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Pen testing and cyber security in general shares characteristics with some other fields in which AI performs well compared to humans: it requires mastery of a body of knowledge that's barely manageable by humans. Law, medicine, and other professions where we send people to graduate school to get good at unnatural mental tasks are similar.




I'd actually argue its the opposite. Pentesting (especially at a basic level) is very repetitive and does not require much knowledge.

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> Pentesting (especially at a basic level) is very repetitive and does not require much knowledge.

load framework, run scripts, copy-paste screenshots, give presentation.

the juniors aren't doing scoping calls and follow-ups, unless the top-kick needs explanations

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I think we're sort of saying the same thing. A solo practice lawyer with a Westlaw form book would be the equivalent of your basic pen tester.

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