What is Cymulate Exposure Validation and how does it help organizations in critical infrastructure sectors?
Cymulate Exposure Validation is an AI-powered platform that automates security validation and compliance testing for organizations, especially those in critical infrastructure sectors. It enables continuous testing of security controls, automates penetration testing, and provides end-to-end visibility into security policies across global operations. This helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, prioritize remediation, and track security performance. Note: Cymulate Exposure Validation requires customers to provide their own infrastructure and third-party software as per platform prerequisites. Source
How did a sustainable energy company use Cymulate to automate compliance and regulatory testing?
A sustainable energy company with over 10,000 employees in EMEA used Cymulate Exposure Validation to automate compliance checks, continuously validate security controls, and replace manual penetration testing with automated, scalable assessments. This enabled the company to fulfill regulatory requirements for continuous testing, gain visibility into global security controls, and efficiently prioritize remediation efforts. For details, see the full case study PDF. Note: Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.
What challenges did the sustainable energy company face before implementing Cymulate?
The company needed to build its security infrastructure from scratch, meet continuous compliance testing requirements, and manage security controls across 90 countries. Manual penetration testing was labor-intensive and only provided point-in-time snapshots, making it difficult to maintain compliance and visibility. The organization required a scalable, cost-effective tool to automate penetration testing and quickly build up its security validation program. Note: Some challenges may be unique to large, distributed organizations; smaller teams may face different issues. Source
Features & Capabilities
What features does Cymulate Exposure Validation provide for compliance automation?
Cymulate Exposure Validation offers automated compliance checks, continuous validation of security controls, scalable penetration testing, and the ability to simulate attacks for SOC and incident response evaluation. It also provides remediation prioritization, security performance tracking, and end-to-end visibility into security policies. Note: The platform requires customer-provided infrastructure and may not be suitable for organizations unable to support these prerequisites. Source
How does Cymulate Exposure Validation help with remediation prioritization?
The platform highlights gaps and misconfigurations that could be exploited, enabling security teams to prioritize remediation efforts where risk is most significant. This targeted approach helps organizations address the most critical vulnerabilities first. Note: Detailed prioritization algorithms are not publicly documented; contact Cymulate for specifics. Source
Can Cymulate Exposure Validation automate penetration testing?
Yes, Cymulate Exposure Validation automates penetration testing, allowing in-house teams to scale their efforts and reduce reliance on manual or outsourced testing. This automation supports continuous compliance and improves organizational resilience. Note: Some highly specialized penetration tests may still require manual execution. Source
How does Cymulate Exposure Validation support SOC and incident response testing?
The platform enables organizations to simulate attacks and evaluate their Security Operations Center's (SOC) response. This helps validate that tools and alerts are functioning as intended and identifies areas for improvement in incident response processes. Note: Effectiveness depends on integration with existing SOC workflows. Source
Implementation & Technical Requirements
What are the technical requirements and customer responsibilities for running Cymulate Exposure Validation?
Customers are responsible for providing the necessary equipment, infrastructure, servers, and all third-party software and licenses required to run Cymulate Exposure Validation, as outlined in Cymulate's prerequisites. The platform is designed for rapid deployment and can operate in agentless mode, minimizing setup time. Note: Organizations without the required infrastructure may need to consider alternative solutions. Source
How quickly can organizations implement Cymulate Exposure Validation?
Cymulate Exposure Validation is built for rapid deployment, allowing organizations to start running simulations almost immediately after setup. The agentless mode eliminates the need for additional hardware or complex configurations, reducing setup time. Note: Implementation speed may vary depending on existing infrastructure and internal processes. Source
Business Impact & Measurable Outcomes
What measurable outcomes did the sustainable energy company achieve with Cymulate?
The company fulfilled compliance requirements, continuously validated security controls, automated penetration testing, prioritized remediation, increased penetration testing through automation, and tracked security performance. These outcomes contributed to improved resilience and reduced risk of cyberattacks. Note: Specific quantitative metrics for this case are not publicly disclosed; see the case study PDF for details.
Support & Resources
Where can I download the full sustainable energy compliance automation case study?
What support channels are available for Cymulate customers?
Cymulate provides multiple support channels, including email support at [email protected] and real-time chat support via their chat support page. Customers also have access to webinars, e-books, and technical articles through the resource hub. Note: Response times may vary based on support channel and customer tier.
Security & Compliance
What security and compliance certifications does Cymulate hold?
Cymulate holds several certifications, including SOC2 Type II, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 27701, ISO 27017, and CSA STAR Level 1. These certifications demonstrate compliance with industry standards for security, privacy, and cloud services. Note: Certification scope and coverage may vary; see security overview page for details.
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– Manager for Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering
Challenge
This sustainable energy company was formed and tasked with developing its security infrastructure from the ground up. The team needed to rapidly implement tools and processes to support business operations while safeguarding critical systems.
While significant effort went into developing manual penetration testing services, these efforts alone could not keep pace with the company’s evolving security needs. Two primary challenges emerged around compliance and security controls.
Continuous testing for compliance requirements
As a critical infrastructure organization, the organization must follow the compliance requirements of various regulatory bodies. One of those requirements is continuous testing of networks deemed to be in scope. The security team had difficulty adhering to these requirements with manual penetration tests because they are labor-intensive and only provide point-in-time snapshots of the organization’s security posture.
Visibility of global security controls and policies
The company is an international organization with employees in about 90 countries. The company applied the same security controls and policies throughout the organization, but the team did not have enough manpower to validate them quickly with manual penetration tests.
The organization required a tool that could scale the team’s penetration testing cost-effectively and efficiently to quickly build up its security validation program and reduce risk against a cyberattack.
The Cymulate Solution
To strengthen and automate its security processes, the security team implemented Cymulate Exposure Validation. According to the Manager for Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering, the platform enables them to meet regulatory testing requirements, gain visibility into security controls and policies, automate penetration testing, and evaluate the SOC’s incident response.
Fulfill regulatory requirements for security testing
“One of our regulatory requirements is continuous testing. We can now easily fulfill this with Cymulate BAS and its automated testing.”
Gain visibility of security controls and policies
“All security services in every corner of our organization had to be built up from scratch. Cymulate gives us end-to-end visibility to understand if our security controls and policies are working as expected in the different environments throughout the organization.”
Automate and scale offensive testing
“My penetration testing team uses Cymulate to augment its penetration testing services and expand its efforts beyond targeted testing.”
Test SOC and incident response
“We use Cymulate to simulate attacks and evaluate our SOC's (Security Operations Center) response. It allows us to validate that our tools and alerts are working and understand if our incident response processes need improvement, so that we are prepared in the event of a real attack.”
Benefits
The Cymulate Platform delivered on the company’s core needs for security validation with additional benefits across its exposure management program.
Remediation prioritization The Cymulate simulations highlight the gaps and misconfigurations that could be exploited in each environment, enabling the security team to prioritize its remediation efforts where the risk is most significant.
Increased penetration testing Instead of outsourcing some of its penetration tests, the in-house red team scales its testing with the platform’s automation, which helps ensure resiliency across the entire organization.
Security performance tracking Cymulate provides the company with a security baseline for continuous improvement to measure and track performance.
Solution
Cymulate Exposure Validation
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