Cobalt is a modern offensive security platform that modernized the slow, clunky world of traditional penetration testing. Historically, if a company needed to test their software for security flaws to meet compliance (like SOC 2 or HIPAA), they had to hire an expensive consulting firm, wait months to schedule a test, and eventually receive a static, 100-page PDF report. Cobalt disrupted this by creating a highly agile, on-demand PTaaS platform. They connect businesses directly with the 'Cobalt Core'—a highly vetted, global community of freelance ethical hackers—allowing companies to kick off a fully manual, expert-led penetration test in as little as 24 hours.