Build or Buy Autonomous Offensive Security
Building an in-house agent that finds vulnerabilities in applications is now within reach of most engineering teams. Building one that proves every finding, runs safely against production, stays within scope, logs every action, and keeps up with every release is a product, and that is what XBOW is.
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The New Questions
A year ago, security teams weren’t convinced AI could find real vulnerabilities. Now they’re convinced, and have access to capable models plus engineers who can wire them to browsers. But new questions are emerging: is the finding real, did it touch anything it should not have, can we prove what it did, and who maintains it when the model changes?
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What a Governed System Takes
| WHAT YOU NEED | BUILDING IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Proof a finding is real | Independent validators confirm exploitability before a finding reaches your team | Build and tune a separate validation step, per vulnerability class |
| Evidence your engineers accept | A complete, reproducible trace for every finding | Design the report and the reproduction format |
| Safety in production | Non-destructive execution, audit trails, and review before findings surface | Write the guardrails, test them, own the incident if they fail |
| Scope enforcement | You define what XBOW can test; XBOW operates within the scope you set | Build it and prove it to your own security review |
| Logging and audit | Every action the agents take is logged and reviewable | Build and retain it |
| Parallel scale across many applications | Thousands of specialized agents explore applications and APIs in parallel | Orchestration, cost control, and queueing |
| Integrations | XBOW connects with the systems your teams use, like Jira and Microsoft Security | Build each one |
| Enterprise controls | SSO and SCIM on Enterprise; regional API hosts | Build SSO, roles, residency |
| Maintenance as models change | XBOW's product and research teams | A standing team |
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When Building Makes Sense
Build. If your goal is research, or a narrow internal tool for one application, building can be the right call and a good way to learn.
Buy. If your goal is continuous, governed coverage of many applications that your auditors, engineers, and leadership will rely on, compare the total cost of owning that system with a platform built for it.
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FAQ
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