New Delhi, May 22 -- Silicon Valley-headquartered Operant AI has launched Woodpecker, an open-source, automated red teaming engine, that will make advanced security testing accessible to organizations of all sizes. Woodpecker is designed to help organizations proactively detect and address security vulnerabilities across AI systems, Kubernetes environments, and APIs.

Red teaming is a simulated cyberattack used to test and improve an organization's cybersecurity readiness. It involves ethical hackers emulating real-world adversaries to uncover vulnerabilities and assess how effectively defenses can detect, respond to, and mitigate threats. Traditionally, such sophisticated security testing is reserved for large enterprises with dedicated ...