Core Services / Capabilities

1. Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS)
   • A hybrid model combining automated and manual testing.
   • Unlimited retests, expert remediation guidance, validated risk, streamlined reports.
   • Designed to overcome limitations of traditional, point-in-time pentests.
2. Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
   • For web applications / web-facing services to find vulnerabilities via runtime testing.
   • Combines automation with human verification to reduce false positives and improve risk accuracy.
3. Network Vulnerability Management (NVM)
   • Scanning and managing vulnerabilities in network infrastructure (servers, hosts, network devices) with validated risk assessments.
4. API Security Testing
   • Discovery and testing of APIs (including hidden or rogue APIs) to find API-specific vulnerabilities.
5. Mobile Application Security Testing (MAST)
   • Security testing of mobile apps (iOS / Android) to detect vulnerabilities specific to mobile environments.
6. Attack Surface Management (ASM) / External Attack Surface Management (EASM)
   • Continuous discovery and monitoring of all internet-facing assets (websites, subdomains, APIs, unknown/rogue assets) to map the full “attack surface.”
   • Detects changes over time (new/decommissioned assets, configuration changes) to maintain visibility.
7. Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
   • This is more of a holistic program combining many of the above services into a continuous, strategic approach.
   • The CTEM approach involves phases like scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and remediation, with human-verified intelligence.
   • It aims to move beyond point-in-time assessments to continuous monitoring and faster remediation.

Using Edgescan’s Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) in the U.S. (or indeed for U.S.-based organizations or operations) brings several advantages. Some of these are specific to Edgescan’s model, others are more general to high-quality PTaaS offerings. Here are the benefits, with emphasis on the U.S. context:

Key Benefits of Using Edgescan’s PTaaS in the U.S.

1. Regulatory & Compliance Alignment
   • Many U.S. laws, standards, and regulations (e.g. HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, perhaps FTC guidelines, state data breach notification laws) require or favor regular penetration testing / security assessments. Using a certified external provider like Edgescan helps satisfy those obligations.
   • Because Edgescan is CREST-certified, and has certifications relevant to vulnerability scanning / pen testing, their reports are more likely to be accepted by auditors or regulatory bodies.
2. Access to Expertise and Human Validation
   • Edgescan combines automation + analytics + human expert validation. This reduces false positives and ensures that more subtle vulnerabilities (especially logic flaws, business workflow issues) are found.
   • The U.S. has a large and evolving threat landscape; being able to tap external experts who are familiar with current attack methods is a big plus. It ensures you’re not relying purely on in-house skills, which may or may not cover all threat types.
3. Continuous & On-Demand Security Testing
   • Edgescan’s model gives “unlimited retests,” continuous scanning, real-time reporting, on-demand assessments rather than waiting for annual/biennial engagements.
   • For U.S. companies that release software frequently (DevOps, CI/CD pipelines), or handle rapidly changing environments (cloud, APIs, mobile), this continuous coverage helps catch vulnerabilities as they arise, reducing “window of exposure.”
4. Cost Efficiency & Predictability
   • Subscription / service model tends to spread costs over time vs. large one-off payments for periodic pen tests. Predictable budgeting.
   • By outsourcing much of the work (automation, scanning, expert validation), you avoid hiring, training, and maintaining a large in-house security testing team (with all associated overhead: tools, personnel, updates).
5. Faster Time to Remediation / Reduced Risk
   • Because vulnerabilities are identified, validated, and reported more quickly, remediation can begin sooner. This reduces the risk that adversaries exploit known vulnerabilities.
   • Also, unlimited or frequent retesting means you can confirm that fixes worked, reducing rework or lingering exposed vulnerabilities.
6. Better Visibility, Monitoring, and Attack Surface Management
   • Edgescan offers tools and services for external attack surface discovery and monitoring. U.S. firms often have large, complex, distributed infrastructures (cloud, multiple environments, third-party dependencies, SaaS components). Keeping track of what is exposed is hard; continuous discovery helps.
   • Real-time dashboards, risk scoring (e.g. using standards + proprietary metrics) help management get a clearer view of where to prioritize.
7. Reduced Liability & Improved Trust
   • By proactively identifying and fixing vulnerabilities, your organization is less exposed to breaches, which in turn reduces risk of legal, financial, reputational damage. In the U.S., breach costs are high, regulatory fines can be severe, class action risk exists.
   • Also helps with customer, partner, or vendor trust: showing that you use external, certified security assessments improves confidence.
8. Agility and Support for Modern DevOps / Software Delivery Practices
   • Frequent releases, continuous integration, cloud-native development demand security practices that keep up. Edgescan’s PTaaS is built to integrate (or at least support fast, agile workflows).
   • Reduces risk of security becoming a bottleneck. Faster feedback loops help developers to build security in, rather than retrofitting.

