Case Study: Cengage achieves rapid, scalable pentesting and improved security quality with Cobalt

How Cobalt’s speed, quality testers, and effective communication help Cengage scale security testing

Cengage, a global educational content, technology, and services company serving more than 10 million students, needed a security partner that could protect customer data and keep pace with rapid product development. They required fast, high-quality penetration testing that could scale across teams—so they engaged Cobalt and its Pentest as a Service (PtaaS) approach to meet those demands.

Cobalt handled sourcing, setup, and tester selection so Cengage can get a pentest up and running within 24 hours and launch one or multiple tests simultaneously. The PtaaS model delivered speed, scalability, and repeatability, with real-time findings that let engineering triage issues immediately and allowed Cengage to scale security testing effectively — with Cobalt functioning as an extension of their security team.

Cengage

Eric Galis

VP of Compliance and Security