Previously providing on-demand penetration testing without external vendors, AWS Continuum added public preview support for integrating security scans into existing CI/CD workflows. This 'shift-left' approach alerts developers to vulnerabilities during deployment, including severity and remediation guidance, without impacting pipeline speed for non-security changes.
The integration automatically retries tests after fixes and requires no prior expertise or full initial pentests. Setup involves adding an auto-generated snippet to pipelines, streamlining security validation as part of the normal development lifecycle and enhancing ongoing application security monitoring.
Source & further reading
AWS Continuum for Penetration Testing now supports continuous penetration testing integrated directly into your CI/CD pipeline ↗Source published 2026-10-05. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.