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Why Scans Are Not Penetration Tests: Translating Cybersecurity Severity into Business Risk
July 23, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown
Executive Summary Somewhere in the Caribbean this week, an executive will approve a payment for a “penetration test,” receive a hundred-page PDF full of colour-coded severity scores, file it with satisfaction — and remain exactly as exposed as before. What was purchased was almost certainly a vulnerability scan: a legitimate, useful, automated exercise that is...
