Living definition
What is XBOW — Autonomous AI Penetration Testing?
Cybersecurity & Threat DefenseSecurity & Identity
- As of
- 2026-09-22
- Revision
- 2026-10-06.1
- Method
- v1.3.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
XBOW is a cybersecurity company that builds an autonomous AI penetration-testing system, using large language models to independently plan and execute attack chains against target systems, discover exploitable vulnerabilities, and validate them the way a human security researcher would, without step-by-step human direction.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-09-22, verified readiness is 43 (claimed 65, reported 55, gap 22) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Adopt with guardrails.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for XBOW — Autonomous AI Penetration Testing.
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
Codex — delegated editorial approver (operator authorization 2026-10-06)
- Dataset
- 2026-10-06.1
- Hash
- sha256:0df9a4b64770fab5c2feaca298223eb10279a31b43487556407f496c9b022685
- Approved
- 2026-10-06