Potential U.S.-Specific Considerations (that make these benefits more relevant)

• Scale & Threat Level: U.S. companies are often prime targets for cyberattacks (in terms of volume, sophistication). Having a continuously tested posture is more important.
• Regulation & Litigation: U.S. regulatory environment (state and federal) imposes strong penalties for data breaches, failure to protect personal data. Compliance requirements are strict. Certifications and independent third-party testing are often key.
• Customer / Partner Requirements: Many U.S. businesses require their vendors or partners to maintain certain security standards or reports (e.g. SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA) and may demand proof of regular pentesting.

Using Edgescan’s PTaaS (Penetration Testing as a Service) is especially important for regulatory & compliance alignment in the U.S. because many laws, standards, and contractual obligations either explicitly require penetration testing (pen-tests), or implicitly expect it as part of a sound security posture. Failing to meet expectations can result in legal liability, audit failure, loss of contracts, or fines. Below are detailed reasons why it’s crucial, and which organizations are or will be obligated to implement pen-testing.

Why using Edgescan PTaaS helps (and why pen-testing is crucial for compliance)

1. Meeting explicit regulatory requirements
   Some standards require pen tests. For example:
   • PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) requires regular penetration testing (internal and external) at least annually, and after any significant changes to systems or payment environments.
   • In some cases, service providers must test segmentation controls every six months.
2. Preparing for upcoming regulation changes
   Some U.S. regulations are evolving:
   • The HIPAA Security Rule is being updated (via a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)) to make pen tests explicitly required annually, with also vulnerability scans every six months, and network segmentation tests.
   • These changes reflect increasing expectations from regulators that healthcare entities must do more than risk assessments: they must actively validate whether security controls work under attack conditions. PTaaS helps satisfy that.
3. Auditors expect more than minimal compliance
   Even when a regulation doesn’t explicitly say “penetration testing,” auditors, customers, partners, or business contracts often treat pen testing as de facto evidence of “reasonable security.” Having routine, well-documented pen tests (especially with external validation) helps show due diligence. Edgescan’s PTaaS gives such documentation and repeatable process.
4. Reducing liability and risk in case of breaches
   If an organization dealing with regulated data (PHI, cardholder data, etc.) suffers a breach, one of the first questions from regulators, plaintiffs, or insurance providers is: what did you do to test and validate your security controls? Having recent pen test reports helps mitigate blame, and potentially reduce financial or regulatory penalties.
5. Keeping pace with changing threat landscape
   Technology environments change fast: new software, new APIs, cloud configurations, third-party services. Regulations often require assessment “after significant change.” PTaaS supports that with recurring or on-demand testing.
6. Efficient, cost-effective compliance
   Using a PTaaS provider means the testing is handled by specialists, reports are standardized, processes are more repeatable, and remediation feedback is provided. This helps reduce internal overhead and improves quality of results—useful in audits and for maintaining continuous compliance.
7. Demonstration of trust and competitive advantage
   For companies in regulated industries (healthcare, finance, payments), being able to show customers, partners, insurers that you’re doing external pen tests regularly can help with business relationships, contracts, and sometimes with procurement or liability insurance.

Which U.S. companies are (or will be) obligated to implement pen-testing

Here are types of organisations and contexts in the U.S. that are subject to requirements (or strong expectations) for pen testing:

Why Edgescan PTaaS helps satisfy those obligations

Edgescan’s PTaaS model is a good match for many of the above because:

• It provides continuous or repeated pen testing, plus retests, so organizations can comply with “annual plus after-change” rules without managing everything themselves.
• It includes human validation, helping to ensure that findings are real (less false positives), which is important for audit quality.
• Edgescan likely provides documentation and reporting in a format suitable for audits.
• Being external and independent helps with evidence for regulatory bodies.

