Frequently Asked Questions
Product Information & Cloud Security Validation
What is Cymulate Cloud Security Validation?
Cymulate Cloud Security Validation is a solution that continuously tests and validates the effectiveness of security controls across all layers of your cloud architecture. It uses automated breach and attack simulation, red teaming, and a comprehensive library of cloud-focused attack techniques to identify gaps, optimize controls, and reduce threat exposure risk. [Source]
Which layers of cloud architecture does Cymulate validate?
Cymulate validates security controls and policies for cloud hosted applications, containers and Kubernetes, cloud workloads, and cloud infrastructure & services. This ensures comprehensive coverage across your entire cloud environment. [Source]
How does Cymulate simulate attacks in cloud environments?
Cymulate automates the execution of malicious and sensitive privileged activities in your cloud environment to determine if they are prevented and detected by your runtime security controls. The assessments are fully automated, production-safe, and can be scheduled for ongoing validation. [Source]
Is Cymulate Cloud Security Validation safe to run in production environments?
Yes, all Cymulate test cases are designed to be production-safe and will not harm your cloud platforms. This allows you to validate security controls without risking operational disruption. [Source]
Which cloud providers and native tools does Cymulate support?
Cymulate automates security testing for leading cloud providers including Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, as well as their native security tools such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, AWS GuardDuty, and Google Cloud Security Command Center. [Source]
What types of attack techniques does Cymulate use for cloud validation?
Cymulate offers more than 200 templates for cloud techniques, Kubernetes security, and SIEM detections of malicious cloud behaviors. These include OWASP threat models, web-based attacks, command injections, container escaping, secrets listing, crypto mining, data exfiltration, and more. [Source]
How does Cymulate help optimize cloud security controls?
Cymulate identifies gaps and weaknesses in your cloud security controls, provides actionable recommendations, and enables you to optimize controls to reduce threat exposure risk. It also helps measure performance and drift over time. [Source]
Can Cymulate validate SIEM detections for cloud threats?
Yes, Cymulate simulates attacker activities to validate detections within your SIEM platform and helps create new rules to enhance detection of high-privilege and malicious activities in cloud environments. [Source]
How does Cymulate address the increase in cloud data breaches?
Cymulate continuously validates cloud security controls to ensure they are effective against the latest attack techniques, helping organizations stay ahead of adversaries exploiting insecure configurations and default settings. [Source]
What are the main benefits of using Cymulate Cloud Security Validation?
The main benefits include continuous security validation, identification of gaps and weaknesses, optimization of security controls, and reduction of threat exposure risk in cloud environments. [Source]
How does Cymulate automate cloud security validation?
Cymulate automates offensive testing for cloud environments, integrating with cloud security controls and providing scheduled, ongoing validation with minimal manual effort. [Source]
What is the role of the MITRE ATT&CK framework in Cymulate's cloud validation?
Cymulate aligns its attack simulations with the MITRE ATT&CK framework, ensuring comprehensive coverage of real-world adversary techniques and tactics relevant to cloud environments. [Source]
How does Cymulate help with compliance and regulatory testing in the cloud?
Cymulate automates compliance and regulatory testing for cloud environments, helping organizations validate that their controls meet industry standards and regulatory requirements. [Source]
Can Cymulate measure performance and drift in cloud security controls over time?
Yes, Cymulate provides options to schedule ongoing continuous validation and measure the performance and drift of your cloud security controls over time. [Source]
Does Cymulate support integration with third-party cloud security tools?
Yes, Cymulate integrates with a wide range of cloud security technologies, including Wiz, AWS GuardDuty, Check Point CloudGuard, and more. For a full list, visit the Partnerships and Integrations page.
How does Cymulate help organizations stay ahead of emerging cloud threats?
Cymulate provides daily updates to its threat library, ensuring that organizations can validate their defenses against the latest cloud-based attack techniques and tactics. [Source]
What technical documentation is available for Cymulate Cloud Security Validation?
Cymulate offers technical guides, whitepapers, solution briefs, and data sheets covering cloud security validation, integration best practices, and continuous threat exposure management. Access these resources at the Resource Hub.
How does Cymulate support application security in the cloud?
Cymulate simulates OWASP threat models, web-based attacks, and command injections to validate web application firewall protection for cloud-hosted applications. [Source]
How does Cymulate test container and Kubernetes security controls?
