Managed Security Testing

Simplify and scale security with a frictionless, continuous testing model powered by AI, automation, and human insight.

Tackling security complexity

Modern development moves fast. But many organizations struggle to keep security moving at the same pace. Expanding digital portfolios, rising API exposure, and growing testing demands are stretching security teams thin and slowing innovation.

Four key pressures are driving the need for change:

AI Adoption: Rapid AI integration introduces new vulnerabilities without oversight
Development: App developers are under pressure to innovate faster, adding operational complexity.
Talent: Organizations struggle to find the talent required to conduct testing at scale.
Remediation: Many businesses fail to meet remediation SLAs, increasing risk exposure.

KPMG Managed Security Testing helps companies master that complexity by covering the full spectrum of security testing, from program design to daily operations.

The KPMG Managed Security Testing program provides scalable, analyst-driven services designed for modern development environments. We help clients embed continuous testing, visibility, and control directly into their software lifecycle.

Our managed model includes four core capabilities:

Application testing: Provides full stack testing to include comprehensive application and API testing, code review, dynamic and static testing, and threat modeling.
Infrastructure Testing: Offers both external and internal network and cloud testing to uncover vulnerabilities across your network environments.
Vulnerability management: Centralizes vulnerability management activities to correlate, prioritize and drive remediation.
Adversarial simulations: Emulates tactics employed by threat actors through Red and Purple Team exercises or specific scenario-based testing.

Simplifying operations with a scalable, predictable model

Our Managed Security Testing approach simplifies the complexity of managing large, distributed testing programs. Built for frictionless integration and predictable performance, our service helps clients achieve full visibility and control.

Key features include:

Volume-based subscription model with flexible pricing and the ability to test more applications as needed.
Structured transition framework—Plan, Validate, and Stabilize—to integrate seamlessly with client processes.
Regular engagement cadence, including weekly updates, monthly Ask-Me-Anything sessions, and quarterly business reviews focused on performance and peer benchmarks.
Burstable testing capacity to match evolving business and development demands.

Together, these capabilities deliver application security at the speed developers need—supported by centralized reporting, predictable costs, and expert human oversight.

Building confidence through measurable outcomes

The KPMG managed testing model helps organizations:

Gain continuous visibility into vulnerabilities and remediation progress.
Improve coverage across applications, APIs, and infrastructure.
Shorten remediation cycles while maintaining testing quality.
Achieve cost predictability through subscription-based delivery.

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Modernize your security

Discover how KPMG Managed Security Testing helps organizations achieve continuous assurance through scalable, automated, and intelligence-driven testing.

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