Key Areas Where Edgescan Has Advantages

1. Hybrid & Human-Validated Findings
   • Edgescan doesn’t rely purely on automated scanning. After automated detection, vulnerabilities are validated by CREST/OSCP-certified (or similarly credible) experts. This helps reduce false positives, which is a big problem in many tools.
   • Because U.S. firms often have to show auditors, regulators, or partners that vulnerabilities are real risks (not just scanner noise), this adds credibility and can improve audit outcomes.
2. Full-Stack / Broad Coverage in One Platform
   • Edgescan aims to cover web applications, APIs, mobile, network infrastructure / hosts, external attack surface, etc. Having all this in one platform helps reduce tool sprawl.
   • This can lower operational complexity: fewer integrations, fewer different vendor contracts and dashboards to monitor, etc.
3. Continuous Testing / Unlimited Retests
   • Edgescan offers continuous security testing, plus retesting as fixes are made.
   • For U.S. organizations with dynamic environments (cloud, frequent deployments, APIs, microservices), continuous or near-continuous exposure management beats occasional point-in-time assessments in terms of risk reduction.
4. Attack Surface Management (ASM / EASM) Integrated
   • Edgescan provides external attack surface management (EASM), which helps discover internet-facing assets (known and unknown), shadow IT, etc., integrated with its PTaaS / vulnerability management stack.
   • This gives better visibility of what assets are actually exposed to threats, which is crucial to prioritization. Many competitors might offer ASM, but not always with the same level of integration or human validation.
5. Risk Prioritization / Validated Severity
   • Edgescan emphasizes risk-rating, “validated risk,” and “proven exploits” (or proof of exploitability) in some cases. This helps focus remediation efforts on what really matters.
   • U.S. organizations that need to allocate limited security resources (budget, people) benefit when vulnerabilities are not only detected but sorted by real threat and impact.
6. Compliance Support
   • Edgescan supports many major U.S. and global regulatory standards: PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, etc.
   • The human-validated reports and continuous exposure management help satisfy auditors and meet regulatory expectations more fully than some tools that give only scan outputs.
7. User Experience, Reporting & Dashboard
   • According to sources, Edgescan has clean UI design, intuitive dashboards, and actionable reporting. This reduces friction in interpreting results and integrating into remedial workflows.
   • This matters a lot when multiple stakeholders (developers, operations, security leads, executives) need to understand risk and progress.
8. Cost / ROI / Efficiency
   • Because of reducing false positives, integrating multiple test types, continuous testing, etc., Edgescan tends to give better return on investment when comparing total cost of ownership vs alternatives. Some review sources mention faster ROI and being competitive on price vs. larger platforms.

Weaknesses / Things to Watch Compared to Large Players

It’s not all perfect: to be fair, comparing to bigger incumbents (e.g. Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable etc.) Edgescan may face challenges:

• Big vendors might offer more modules, massive threat databases, integrations, existing enterprise contracts, more global support.
• For very large enterprises with extremely complex environments, scalability, global presence, or SLAs might favor incumbents.
• Pricing for some features / modules might or might not match small players; depends on negotiated deals.

Why These Advantages Matter in the U.S. Market

• U.S. companies face high regulatory burden, litigation risk, and high cost of breach. False positives or missed vulnerabilities can translate into big legal, financial, or reputational costs.
• There is strong demand for evidence (audit trails, validated findings) — Edgescan’s human validation helps here.
• Frequent changes in environment / app deliveries (cloud, APIs, mobile apps) are common among U.S. companies; continuous testing & attack surface monitoring is very valuable.
• U.S. customers tend to have higher expectations around integrations, support, performance — features like clean dashboards, reporting, actionable insights are more than “nice to have.”

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Short analysis: where Edgescan wins vs competitors (U.S. context)

• Human validation + PTaaS focus: Edgescan’s product is explicitly built around a hybrid PTaaS model (automation + certified human testers) with unlimited retests and auditor-friendly reporting — this reduces false positives and streamlines compliance evidence. That’s a primary differentiator vs large VM vendors that focus mainly on automated scanning.
• Integrated EASM + PTaaS in one platform: Edgescan emphasizes discovery of internet-facing assets and continuous exposure monitoring integrated with testing — useful for enterprises that need to manage sprawling attack surfaces common in U.S. orgs.
• Better for compliance evidence tied to real exploitability: If your auditors/regulators want human-validated, retestable proof that fixes were effective (e.g., PCI, HIPAA updates, SOC2 clients), Edgescan’s model maps well to those needs.

When a competitor may be preferable

• If your primary need is massive host & network scanning at scale across thousands of assets with deep agent ecosystems, Tenable or Qualys may be a better fit.
• If you need broad SecOps platform integration (SIEM integrations, vulnerability + detection + IR workflows) and a single vendor for many security ops capabilities, Rapid7 has a mature platform approach.
• If your challenge is finding vulnerabilities in code and open-source dependencies across CI/CD, pick an AppSec specialist like Veracode or Snyk (developer-first). Those solve different problems than external PTaaS.

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Conclusion

For U.S. organizations across healthcare, financial services, payment processing, government contracting, and other regulated sectors, penetration testing has transitioned from optional to mandatory. The regulatory environment continues to tighten, with explicit testing requirements becoming the norm rather than the exception.

Edgescan’s PTaaS provides:

• ✓ Compliance with current and emerging U.S. regulations
• ✓ Continuous testing that exceeds minimum requirements
• ✓ Professional, auditor-ready documentation
• ✓ Expert validation that reduces risk and false positives
• ✓ Cost-effective, predictable security testing
• ✓ Reduced legal liability and enhanced stakeholder trust

Organizations that wait to implement comprehensive penetration testing programs face regulatory penalties, audit failures, increased breach risk, and potential loss of customer trust. Edgescan’s PTaaS model offers a strategic, efficient path to meeting these obligations while building a more secure infrastructure.

Next Steps: Organizations should assess their regulatory obligations, evaluate current testing practices, and consider how a continuous PTaaS model can support both compliance requirements and overall security posture.

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