What is Cymulate BAS and how does it help investment firms?

Cymulate Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) is a platform that enables investment firms and other organizations to continuously assess and validate their security posture. It automates real-world attack simulations, providing 360-degree visibility into cloud security and helping teams prioritize vulnerability patching, assess against emerging threats, and measure security performance. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

How does Cymulate provide 360-degree visibility of security posture?

Cymulate gives organizations comprehensive visibility by running automated assessments across endpoints, web, and application layers. This approach allows security teams to see all angles of their security posture, not just isolated controls, and to identify gaps and prioritize remediation efforts. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

Who typically uses Cymulate within an organization?

Cymulate is used by CISOs, security leaders, SecOps teams, red teams, and vulnerability management teams. It is suitable for organizations of all sizes and industries, including finance, retail, and transportation, that prioritize cybersecurity and exposure management. (Source: CISO/CIO Roles)

What are the main use cases for Cymulate in a cloud-first environment?

Cymulate is ideal for organizations with cloud-first strategies, enabling continuous automated assessments, immediate evaluation of emerging threats, prioritization of vulnerability patching, and integration with reporting tools for centralized visibility. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

How does Cymulate support tabletop exercises and security reporting?

Cymulate assessments are used to evaluate SOC readiness for attacks and can be integrated with tools like Power BI for centralized security reporting and decision-making. This helps organizations measure performance and prepare both technical and business users for potential incidents. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

What types of organizations benefit most from Cymulate?

Organizations with limited in-house security resources, those operating in regulated industries like finance, and companies seeking real-time, continuous validation of their security posture benefit most from Cymulate. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

How does Cymulate help prioritize vulnerability patching?

Cymulate identifies security gaps and provides context on which vulnerabilities are most exploitable, enabling teams to focus patching efforts where they are needed most. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

What is the role of BAS Advanced Scenarios in Cymulate?

BAS Advanced Scenarios in Cymulate allow organizations to create chained, scenario-based assessments that evaluate all angles of their security posture, rather than testing controls in isolation. This provides deeper insights and more comprehensive validation. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

How does Cymulate help measure third-party SOC performance?

Cymulate provides a security baseline and continuous improvement metrics, allowing organizations to track and measure the performance of third-party SOC providers over time. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

How quickly can Cymulate evaluate emerging threats?

With Cymulate, organizations can evaluate emerging threats in 1-2 hours, compared to 2-3 days with manual processes. This rapid assessment is possible due to automated, ready-to-run scenarios provided by Cymulate. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

What are the key features of Cymulate?

Cymulate offers continuous threat validation, unified platform capabilities (BAS, CART, Exposure Analytics), AI-powered optimization, complete kill chain coverage, attack path discovery, automated mitigation, and cloud validation. (Source: Cymulate Homepage)

Does Cymulate support integration with other security tools?

Yes, Cymulate integrates with a wide range of security technologies, including Akamai Guardicore, AWS GuardDuty, BlackBerry Cylance OPTICS, Carbon Black EDR, Check Point CloudGuard, Cisco Secure Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Wiz, and more. (Source: Integrations)

How does Cymulate automate threat validation?

Cymulate automates threat validation by running continuous, real-world attack simulations across IT environments, providing actionable insights and prioritized remediation recommendations. (Source: Cymulate Homepage)

What technical documentation is available for Cymulate?

Cymulate provides whitepapers, guides, data sheets, solution briefs, and reports covering topics like exposure management, email threat validation, detection engineering, vulnerability management, and more. (Source: Resource Hub)

How does Cymulate help with attack path discovery?

Cymulate automates offensive testing to identify and mitigate threats related to privilege escalation and lateral movement, helping organizations understand and address potential attack paths. (Source: Attack Path Discovery)

What is Cymulate's approach to exposure prioritization and remediation?

Cymulate ranks vulnerabilities based on exploitability, business context, and threat intelligence, enabling focused remediation efforts and reducing risk. (Source: Exposure Prioritization)

How does Cymulate support cloud security validation?

Cymulate provides dedicated validation features for hybrid and cloud environments, integrating with cloud security tools and simulating threats specific to cloud infrastructures. (Source: Cloud Security Validation)

What is the Cymulate Threat Library?

