AWS Continuum FAQs

AWS Continuum for penetration testing delivers on-demand testing by deploying specialized AI agents to discover and report validated security vulnerabilities, transforming periodic assessments to continuous validation. When you open the Continuum console for the first time, simply click the Set up button and create your first agent space to perform security reviews on your applications. We recommend creating an agent space unique to an application you want to test. Administrators can configure security requirements, setup penetration testing, create agent spaces, and manage user access in the console. Then, users can log in to the web application to perform a design review and to run a penetration test. For more details, visit the user guide and the pricing page.

AWS Continuum for code vulnerabilities (Preview) addresses the full lifecycle of a code vulnerability at machine speed: from discovery through actions. It reasons over your environment, confirms what is real, and drives toward resolution. It is model agnostic, using multiple frontier models where each performs best, and is built to incorporate the latest and most capable models as they emerge. Sign up for the gated preview

AWS DevOps Agent and AWS Continuum are different but complementary. Use AWS DevOps Agent release management to check for dependencies, configuration issues, and deployment hygiene to verify your deployment does not break production. Use AWS Continuum to discovers, prioritizes, validates, and remediates security risks across the software lifecycle, at machine speed and within the guardrails you define. It also performs threat modeling, conduct on-demand penetration testing, and automated security reviews to surface vulnerabilities across the SDLC so developers can build secure applications from the start.

AWS Continuum has built-in, flexible authentication through static credentials, IAM roles, API keys, and dynamic via services like AWS Secrets Manager or dynamically accessed credentials (through Lambdas), giving customers fine-grained access control through granular access management with strict permissions.

AWS Continuum for penetration testing uses pay-as-you-go pricing billed at $50/task-hour. The service also offers a 2-month free trial. For more details, please refer to the pricing page. 

Yes. Customers who participated in the Public Preview are eligible for the 2-month free trial. The trial begins when you create your first penetration test run after general availability. Pricing details are available on the AWS Continuum pricing page.

Yes, design review, code review, and threat modeling features are in preview and not billed. You continue to get up to 200 design reviews per account per month and 1,000 code reviews per account per month.