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How to get started with Cobalt

Getting Started

Risk Advisories

Assets are what we pentest

Asset Types

Create an Asset

Assets

Pentests

Overview

Asset Details

Pentest Details

Scope & Test Period

Preparation

Create a Pentest

Pentest Process

Pentest States

Coverage Checklist

Pentest Expectations

Set Up an In-House Pentest

Complete an In-House Pentest (For Pentesters)

In House Pentests

Finding States

Severity Levels

Remediate Findings

Findings

Co-branded Reports

Customize Your Report

Contents of a Pentest Report

Reports

Engagements Overview

Digital Risk Assessment

Secure Code Review

Engagements

Insights

Planning

Cobalt Methodologies Overview

Web Methodologies

API Methodologies

External Network Methodologies

Internal Network Methodologies

Mobile Methodologies

Cloud Configuration Review Methodologies

Cloud Pentest Methodology

Desktop Methodologies

AI/LLM Methodologies

Digital Risk Assessment Methodology

Secure Code Review Methodologies

Methodologies

Attack Surface Monitoring (ASM)

Attack Surface

DAST Scanner Overview

Best Practices

Integrations

Partial Scans: Reduced Scope

Scans

Sequence recorder

Targets

Target Authentication

Extra Hosts

Blackout Period

DAST Scanner

Account Overview

Account Settings

Password Best Practices

Sign In to Cobalt

Troubleshoot Sign-in Issues

User Account

Collaboration Overview

Collaborate on Pentests

Groups

Manage Pentest Collaborators

Manage Notifications

User Roles and Permissions

Collaboration

Organization Overview

Manage Users

Your Cobalt Contract

Configure SAML SSO

How to Configure SAML 2.0 for Cobalt 

SAML Migration: Update Your Configuration

SCIM Provisioning Setup Guide

Configure Organization Settings

Organization

Track Your Credits

Cobalt Credits

Cobalt PtaaS Tiers

Credits

Cobalt Integrations Overview

Connect your applications

Troubleshooting

Send MS Teams notifications for Findings

Create GitHub tickets for Findings

Create Azure DevOps Work Item for Findings

Create GitLab tickets for Findings

Modify Jira Issue Summary to contain Pentest Title

Map Cobalt Pentest Finding Severity to Jira Issue Priority

Import Assets from Google Sheets

HTTP Connector

Create Jira tickets for Findings

Send email notifications for Findings from Outlook

How to Guides

Integration Builder

Troubleshoot Your Jira Integration

Synchronize Cobalt Severity Levels with Jira

Jira Data Center Integration

Jira Cloud Integration

Switching to a New Jira Instance

Push Cobalt Findings to Jira

Integrate Jira with Cobalt

Slack

Microsoft Teams

Webhooks

DefectDojo

Kenna Security

Vanta

Carried Over Findings

Create Test Finding

Cobalt API Overview

Create a Personal Cobalt API Token

Get an Organization Token

Revoke Your Personal Cobalt API Tokens

Create or Modify an Asset

Import Findings to Google Sheets

Cobalt API

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