The Cymulate Threat Library is an extensive collection of attack simulations, updated daily, that enables organizations to test their defenses against the latest threats. (Source: Cymulate Homepage)

How does Cymulate help with detection engineering?

Cymulate provides tools and guides for building, tuning, and testing SIEM, EDR, and XDR detection rules, improving mean time to detect and overall threat resilience. (Source: Detection Engineering)

How easy is it to implement Cymulate?

Cymulate is designed for quick, agentless deployment with no need for additional hardware or complex configurations. Customers can start running simulations almost immediately after deployment. (Source: Customer Testimonials, Knowledge Base)

What feedback have customers given about Cymulate's ease of use?

Customers consistently praise Cymulate for its intuitive, user-friendly interface and ease of implementation. Testimonials highlight the platform's simplicity, practical insights, and accessible support. (Source: Customer Quotes)

What support resources are available for Cymulate users?

Cymulate offers email and chat support, a knowledge base with technical articles and videos, webinars, and e-books to help users optimize their experience. (Source: Knowledge Base)

How does Cymulate integrate with existing workflows?

Cymulate integrates seamlessly with existing security workflows and reporting tools, such as Power BI, to centralize data and support decision-making. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

How long does it take to start seeing results with Cymulate?

Organizations typically see immediate value, with the ability to run assessments and gain insights within hours of deployment. (Source: Customer Testimonials, Knowledge Base)

What measurable outcomes have customers achieved with Cymulate?

Customers have reported evaluating emerging threats in 1-2 hours, achieving 360-degree visibility, and embedding continuous assessments into security processes. Other organizations have seen up to 81% reduction in cyber risk, 60% increase in team efficiency, and 52% reduction in critical exposures. (Source: Case Studies, Knowledge Base)

How does Cymulate help organizations reduce operational costs?

By automating assessments and reducing reliance on expensive, manual third-party evaluations, Cymulate helps organizations save time and resources while improving security outcomes. (Source: Investment Firm Case Study)

What business impact can be expected from using Cymulate?

Organizations can expect significant reductions in cyber risk, improved operational efficiency, faster threat validation, enhanced threat prevention, and measurable ROI. (Source: Knowledge Base)

How does Cymulate help organizations stay ahead of emerging threats?

Cymulate provides daily updates to its threat library and automated assessments, enabling organizations to quickly evaluate and respond to new threats as they arise. (Source: Knowledge Base)

What is Cymulate's pricing model?

Cymulate operates on a subscription-based pricing model tailored to each organization's requirements, including package features, number of assets, and scenarios. For a detailed quote, organizations can schedule a demo with the Cymulate team. (Source: Knowledge Base)

What security and compliance certifications does Cymulate have?

Cymulate holds SOC2 Type II, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 27701, ISO 27017, and CSA STAR Level 1 certifications, ensuring compliance with global standards for security, privacy, and cloud services. (Source: Security at Cymulate)

How does Cymulate ensure data security and privacy?

Cymulate is hosted in secure AWS data centers, uses encryption for data in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256), and follows a strict Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC) with regular third-party penetration tests. (Source: Security at Cymulate)

Is Cymulate GDPR compliant?

Yes, Cymulate incorporates data protection by design and has a dedicated privacy and security team, including a Data Protection Officer (DPO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), ensuring GDPR compliance. (Source: Security at Cymulate)

How does Cymulate compare to other BAS vendors?

Cymulate stands out for its unified platform, continuous innovation, AI-powered optimization, comprehensive kill chain coverage, ease of use, and measurable outcomes. It offers more customization and deeper assessments than many competitors. (Source: Why Cymulate)

Who are Cymulate's main competitors?

Cymulate's main competitors include AttackIQ, Mandiant Security Validation, Pentera, Picus Security, SafeBreach, and Scythe. Each has different strengths and focus areas. (Source: Why Cymulate)

What differentiates Cymulate from AttackIQ?

Cymulate delivers the industry's leading threat scenario library and AI-powered capabilities, streamlining workflows and accelerating security posture improvement. AttackIQ provides automated security validation but lacks Cymulate's innovation, threat coverage, and ease of use. (Source: Cymulate vs AttackIQ)

Why choose Cymulate over Mandiant Security Validation?

