Port Swigger x Try Hack Me: Supporting Advent of Cyber
Summary: PortSwigger is supporting TryHackMe's Advent of Cyber, a December event that releases a beginner-friendly hands-on security challenge each day, and is contributing prizes from its toolkit, which it says is used by 88,000 practitioners worldwide. PortSwigger CEO Dafydd Stuttard described AI assistance as becoming an ordinary part of the pentester's toolkit that amplifies rather than replaces human expertise, comparing it to power tools replacing hand tools for carpenters.
Key Takeaway: PortSwigger is positioning BurpAI as standard AppSec tooling for a community it says numbers 88,000 practitioners, so the question for security leaders is whether AI-assisted testing is already inside their teams' workflow or arriving without their review.
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