Cymulate tests the effectiveness of container runtime security in Kubernetes environments using malicious behaviors and privileged activities, such as container escaping and secrets listing, aligned with the MITRE ATT&CK framework. [Source]
How does Cymulate validate cloud workload security?
Cymulate tests the security of cloud workload runtime protection for AWS EC2, Azure Virtual Machines, and Google Cloud compute instances by executing common attack scenarios like crypto mining, data exfiltration, and endpoint threats. [Source]
Features & Capabilities
What are the key features of Cymulate's platform?
Cymulate offers continuous threat validation, a unified platform combining BAS, CART, and exposure analytics, attack path discovery, automated mitigation, AI-powered optimization, complete kill chain coverage, ease of use, and an extensive threat library with over 100,000 attack actions updated daily. [Source]
Does Cymulate integrate with other security technologies?
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, SentinelOne, and more. For a complete list, visit the Partnerships and Integrations page.
How does Cymulate use AI in its platform?
Cymulate uses machine learning to deliver actionable insights for prioritizing remediation efforts, optimize security controls, and provide AI-powered SIEM rule mapping and advanced exposure prioritization. [Source]
How often is Cymulate updated with new features and attack scenarios?
Cymulate updates its SaaS platform every two weeks with new features and provides daily updates to its threat simulation library, ensuring customers are protected against the latest threats. [Source]
Use Cases & Benefits
Who can benefit from Cymulate Cloud Security Validation?
Security leaders, SecOps teams, red teams, vulnerability management teams, and organizations of all sizes and industries—including finance, healthcare, retail, media, transportation, and manufacturing—can benefit from Cymulate's cloud security validation. [Source]
What business impact can customers expect from using Cymulate?
Customers can expect up to a 52% reduction in critical exposures, a 20-point improvement in threat prevention, a 60% increase in team efficiency, 40X faster threat validation, and an 81% reduction in cyber risk within four months. [Source]
Are there customer success stories for Cymulate Cloud Security Validation?
Yes. For example, Hertz Israel reduced cyber risk by 81% in four months, and Nemours Children's Health increased visibility and improved detection in hybrid and cloud environments using Cymulate. See more case studies on the Customers page.
What feedback have customers given about Cymulate's ease of use?
Customers consistently praise Cymulate for its intuitive interface, ease of 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 into how you can improve your security posture." [Source]
Pricing & Plans
What is Cymulate's pricing model?
Cymulate operates on a subscription-based pricing model tailored to each organization's requirements. Pricing depends on the chosen package, number of assets, and scenarios selected. For a detailed quote, schedule a demo with the Cymulate team.
Competition & Comparison
How does Cymulate compare to AttackIQ?
Cymulate surpasses AttackIQ in innovation, threat coverage, and ease of use, offering the industry's leading threat scenario library and AI-powered capabilities. Read more.
How does Cymulate compare to Mandiant Security Validation?
Mandiant Security Validation is an original BAS platform but has seen little innovation in recent years. Cymulate continually innovates with AI and automation, expanding into exposure management as a grid leader. Read more.
How does Cymulate compare to Pentera?
Pentera focuses on attack path validation but lacks the depth Cymulate provides to fully assess and strengthen defenses. Cymulate optimizes defense, scales offensive testing, and increases exposure awareness. Read more.
How does Cymulate compare to Picus Security?
Picus Security offers an on-premise BAS option but lacks the comprehensive exposure validation platform Cymulate provides, which covers the full kill-chain and includes cloud control validation. Read more.
How does Cymulate compare to SafeBreach?
Cymulate outpaces SafeBreach with unmatched innovation, precision, and automation, offering the industry’s largest attack library, a full CTEM solution, and comprehensive exposure validation. Read more.
How does Cymulate compare to Scythe?
Scythe is suitable for advanced red teams building custom attack campaigns, but Cymulate provides a more comprehensive exposure validation platform with actionable remediation and automated mitigation. Read more.
Security & Compliance
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, demonstrating adherence to industry-leading security and privacy standards. [Source]
How does Cymulate ensure data security and privacy?
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 a dedicated privacy and security team including a DPO and CISO. [Source]
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]
Implementation & Support
How long does it take to implement Cymulate Cloud Security Validation?
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]
What support options are available for Cymulate customers?
Cymulate offers email support, real-time chat support, a knowledge base, webinars, e-books, and an AI chatbot for technical assistance and best practices. [Source]
