Frequently Asked Questions
Product Overview & Use Cases
What is Cymulate and what does it do?
Cymulate is a unified exposure management and security validation platform that enables organizations to simulate real-world cyberattacks, validate their defenses, and prioritize remediation efforts. It combines breach and attack simulation (BAS), continuous automated red teaming (CART), and exposure prioritization to help security teams proactively identify and address vulnerabilities across their IT environment.
Who can benefit from using Cymulate?
Cymulate is designed for CISOs, security leaders, SecOps teams, red teams, and vulnerability management teams across industries such as finance, healthcare, retail, media, transportation, and manufacturing. It is suitable for organizations of all sizes seeking to improve their cyber resilience and operational efficiency.
How does Cymulate help prevent ransomware attacks?
Cymulate helps prevent ransomware by simulating real-world ransomware attack scenarios, identifying exploitable gaps in defenses, and providing actionable remediation guidance. The platform validates email gateways, endpoint security, and lateral movement controls to ensure organizations are resilient against ransomware threats. For example, Cymulate identified and helped remediate email gateway flaws that allowed ransomware to bypass defenses in customer environments.
What types of organizations use Cymulate?
Organizations of all sizes and industries use Cymulate, including those in finance, healthcare, retail, media, transportation, and manufacturing. The platform is trusted by security professionals worldwide, as evidenced by customer reviews and case studies.
How does Cymulate support healthcare organizations in defending against ransomware?
Cymulate provides proactive cybersecurity strategies and validation tools tailored for healthcare organizations to protect systems and sensitive data from ransomware. For more details, read our blog post on staying protected from ransomware.
What are some real-world examples of Cymulate identifying and remediating security gaps?
In the 'Caught, But Not Contained' customer story, Cymulate identified a flaw in an insurance company's email gateway that allowed ransomware through if only one antivirus flagged it. Cymulate guided the team to reconfigure the gateway, reducing the risk score from 30 to 5 in just one hour. In another case, 'The Nesting Trick That Bypassed the Gateway,' Cymulate helped a bank close a critical gap in four weeks by fine-tuning email gateway policies to block nested malicious attachments.
What is the business impact of using Cymulate?
Customers using Cymulate have reported an 81% reduction in cyber risk within four months, a 60% increase in operational efficiency, a 52% reduction in critical exposures, and a 30% improvement in threat prevention. These outcomes are supported by case studies such as Hertz Israel's experience. Read the case study.
What statistics highlight the need for exposure management?
Key statistics include: 67% of companies paid a ransom in the last year, 47% lost potential customers after a breach, only 2% have achieved firm-wide cyber resilience, and the average recovery time after a cyber event is more than 6 days. (Sources: Cohesity, PWC, Cyber Magazine)
What types of content does Cymulate offer in its resources section?
Cymulate's resources section includes data sheets, demos, e-books, guides, podcasts, reports, solution briefs, videos, and whitepapers. These resources provide comprehensive information for users at all stages of their security journey. Explore the resources.
How can I schedule a demo or talk to an expert?
You can schedule a personalized demo and speak with one of our experts by filling out the form on our 'Talk to an Expert' page.
How can I find out about Cymulate's upcoming events and webinars?
You can meet us at live events and sign up for our thought-provoking webinars by visiting our Events & Webinars page.
Is there a webinar about the path to Exposure Management?
Yes, Cymulate offers a webinar titled "The Path to Exposure Management" where industry leaders discuss how automated security validation can elevate a SecOps team. You can watch it on our webinar page.
How can I book a demo of the Cymulate platform?
You can book a demo by visiting our schedule a demo page.
What is the Cymulate BreachCast: Preventing Ransomware podcast about?
The Cymulate BreachCast: Preventing Ransomware podcast features Cymulate's Co-founder & CTO, Avihai Ben-Yossef, discussing how breach and attack simulation can be used to strengthen defenses and prepare organizations to defeat ransomware threats.
What are some featured resources related to ransomware prevention?
Featured resources include blog posts on validating identity attacks, WAF rules validation, and demos like "From Vulnerability to Validation" that show how Cymulate connects vulnerabilities to real attack scenarios. Visit the resources section for more.
How does Cymulate help with validating exposures?
Cymulate automates real-world attack simulation to validate exposures, helping organizations focus on what’s actually exploitable in their environment. This enables evidence-based prioritization and remediation of vulnerabilities.
What is Cymulate's approach to exposure prioritization and remediation?
Cymulate prioritizes exposures based on exploitability, business context, and threat intelligence, enabling organizations to focus remediation efforts on the most critical vulnerabilities and reduce risk efficiently.
How does Cymulate support red teams?
Cymulate provides red teams with automated offensive testing and a library of over 100,000 attack actions aligned to MITRE ATT&CK, enabling scalable and customizable adversary simulations with daily threat intelligence updates.
How does Cymulate help vulnerability management teams?
Cymulate consolidates insights from vulnerability management, offensive testing, and security controls to prioritize exposures based on exploitability and business impact, helping teams focus on the most critical vulnerabilities.
Features & Capabilities
What are the key features of Cymulate?
