# The future of pentesting is Human x AI, and it's already in Burp Suite Professional

DevFeed: [The future of pentesting is Human x AI, and it's already in Burp Suite Professional](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-future-of-pentesting-is-human-x-ai-and-it-s-already-in-burp-suite-professional-7743.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://portswigger.net/blog/the-future-of-pentesting-is-human-x-ai-and-its-already-in-burp-suite-professional>)

Author: Andrzej Matykiewicz

Published: 2025-10-07T13:17:41Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [PortSwigger Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/portswigger-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Bug Bounty](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bugbounty.md>), [account takeover](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/account-takeover.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [account-takeover](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/account-takeover.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-tools.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [bug-bounty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug-bounty.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that AI-assisted penetration testing is already widespread, while human expertise remains essential. It presents Burp AI in Burp Suite Professional as a human-controlled tool for summarizing data, iterating payloads, scaffolding proofs of concept, and helping testers identify complex vulnerabilities such as account takeover.

## Source excerpt

The latest Hacker-Powered Security Report from HackerOne makes one thing clear: AI-assisted pentesting isn't a future trend; it's today's reality. In HackerOne's 2025 report, 70% of surveyed researche