What Are the Key Stages of Automated Penetration Testing?

This report is a product-focused overview of an AI-driven automated penetration testing solution that performs internal, Active Directory–centric attack simulations in five stages (initial access, discovery/enumeration, credential access/privilege escalation, lateral movement, and objective compromise), maps those stages to MITRE ATT&CK tactics, describes autonomous decision-making and failure handling, and explains runtime, scope, and post-exploitation emulation (domain admin proof and ransomware-style file encryption of copies) rather than documenting any real-world incident.