability through secure testing, and provide real-time, developer-ready fixes with near-zero false positives.

Patrowl combines three capabilities in one platform:

  • Continuous attack surface discovery (including Shadow IT)

  • Automated penetration testing (real exploit attempts, not scans)

  • Human validation for accuracy and safe decision-making

Trusted by 100+ organizations, including major CAC 40 companies

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A Solution Built by Pentesters and Cybersecurity Experts

Launch the right test at the right time

    Secure

    your sites, apps, and APIs from the start

    Verify

    existing security or after major changes

    Prepare

    compliance audits with confidence

    Respond

    to client or partner security requirements

    Maintain

    continuous control of critical assets

    Integrate

    new entities or subsidiaries securely

Features

How does our penetration testing software work?

Discover your attack surface

Patrowl identifies all exposed assets, including unknown and shadow systems.

Covers: domains & subdomains, IPs & ranges, ports & services, APIs, cloud resources, SaaS applications, DNS & certificates, mail infrastructure, web technologies.

Advanced Asset Intelligence:

Each asset is enriched with metadata (technology, port, service, criticality, BU, environment).
This allows you to:

  • Filter assets by risk, tech stack or owner

  • Build targeted test campaigns

  • Prioritize based on exposure and importance

  • Track changes continuously

Automated penetration testing with attacker logic

Capabilities:

  • Real exploit chaining using graph theory

  • Logic flaw detection

  • Safe exploitation & controlled post-exploitation

  • Detection of known CVEs & emerging threats

  • Black-box methodology aligned with PTES & NIST

  • Frequency configurable (hourly → weekly)

The goal: find what is actually exploitable, not what is theoretically vulnerable

Validate findings & prioritize what matters

All critical findings go through expert review before delivery.

You get:

  • Screenshots & proof-of-concept

  • Full exploit path

  • CVSS + EPSS + business impact scoring

  • Clear remediation guidance

  • Automatic ticket creation (Jira, ServiceNow, API)

Your team only sees what is real, not noise.

Automatically retest & prove the fix

Fixing is not enough. You need proof.

Patrowl provides:

  • One-click retest

  • Scheduled retest cycles

  • Real-time status dashboards

  • PDF, CSV and API exports

  • Slack, Teams and Jira notifications

Fix → verify → repeat.

Security, safety & compliance

Patrowl is built to deliver rigorous security testing without disrupting your operations. Our approach combines safe execution, strong protections, industry-standard alignment, and resilient hosting to ensure trust at every stage.

Safe by Design

Controlled, non-destructive testing engineered to ensure zero impact on your production environments.

Security Controls

Strong encryption, modern authentication, and full auditability to maintain a high level of operational security.

Compliance Alignment

A structured approach aligned with leading industry standards and regulatory frameworks, including OWASP, PTES, NIST 800-115, MITRE ATT&CK, OSSTMM, PCI DSS, OWASP API Top 10, NIS2, DORA, Cyberscore, Programme CARE, and ISO 27001.

Hosting and Operations

European hosting (OVH) supported by mature monitoring and incident-handling capabilities for continuous reliability.

Our Partners

Who benefits

CISOs & Security Leaders

  • Continuous validation across the external footprint

  • Proof-of-exploit and proof-of-fix

  • Reports aligned with NIST, PTES, OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, API Top 10

  • Evidence ready for compliance and audits

Security & SecOps Teams

  • Only validated findings, no false positives

  • Real exploit evidence (screenshots, traces, paths)

  • Automatic retests

  • Clear prioritization based on business impact + EPSS

AppSec / Engineering / DevSecOps

  • Automated testing for apps, APIs, cloud and services

  • Developer-ready remediation steps

  • Safe post-exploitation to understand real impact

  • CI/CD and workflow integrations

Risk, Compliance & Audit

  • Continuous evidence instead of annual point-in-time checks

  • Complete traceability of vulnerabilities and fixes

  • Standard-aligned testing methodology

CEO / CTO

Reduce Risk
Prevent costly breaches, downtime, and reputational damage.

Gain Visibility
Understand real security risks and prioritize actions with clear, actionable reports.

Maximize ROI
Automated testing with expert oversight lowers costs, increases coverage, and provides evidence for compliance and audits.

In short: automated penetration testing is a strategic tool for risk management, governance, and business value.

Our solutions

Anticipate attacks before they happen. Move from one-off testing to continuous security monitoring.

Advanced EASM

See everything. Know what’s exposed. Act before attackers do.

  • Continuous discovery of domains, IPs, ports, APIs, cloud, SaaS, certificates

  • Detection of Shadow IT and misconfigured services

  • Real-time alerts on new exposures

  • Asset intelligence: technologies, risks, criticality, business unit, environment

  • CTI-driven updates: KEV, trending exploits, CERT alerts

  • Clear visibility of your complete external attack surface

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Automated Penetration Testing

Validate real risks with safe, automated exploit attempts.

  • Automated penetration testing using graph-theory attack paths

  • Safe exploitation and post-exploitation

  • Detection of CVEs, misconfigurations and logic flaws

  • Human validation to remove false positives

  • Clear remediation steps and prioritization

  • Automatic retests to confirm fixes

  • Full integrations with Jira, ServiceNow, Slack, Teams, API

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FAQ

What is an automated penetration test?

An automated penetration test is a security assessment that uses specialized tools to detect vulnerabilities across your IT environment efficiently and continuously.

Unlike manual testing, where a security expert (pentester/ethical hacker) simulates attacks to uncover complex or hidden flaws, automated testing quickly identifies common weaknesses, like outdated software, misconfigurations, or weak passwords, while being safe for production systems.

With Patrowl, critical findings are also verified by our in-house pentesters, ensuring accuracy, reducing false positives, and providing actionable results you can trust.

Manual penetration test or automated penetration testing?

Manual penetration testing
A manual test provides deeper, tailored analysis. Security experts can adapt their methods, explore unconventional attack paths, and uncover complex or context-specific vulnerabilities that automated tools may miss. It’s highly precise, but also slower and more expensive — making it ideal for targeted assessments or critical assets.

Automated penetration testing
Automated testing is designed for speed, scale, and frequency. It continuously scans large or evolving infrastructures, identifies common and emerging vulnerabilities, and reduces the workload on security and IT teams. In France, very few solutions offer true automated penetration testing — which is exactly where Patrowl brings unique value.

How is automated penetration testing different from a vulnerability scan?

Patrowl’s automated penetration testing goes far beyond a basic scan.
The platform combines detection, controlled exploitation, application logic checks, and attack scenarios to validate the real exploitability of vulnerabilities.
Most importantly, our in-house pentesters verify critical findings, filter out noise, and confirm results when necessary.
The outcome: reliable, contextualized, and actionable alerts, not just a raw list of CVEs.

Can automated penetration testing replace a manual penetration test?

Not entirely, manual testing remains crucial for complex scenarios or deep-dive analyses.
Patrowl’s automation handles routine, large-scale, and frequent tests, while our in-house pentesters review sensitive findings, confirm exploits, and refine results.
This approach delivers the best of both worlds: the speed and coverage of automation combined with human accuracy.

Is automated penetration testing safe for production environments?

Absolutely. Patrowl is designed to be non-destructive.
Tests are controlled, protected against risky actions (DoS, excessive brute force, system disruption), and carefully calibrated to avoid impacting production.
Additionally, our pentesters supervise sensitive detections to ensure all validations remain safe and fully controlled.
You get continuous coverage while keeping your systems stable and secure.