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Report writing:

Report writing takes lot of time for pen testers, AI can be leveraged to enable the pen testers, where it
can write the basic report based on inputs shared by the pen testers, which can then be customized this
will reduce the turnaround time for pen testing

In conclusion, AI implementation needs a long-term approach, & needs to be customized based on
specific situation & maturity of the organization, in context of pen testing, whether to leverage AI by
breaking down the entire process and developing specific use-cases or leveraging an AI tool for the end-
to-end process can be decided by the organization

In both above approaches a combination of inhouse built AI tools & third-party tools may be required

References:

https://www.eccouncil.org/cybersecurity-exchange/penetration-testing/ai-and-cybersecurity-in-
penetration-testing/

https://ermprotect.com/blog/how-artificial-intelligence-will-drive-the-future-of-penetration-testing/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00121

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387043979_Revolutionizing_Penetration_Testing_AI-
Powered_Automation_for_Enterprise_Security

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