Cymulate is a SaaS-based exposure management and security validation platform that enables organizations to proactively assess, optimize, and validate their cyber defenses. It automates attack simulations, validates security controls, and provides actionable insights to reduce exposure risk and improve resilience. Learn more.
Cymulate offers continuous threat validation, automated attack simulations, exposure prioritization, attack path discovery, automated mitigation, and a unified platform that integrates Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS), Continuous Automated Red Teaming (CART), and Exposure Analytics. It also provides daily updates to its threat library and supports custom attack scenarios. Source
Yes, Cymulate provides both out-of-the-box assessments and AI-assisted custom attack scenarios. Users can build attack chains from a library of over 100,000 attack actions, including options for custom threats. Source
Cymulate updates its threat library daily with the latest threats and continuously adds new assessments, ensuring organizations are validated against emerging risks. Source
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, SentinelOne, and more. For a full list, visit the Partnerships and Integrations page.
Cymulate provides mitigation guidance and rule recommendations to fine-tune security configurations, automates IoC updates, and offers custom detection rules and policy tuning to strengthen defenses. Source
Yes, Cymulate tests for lateral movement and validates security across the full kill-chain, enabling organizations to assess their defenses against complex attacks. Source
Cymulate automates security validation using real-world attack scenarios, including cloud controls, and provides continuous, production-safe assessments for all environments. Source
Cymulate filters out noise by focusing on exploitable exposures, validating controls, threats, and response capabilities so organizations can prioritize remediation efforts effectively. Source
Cymulate continuously measures and improves security controls, providing actionable insights to reduce the risk of exposure to cyber threats. Source
Cymulate is a SaaS platform focused on automated, continuous exposure validation, while NetSPI is primarily a penetration testing as a service (PTaaS) vendor. Cymulate offers extensive integrations, daily threat updates, custom attack scenarios, and continuous validation, whereas NetSPI's automated exposure validation is more limited and lacks frequent updates and custom scenario capabilities. Source
Cymulate provides endless control integrations to validate detection and prevention, integrating with top security vendors. NetSPI has limited and unpublished control integrations. Source
Cymulate offers both out-of-the-box and AI-assisted custom attack scenarios, visualizing each step for improved remediation. NetSPI does not support custom attack scenarios and focuses on service-led engagements. Source
Yes, Cymulate provides daily updates of the latest threats and continuously adds new assessments. NetSPI does not provide daily updates and has infrequent updates of attack techniques. Source
You can find a comprehensive comparison of Cymulate versus NetSPI and other competitors on the Why Cymulate page, which outlines key differentiators and value propositions.
Cymulate stands out with its innovation, extensive threat coverage, ease of use, and AI-powered capabilities. For specific competitor comparisons, visit the dedicated pages: AttackIQ, Mandiant, Pentera, Picus, and SafeBreach.
Cymulate is rated #1 in Exposure Management by G2, named a Customers' Choice in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights for Adversarial Exposure Validation, and recognized as a market leader by Frost & Sullivan. See all awards.
Organizations upgrade from NetSPI to Cymulate for automated, continuous, and production-safe assessments, extensive integrations, daily threat updates, and the ability to independently optimize controls and reduce exposure risk. Source
Customers praise Cymulate for its ease of use, breadth and depth of attack simulations, and ability to provide immediate and effective insights. For example, Itzik Menashe, VP Global IT & Information Security, said, "We chose Cymulate because we saw right away that it would require much less effort and time on our part to get immediate and effective insight into a security program and the solution could easily be leveraged globally." See more testimonials.
Cymulate is designed for CISOs, security leaders, SecOps teams, red teams, and vulnerability management teams in organizations of all sizes and industries, including finance, healthcare, retail, media, transportation, and manufacturing. Learn more
Organizations using Cymulate have reported up to a 52% reduction in critical exposures, a 60% increase in team efficiency, and an 81% reduction in cyber risk within four months. Source
Cymulate automates security validation and exposure management, allowing small teams to run more assessments continuously and optimize resources without waiting for periodic pen tests. See case studies.
