Frequently Asked Questions
Recognition & Industry Reports
What is the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice recognition for Cymulate?
Cymulate was named a 2025 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Adversarial Exposure Validation, recognized by cybersecurity professionals worldwide for exceeding the market average in both Overall Experience and User Interest and Adoption. Read the full report.
Where can I read the full 2025 Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer for Adversarial Exposure Validation' report?
You can view the complete report, published on October 30, 2025, by visiting our reprint of the Gartner report.
What does the Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice recognition mean for Cymulate users?
This recognition means that Cymulate has been rated highly by real users for its overall experience and adoption, reflecting strong customer satisfaction and trust in the platform's capabilities for adversarial exposure validation. Read more on our blog.
Does Cymulate publish other major industry reports?
Yes, Cymulate regularly publishes reports such as the Threat Exposure Validation Impact Report 2025, which provides insights into the current threat landscape and the effectiveness of security controls. Access the report here.
What can I learn from the '2024 State of Exposure Management & Security Validation' report?
The '2024 State of Exposure Management & Security Validation' report provides insights into current trends, gaps, and control effectiveness in exposure management and security validation. Read the full report.
How can I access the Threat Exposure Validation Impact Report 2025?
You can download the full report for detailed insights on Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), automation and AI, cloud exposure validation, and threat prevention optimization. Download the report here.
Features & Capabilities
What are the core features of the Cymulate platform?
Cymulate offers a unified platform that combines Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS), Continuous Automated Red Teaming (CART), and Exposure Analytics. Key features include continuous threat validation, attack path discovery, automated mitigation, AI-powered optimization, and an extensive threat library with over 100,000 attack actions updated daily. Learn more about the platform.
How does Cymulate help organizations validate their security posture?
Cymulate simulates real-world threats to test and validate cyber defenses across all IT environments. It provides continuous validation, exposure prioritization, and actionable insights to help organizations focus on the most critical vulnerabilities and improve their overall resilience. See how Cymulate optimizes threat resilience.
What is Cymulate's approach to automated mitigation?
Cymulate provides several methods for immediate mitigation: 'Fix with a click' for individual findings, 'Bulk fix with a click' for aggregating mitigations, 'Auto-fix' with predefined rules, and automatic validation of mitigations to ensure effectiveness. Learn more about automated mitigation.
How does Cymulate support MITRE ATT&CK coverage?
Cymulate enables users to measure coverage against MITRE ATT&CK using a heatmap to visualize emulation coverage and quickly identify techniques or sub-techniques that need attention. Learn more about MITRE ATT&CK coverage.
What integrations does Cymulate offer?
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. See the full list of integrations.
How does Cymulate use AI and automation?
Cymulate leverages machine learning to deliver actionable insights for prioritizing remediation, automates threat validation, and provides AI-powered SIEM rule mapping and advanced exposure prioritization. The platform is updated every two weeks with new features. Learn more about platform innovation.
What security and compliance certifications does Cymulate hold?
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 privacy standards. See all certifications.
How does Cymulate ensure data security and privacy?
Cymulate ensures data security with encryption in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256), secure AWS-hosted data centers, a tested disaster recovery plan, and GDPR compliance with a dedicated privacy and security team. Learn more about security at Cymulate.
Use Cases & Benefits
Who can benefit from using Cymulate?
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 about roles.
What problems does Cymulate solve for security teams?
Cymulate addresses fragmented security tools, resource constraints, unclear risk prioritization, cloud complexity, communication barriers, inadequate threat simulation, operational inefficiencies in vulnerability management, and post-breach recovery challenges. See customer stories.
How does Cymulate help different security personas?
Cymulate tailors solutions for CISOs (metrics and risk communication), SecOps (automation and efficiency), Red Teams (automated offensive testing), and vulnerability management teams (in-house validation and prioritization). Explore persona solutions.
What measurable outcomes have customers achieved with Cymulate?
Customers have reported a 52% reduction in critical exposures, a 60% increase in team efficiency, and an 81% reduction in cyber risk within four months. See the Hertz Israel case study.
Are there case studies showing Cymulate's impact?
Yes, Cymulate features case studies such as Hertz Israel reducing cyber risk by 81%, a sustainable energy company scaling pen testing, and a credit union optimizing SecOps. Browse all case studies.
What feedback have customers given about Cymulate's ease of use?
Customers consistently praise Cymulate for its intuitive interface, quick implementation, and actionable insights. For example, Raphael Ferreira, Cybersecurity Manager, said, "Cymulate is easy to implement and use—all you need to do is click a few buttons, and you receive a lot of practical insights." Read more testimonials.
How quickly can Cymulate be implemented?
Cymulate is designed for rapid, agentless deployment with no need for additional hardware or complex configurations. Customers can start running simulations almost immediately after deployment. Schedule a demo.
What support resources does Cymulate provide?
Cymulate offers email and chat support, a knowledge base, webinars, e-books, and an AI chatbot for technical queries and best practices. Explore resources.
Pricing & Plans
What is Cymulate's pricing model?
Cymulate operates on a subscription-based pricing model tailored to each organization's requirements, including chosen package, number of assets, and scenarios. For a detailed quote, schedule a demo with the team.
Competition & Comparison
How does Cymulate compare to other adversarial exposure validation platforms?
Cymulate stands out with its unified platform combining BAS, CART, and Exposure Analytics, continuous threat validation, AI-powered optimization, ease of use, and measurable outcomes. It is recognized as a market leader by Frost & Sullivan and as a 2025 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice. See Cymulate vs competitors.
What advantages does Cymulate offer for different user segments?
Cymulate provides quantifiable metrics for CISOs, automation for SecOps, advanced offensive testing for Red Teams, and efficient vulnerability management for VM teams. Solutions are tailored to each persona's needs. Learn more about tailored solutions.
Product Information & Company Background
What is Cymulate's mission and vision?
Cymulate's mission is to transform cybersecurity by enabling organizations to proactively validate defenses, identify vulnerabilities, and optimize security posture. The vision is to create a collaborative environment for lasting improvements in cybersecurity. Read more about our mission.
What is Cymulate's company background and market position?
Cymulate is a leading cybersecurity company serving organizations of all sizes and industries. It is recognized as a market leader in automated security validation by Frost & Sullivan and is continuously innovating with bi-weekly platform updates. Learn more about Cymulate.
What types of organizations use Cymulate?
Cymulate serves organizations ranging from small enterprises to large corporations with over 10,000 employees, across industries such as finance, healthcare, retail, media, transportation, and manufacturing. See customer examples.
How does Cymulate foster collaboration across security teams?
Cymulate provides a unified view of exposure risks, enabling collaboration between SecOps, Red Teams, and Vulnerability Management teams to drive a successful Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) program. Learn about CTEM.
What is the primary purpose of Cymulate's platform?
The primary purpose is to help organizations proactively validate cybersecurity defenses, identify vulnerabilities, and optimize their security posture for improved resilience and operational efficiency. Learn more about our platform.
