{"id":24322,"date":"2023-01-09T22:56:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getastra.com\/blog\/?p=24322"},"modified":"2026-08-04T19:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:22:39","slug":"statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getastra.com\/blog\/penetration-testing\/statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"73 Penetration Testing Statistics 2026: Key Facts and Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A cloud pentest came back sort of clean in 2025. But here\u2019s what is gonna make you reconsider your pentest decisions (something along these lines).  A mobile test on the same company’s iOS app revealed hardcoded AWS credentials in the binary. 80% of tracked S3 and AWS credential exposures last year were found that way in mobile apps, not cloud scans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you are sizing up your security program for the year ahead, penetration testing<\/a> statistics are among the clearest signals you have, and this year, the story is different from the numbers you have been quoting since 2023. The headline being:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most security programs aren’t under-secured. They’re mis-measured.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This roundup pulls together the most important penetration testing statistics for 2026 from credible sources and our own State of Continuous Pentesting Report 2026<\/em><\/a>, a dataset of 6.8 million findings drawn from 150,000+ scans and 8,000+ pentest engagements across web, API, cloud, mobile, and network infrastructure, supplemented with current market figures and third-party breach data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’ve grouped the stats so you can jump to what matters to you: <\/p>\n\n\n\n