Defenders deploy simple firewalls and IDS alerts. The agent learns to add random delays or route through decoys.
The agent must pivot from Host A to Host B. It learns credential reuse and lateral movement. autopentest-drl
Introduction: The End of Manual Poking and Prodding For decades, penetration testing has relied on a paradoxical blend of high-level intuition and repetitive, low-level grunt work. A human pentester spends roughly 70% of their time on reconnaissance, credential stuffing, and basic exploitation—tasks ripe for automation—and only 30% on creative lateral movement and zero-day discovery. As networks grow to cloud-scale and attack surfaces expand exponentially, the traditional "man-with-a-laptop" model is breaking. Defenders deploy simple firewalls and IDS alerts