Cybersecurity is no longer a checklist. With expanding environments and evolving threats, organizations need both vulnerability scanning and penetration testing (pentesting), two tools that serve different purposes but work best together.
Vulnerability scanning automatically checks systems, applications, and networks for known weaknesses using large databases of known vulnerabilities, missing patches, and misconfigurations.
Scanning is essential for discovering what appears vulnerable, but it does not show what is truly exploitable. That requires a deeper layer of testing
Penetration testing simulates how an attacker would actually approach your environment. While scanning highlights potential issues, pentesters validate them, chain them together, and demonstrate real business impact.
Scanning delivers continuous insight. Pentesting delivers deep, contextual understanding. Used alone, scanning leaves blind spots. Used alone, pentesting leaves long gaps between assessments.
Together, they answer two essential questions:
Method
Vulnerability Scanning:
Penetration Testing:
Primary Question Answered
What known vulnerabilities exist right now?
How could an attacker actually break in?
Xigent’s SecurScan delivers the automated, proactive foundation your security program needs. It provides regular vulnerability scanning, transparent reporting, and actionable insights without the overhead of managing your own scanning program.
With SecurScan+, organizations also receive hands-on guidance to prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities, closing the loop between discovery and response.
For expert-led, in-depth validation, NetSPI offers penetration testing tailored to today’s threat landscape. Their Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) combines AI-enabled tools with more than 350 in-house pentesters and offers:
Penetration Testing is the real-world validation layer that scanning cannot replace.
Modern security requires a combination of automation and human expertise, and that is precisely what Xigent and NetSPI deliver together.
Xigent’s SecurScan provides the continuous visibility and proactive insight organizations need to stay ahead of emerging vulnerabilities. NetSPI’s penetration testing adds the expert-driven validation that reveals which risks truly matter and how an attacker would exploit them.
By combining Xigent’s ongoing scanning and remediation support with NetSPI’s deep, real-world testing, organizations gain a comprehensive and resilient security strategy that reduces risk, strengthens defenses, and keeps them prepared for whatever comes next.
