Offensive Security has spent decades stuck between two options. Automated scanners that produce noise at scale, or manual services that produce depth once a quarter.
Terra was built to end that tradeoff: agentic AI for continuous scale and depth, paired with human experts for judgment and accountability.
Today, we extend our model to network infrastructure.
A new surface, the same revolution.
Terra Platform™ is now the only agentic, AI-powered, continuous Offensive Security platform covering web applications, AI systems, and external network infrastructure. One platform, one workflow, serving as a single source of truth across your attack surfaces.
Why External Network Pentesting and Why Now
External network infrastructure is a persistent target. IPs, domains, subdomains, VPN gateways, mail servers, storage buckets - these are the front doors to every organization. And they change constantly. New services get spun up, configurations drift, and assets get forgotten. Yet the way most organizations test their network perimeter hasn't evolved.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) states that continuous monitoring and validation of network-accessible assets are foundational elements of any mature cybersecurity program. Despite that guidance, most enterprises still rely on quarterly or annual assessments, leaving months of exposure between tests.
Meanwhile, cloud migration, AI adoption by enterprises and adversaries, constant configuration changes, and more have dramatically expanded the external attack surface. The gap between when organizations test their network perimeter and when they are actually at risk has never been wider.
For companies already running continuous web application pentesting with Terra, the question was obvious: why should an external network penetration test be any different?
How External Network Pentesting in Terra Platform Works
Terra's external network penetration testing follows the same agentic workflow our customers already know. Our agents have been adapted to support a new target type: any resource with an IP address within the customer's external network. Here is how it works:
Discovery
Terra agents map the full external network, identifying IPs, domains, subdomains, gateways, and storage. This is not a one-time inventory. Discovery runs continuously and updates as the network changes.
Signal Creation
Agents run targeted, guardrailed tests against discovered assets, generating signals including potential vulnerabilities.
Validation
Each signal is validated to confirm whether the vulnerability is actually exploitable. This is the step that separates noise from real risk, and it is where the combination of agentic AI and human oversight makes the biggest difference.
Findings
Validated issues become findings, complete with context, severity, and business impact.
Remediation
Findings come with prioritized, actionable remediation guidance. Security teams know what to fix first and why.
Automated Retesting
Once a fix is applied, Terra agents automatically retest the affected asset to validate that the remediation resolved the issue. No manual re-engagement, no waiting for the next test cycle. The loop closes continuously.
If you are already using Terra for web application pentesting, this will feel familiar. The platform and workflows are the same. The agents are adjusted to support network infrastructure, and the depth of validation remains unchanged.
The Platformization of Offensive Security
Network testing in Terra Platform is another proof point that the Offensive Security category is being rebuilt around a different operating model.
The old model treated each surface as its own market. Meaning different vendors work on different timelines, producing different findings that live in different reports. Security leaders have been left to stitch together a fragmented risk picture.
Terra was built on a different premise: your attack surface is one evolving connected system, your Offensive Security program should be too. That means continuous, rather than periodic; Agentic, rather than manual or automated; Unified, rather than siloed; And human-governed, rather than unsupervised.
With network testing now live, Terra Platform delivers that across three foundational domains:
- Web and Internal Application Pentesting: agentic, context-aware testing that understands business logic and runs safely in production.
- AI Red Teaming: continuous validation of agentic systems, AI-generated code, and AI-powered applications.
- Network Infrastructure Pentesting: continuous validation of every external-facing asset, from IPs to gateways.
What Makes Terra's External Network Infrastructure Pentesting Different
The external network pentesting market has been primarily split between automated scanners that flag known vulnerabilities but lack specific business context, and manual pentesting services that go deep but are periodic snapshots of your infrastructure.
Both are point-in-time, and both treat external network testing as a standalone activity. Neither was built for an attack surface that changes daily and AI-powered adversaries that move at machine speed.
What hasn't existed is external network pentesting that runs continuously, validates real exploitability at AI speed, and lives inside the same platform as your other attack surfaces.
Terra's agents handle continuous discovery, reconnaissance, testing, and validation. Human pentesters maintain oversight, direct deeper exploitation, and make the judgment calls that AI alone cannot. The result is network pentesting that's continuous, deep, scalable, and, by default, connected to the rest of your offensive security program.
What This Means for Terra Customers
The network infrastructure testing capability is available immediately as a public preview to all existing Terra customers. You can add network targets directly to Terra Platform alongside web apps and AI systems. There is no new vendor relationship, and no new reporting format to learn.
For new customers evaluating pentesting solutions, Terra Platform is now the only agentic, AI-powered platform that covers web and internal app pentesting, AI red teaming, and network infrastructure pentesting, all within a single agentic workflow and unified reporting.
What Comes Next
Today's launch is a significant milestone for Terra and the Offensive Security industry. But we are not slowing down. Our vision has always been to cover the full attack surface, and there is more ground to cover.
We will keep expanding into new target types and new layers of security, always guided by the same principle: agentic AI for scale, speed, and depth, paired with human expertise for safety and accountability.
If you are interested in seeing what continuous network infrastructure pentesting looks like inside Terra Platform, request a demo