Mandiant Security Validation is one of the original BAS platforms but has seen minimal innovation in recent years. Cymulate continually innovates with AI and automation, expanding into exposure management and offering a more comprehensive solution. (Source: Cymulate vs Mandiant)

Where can existing customers log in to Cymulate?

Existing customers can log into the Cymulate platform at app.cymulate.com. (Source: Knowledge Base)

How can Cymulate partners and resellers manage their accounts?

Partners and resellers can manage their accounts by logging into the Partner Portal. (Source: Knowledge Base)

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Investment Firm Evaluates all Angles of its Security Posture with Cymulate

Overview

industry

Finance

UAE

Company Size

51-200 employees

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Results

Emerging threats evaluated in 1-2 hours
360-degree cloud security posture visibility
Continuous automated assessments

Cymulate is a trusted platform that tells me anything I need to know about my organization’s security posture.

- Vice President and Head of Cybersecurity

Challenge

The cybersecurity team of an Abu Dhabi investment firm must protect the organization’s exclusively cloud infrastructure. The investment firm’s cybersecurity function is divided into security architecture, IT governance and risk. The firm’s small in-house security team has one person leading each function and works with third-party partners to outsource operational and monitoring activities.

With limited resources, the security team faced three main challenges:

No real-time visibility of the organization’s security posture  
The security team would conduct manual third-party security assessments every six months to validate its security program, but these were expensive and provided point-in-time snapshots that were quickly outdated. The team wanted a way to validate its security controls in real-time.

Difficult to immediately assess against emerging threats  
When a new emerging threat was announced, the team had to research the indicators of compromise and manually create assessments to validate if the organization was protected on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines.

Unable to prioritize vulnerability patching  
The security team couldn’t keep up with each new vulnerability being released. However, the team didn’t have the context to understand which vulnerabilities needed to be prioritized because they could be exploited.

The Cymulate Solution

The security team decided that breach and attack simulation (BAS) would provide the necessary automation to improve its security posture and increase productivity. After evaluating various BAS tools in the market, the investment firm decided that Cymulate BAS and Cymulate BAS Advanced Scenarios were the best fit for its organization because they allow for extensive customization and provide the most detailed assessments.

The investment firm’s Vice President and Head of Cybersecurity reflected on his choice: “If I run an endpoint assessment, Cymulate doesn’t just stick to validating the endpoint. Unlike the other vendors, Cymulate tries to connect the dots and also checks the web and the application layers to see where the risk and vulnerabilities are.”

After a smooth and easy implementation process, the Vice President and Head of Cybersecurity says that his team uses Cymulate BAS to:

Run continuous assessments

“Instead of bringing in a vendor to run assessments every six months, we run automated assessments every week. We know how secure we are at any given moment.”

Comprehensively evaluate its security posture

“Cymulate gives us 360-degree visibility of our entire security posture, something we never had before.”

Immediately assess against emerging threats

“Before Cymulate, it took us 2 to 3 days to evaluate a threat — now it takes us one to two hours because all we need to do is run the assessment that Cymulate prepares for us.”

Prioritize vulnerability patching

“Cymulate shows us our security gaps so we know what to focus on, where to prioritize our patching, and discover where we should invest most of our efforts.”

Customize chained assessments

“Cymulate BAS Advanced Scenarios provides a chained scenario-based approach which enables us to evaluate all the angles of our security posture, instead of just testing security controls one by one.”

Outcomes

The security team has embedded Cymulate into many of its security processes:

Measurement of security performance
Cymulate provides a security baseline for continuous improvement to measure and track the third-party SOC’s performance.

Major OS updates
Each time a major OS update is deployed in the firm’s user environment, the team runs a Cymulate assessment to ensure the deployment doesn’t raise the organization’s risk score.

Tabletop exercises
The security team evaluates its SOC’s readiness for an attack with Cymulate assessments. The team has plans to expand these exercises into the business user environment to evaluate employee preparedness in case of an attack.

Security reporting
The team integrated Cymulate with its power BI tool so all the information and data that flows from Cymulate appears on the investment firm’s centralized reporting platform and impacts decision-making.

Solution

Breach and attack simulation (BAS)
BAS advanced scenarios

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