Key features include continuous threat validation, attack path discovery, automated mitigation, detection engineering validation, complete kill chain coverage, and an extensive threat library with daily updates. These features help organizations stay ahead of emerging threats and improve their security posture.
What integrations does Cymulate offer?
Cymulate integrates with a wide range of technology partners, including Akamai Guardicore (network security), AWS GuardDuty (cloud security), BlackBerry Cylance OPTICS, Carbon Black EDR, Check Point CloudGuard, CrowdStrike Falcon, Cybereason, and more. For a complete list, visit our Partnerships and Integrations page.
How often is Cymulate updated with new features?
Cymulate updates its SaaS platform every two weeks, introducing new features such as AI-powered SIEM rule mapping and advanced exposure prioritization to ensure customers always have access to the latest capabilities.
How easy is Cymulate to use and implement?
Cymulate is praised for its user-friendly and intuitive platform. It operates in agentless mode, requires minimal resources, and can be deployed quickly—often allowing customers to start running simulations almost immediately. Customers consistently highlight its ease of use and accessible support.
What support and educational resources does Cymulate provide?
Cymulate offers comprehensive support via email and chat, a knowledge base with technical articles and videos, webinars, e-books, and an AI chatbot for quick answers and best practices. These resources help customers maximize the platform's effectiveness.
What feedback have customers given about Cymulate's ease of use?
Customers consistently praise Cymulate for its simplicity and intuitive design. Testimonials highlight its ease of deployment, user-friendly interface, and the actionable insights it provides. Security professionals across industries note that Cymulate is easy to implement and helps communicate risks to management effectively.
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. These attest to Cymulate's robust security, privacy, and cloud compliance practices. For more details, visit Security at Cymulate.
How does Cymulate ensure product security and compliance?
Cymulate employs a secure development lifecycle, continuous vulnerability scanning, annual third-party penetration tests, and strong data protection measures. The platform is hosted in secure AWS data centers, uses encryption for data in transit and at rest, and complies with GDPR and international standards.
Pricing & Plans
What is Cymulate's pricing model?
Cymulate operates on a subscription-based pricing model tailored to each organization's needs. Pricing depends on the chosen package, number of assets, and scenarios selected. For a detailed quote, schedule a demo with our team.
How can I get a quote for Cymulate?
To receive a customized quote, contact the Cymulate team or schedule a demo through our demo page. Our experts will help you determine the best package for your needs.
Competition & Comparison
Who are Cymulate's main competitors?
Cymulate's main competitors include AttackIQ, Mandiant Security Validation, Pentera, Picus Security, SafeBreach, and Scythe. Each offers different approaches to security validation and exposure management.
How does Cymulate compare to AttackIQ?
AttackIQ provides automated security validation but lacks Cymulate's innovation, threat coverage, and ease of use. Cymulate offers the industry's leading threat scenario library and AI-powered capabilities for streamlined workflows. Read more.
How does Cymulate compare to Mandiant Security Validation?
Mandiant is one of the original BAS platforms but has seen little innovation in recent years. Cymulate continually innovates with AI and automation, expanding into exposure management and maintaining grid leader status. Read more.
How does Cymulate compare to Pentera?
Pentera focuses on attack path validation but does not provide the depth of full exposure validation and cloud control coverage that Cymulate offers. Cymulate covers the full kill chain and provides comprehensive exposure validation. Read more.
How does Cymulate compare to Picus Security?
Picus Security is suitable for on-premise BAS needs but lacks the complete exposure validation platform Cymulate provides. Cymulate covers the full kill chain and includes cloud control validation. Read more.
How does Cymulate compare to SafeBreach?
SafeBreach offers breach and attack simulation but lacks Cymulate's innovation, precision, and automation. Cymulate leads with AI-powered BAS, the largest attack library, and a full Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) solution. Read more.
How does Cymulate compare to Scythe?
Scythe is suitable for advanced red teams but lacks Cymulate's focus on actionable remediation and automated mitigation. Cymulate provides a more complete exposure validation platform with daily threat updates, no-code workflows, and vendor-specific remediation guidance. Read more.
Pain Points & Solutions
What common pain points does Cymulate address for security teams?
Cymulate addresses overwhelming threat volumes, lack of visibility, unclear risk prioritization, operational inefficiencies, fragmented security tools, cloud complexity, and communication barriers between technical and business stakeholders.
How does Cymulate solve the problem of unclear risk prioritization?
Cymulate uses evidence-based validation, threat intelligence, and business context to prioritize exposures, enabling teams to focus on the most critical vulnerabilities and improve remediation efficiency.
How does Cymulate help organizations with fragmented security tools?
Cymulate unifies breach and attack simulation, continuous automated red teaming, and exposure prioritization into a single platform, reducing complexity and improving visibility across the security stack.
How does Cymulate address operational inefficiencies in security teams?
Cymulate automates threat validation and remediation processes, reducing manual tasks and enabling teams to focus on strategic initiatives. Customers have reported a 60% increase in team efficiency after adopting Cymulate.
How does Cymulate help CISOs communicate risk to stakeholders?
Cymulate provides clear, quantifiable metrics and actionable insights that help CISOs justify security investments and communicate risk effectively to business stakeholders.
