# Continuous Offensive Security: The Line We've Been Walking

DevFeed: [Continuous Offensive Security: The Line We've Been Walking](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/continuous-offensive-security-the-line-we-ve-been-walking-7872.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/continuous-offensive-security/>)

Author: Nuno Loureiro

Published: 2026-05-27T04:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>)

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## AI overview

Snyk argues that continuous offensive security should combine DAST, AI pentesting, and agent red teaming to identify exploitable vulnerabilities before autonomous attackers do. It contrasts heuristic-detectable flaws with context-dependent and chained vulnerabilities.

## Source excerpt

Snyk's Continuous Offensive Security unifies DAST, AI pentesting, and agent red teaming to find exploitable flaws -- not just bugs -- before attackers do. Here's why lineage matters.