Use cases include optimizing SIEM detection (RBI), automating in-house validation between pen tests (Globeleq), and increasing in-house security testing without a dedicated red team (Bank). Read case studies.
Cymulate integrates exposure data and automates validation to provide a unified view of the security posture, addressing gaps caused by disconnected tools. Source
Cymulate validates exploitability and ranks exposures based on prevention and detection capabilities, business context, and threat intelligence, helping organizations focus on the most critical vulnerabilities. Source
Cymulate secures hybrid and cloud infrastructures through automated compliance and regulatory testing, increasing visibility and improving detection and response capabilities. Source
Cymulate enhances visibility and detection capabilities after a breach, ensuring faster recovery and improved protection. See case studies.
Cymulate is designed for quick and easy implementation, operating in agentless mode with no need for additional hardware or complex configurations. Customers can start running simulations almost immediately after deployment. Schedule a demo
Cymulate offers comprehensive support, including email support, real-time chat support, a knowledge base, webinars, e-books, and an AI chatbot for technical queries and best practices. Contact support
Cymulate holds SOC2 Type II, ISO 27001:2013, ISO 27701, ISO 27017, and CSA STAR Level 1 certifications, demonstrating adherence to industry-leading security and compliance standards. Learn more
Cymulate ensures data security through encryption in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256), secure AWS-hosted data centers, a tested disaster recovery plan, and compliance with GDPR. The platform also includes 2FA, RBAC, IP restrictions, and a dedicated privacy and security team. Source
Cymulate operates on a subscription-based pricing model tailored to each organization's requirements, determined by the chosen package, number of assets, and scenarios. For a detailed quote, schedule a demo.
Organizations can start running simulations and seeing actionable insights almost immediately after deployment, with customers reporting measurable improvements in security posture and efficiency within months. See customer stories.
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Rated #1 in Exposure Management by G2
Cymulate Named Exposure Management Leader with 18 G2 Badges
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NetSPI is an excellent choice if you are looking for a penetration testing as a service (PTaaS) vendor. But if you want to independently assess and strengthen your organization’s defenses, NetSPI’s approach to automated exposure validation will limit you.
Cymulate is recognized by both Gartner and G2 as a leader in exposure validation, with a track record of continuous innovation. With Cymulate, our customers independently optimize their cyber defenses while proving the state of cyber resilience by validating controls, threats and response so they can focus on the exploitable.
Use Case | Capabilities |  | NetSPI |
Defensive Posture Optimization | Security controls integrations |  | Endless control integrations to validate detection and prevention. |  | Limited and unpublished control integrations. |
Threat-informed defenses | | Automates IoC updates and provides custom detection rules and policy tuning to fine-tune security configurations. | | Limited control tuning guidance. | |
Scale Offensive Testing | Attack Scenario creation workbench | | Provides both out-of-the-box assessments and AI-assisted custom attack scenarios. Visualizes each step of an assessment to improve remediation efforts. |  | No custom attack scenarios. |
Automation, extensible testing | | Automates security validation using real-world attack scenarios, including cloud controls. |  | No testing of cloud controls. Delivered as part of service-led engagements. | |
Attack paths |  | Tests lateral movement and validates security across the full kill-chain. | | No testing for lateral movement or complex attacks across an environment. | |
Exposure Awareness | Automated & continuous testing | | Easy and automated testing for continuous validation of threats, security controls, threats and response capabilities. | | Basic breach and attack simulation for controls testing. |
Always current attack scenario knowledge | | Daily updates of the latest threats and continuously adding new assessments. | | No daily update for the latest threats. Infrequent updates of attack techniques. |
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Organizations across all industries choose Cymulate for exposure validation, proactively confirming that defenses are robust and reliable-before an attack occurs.
Upgrading from NetSPI to Cymulate is easy.
We’ve helped numerous clients upgrade from NetSPI to Cymulate. We’ll help you build and customize production-safe assessments for all your environments, so you can independently optimize your controls and reduce exposure risk.
Discover how RBI increased their efficiency and improved their security with Cymulate.
Power company's team adds Cymulate for ongoing security validation between pen tests.
Read how this bank uses Cymulate for automated pen testing and security control validation.
