Cymulate Cloud Security Validation is a solution that enables organizations to test and optimize their cloud security controls across applications, containers, workloads, and infrastructure. It provides automated exposure validation through pre- and post-exploitation simulations, helping teams build resilience against cloud-based attacks. Source
The primary purpose of Cymulate's platform is to help organizations proactively validate their cybersecurity defenses, identify vulnerabilities, and optimize their security posture. It empowers security teams to stay ahead of emerging threats and improve overall resilience by simulating real-world attacks and providing actionable remediation guidance. Source
Cymulate addresses cloud-specific security challenges by automating continuous testing of cloud security controls and policies against the latest attack techniques. It uncovers gaps and weaknesses in cloud environments, provides mitigation guidance, and continuously measures and improves cloud security posture to reduce breach risk. Source
Cymulate supports leading cloud environments including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. It provides assessment templates and validation capabilities for applications, containers, workloads, and infrastructure across these platforms. Source
Cymulate enables organizations to safely test the latest cloud threats and close security gaps with actionable remediation. Its threat library is updated daily, and the platform provides continuous validation to ensure defenses are effective against new attack techniques. Source
Key features include cloud platform assessment templates, cloud detection rules, MITRE ATT&CK heatmap visualization, drift monitoring, and integration with Wiz for detection logic optimization. These features enable comprehensive testing and validation of cloud security controls. Source
Cymulate automates continuous testing of key cloud security controls and policies against the latest attack techniques. It provides pre- and post-exploitation simulations to validate threat detection and runtime security controls for applications, containers, workloads, and infrastructure. Source
Drift monitoring is a feature that continuously monitors for changes in cloud security posture, comparing the latest attack findings to previous results. This helps organizations detect and address security drift over time. Source
Cymulate visualizes cloud attack test results on the MITRE ATT&CK heatmap, helping organizations uncover security coverage gaps and prioritize remediation efforts based on industry-standard attack techniques. Source
Yes, Cymulate integrates with Wiz to validate and optimize threat detection for cloud and runtime attacks. This integration helps organizations enhance their detection logic and improve cloud security posture. Source
Cymulate integrates with a wide range of security technologies, including AWS GuardDuty, Check Point CloudGuard, Wiz, and more. For a complete list, visit the Partnerships and Integrations page.
Yes, Cymulate can test and validate container runtime security controls in Kubernetes environments, ensuring that containerized workloads are protected against modern threats. Source
Cymulate provides mitigation guidance to tune cloud security controls, helping organizations prevent and detect high-privileged cloud threat activity and continuously improve their security posture. Source
Organizations of all sizes and industries—including finance, healthcare, retail, media, transportation, and manufacturing—can benefit from Cymulate Cloud Security Validation. It is designed for CISOs, SecOps teams, Red Teams, and Vulnerability Management teams. Source
Customers can expect up to a 52% reduction in critical exposures, a 60% increase in team efficiency, and an 81% reduction in cyber risk within four months. These metrics are based on real customer outcomes. Source
Cymulate continuously measures and improves cloud security controls and posture, helping organizations reduce the risk of a security breach by identifying and remediating exposures before they can be exploited. Source
Organizations have reported a 60% increase in security operations team efficiency (finance company), an 81% improvement in security risk score in four months (global transportation), and 168 exploits prevented from a single policy change (healthcare organization). Source
Yes, customers from financial services, banking, healthcare, and IT services have praised Cymulate for providing confidence in cloud operations, validating cloud controls, and offering a centralized view of control effectiveness. Source
Nemours Children's Health increased visibility and improved detection and response capabilities in hybrid and cloud environments using Cymulate. Read the case study: Nemours Children's Health Case Study.
Cymulate is designed for quick and easy implementation. It operates in agentless mode, requires no additional hardware or complex configurations, and allows customers to start running simulations almost immediately after deployment. Source
Technical resources include solution briefs, webinars, whitepapers, and data sheets. For example, the Cloud Security Validation Solution Brief and the Defending Your Kubernetes Environment Webinar provide in-depth guidance.
Yes, Cymulate offers comprehensive support, including email and chat support, a knowledge base, webinars, and an AI chatbot for real-time assistance and best practices. Source
Documentation includes guides on evolving vulnerability management to CTEM, detection engineering, exposure validation, and integration with Wiz. Access these resources at the Resource Hub.
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
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 and other privacy regulations. Source
Cymulate follows a strict Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including secure code training, continuous vulnerability scanning, and annual third-party penetration tests to ensure robust application security. Source
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
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.
Cymulate surpasses AttackIQ in innovation, threat coverage, and ease of use. It offers an industry-leading threat scenario library and AI-powered capabilities to streamline workflows and accelerate security posture improvement. Read more.
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 and maintaining grid leader status. Read more.
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Test and optimize your cloud security to build resilience against cloud-based attacks.
Threat actors target dynamic cloud environments to exploit security weaknesses and misconfigurations.
Increase in cloud intrusion incidents
Source: Crowdstrike
Cloud containers lack proper protection
Source: Crowdstrike
Data breaches involving
cloud platforms
Source: IBM
Cymulate Exposure Validation provides both pre- and post-exploitation simulations to test and validate threat detection and runtime security controls for different layers of cloud architectures.
60%
Increase in security operations team efficiency.
finance company
81%
Improvement in security risk score in four months.
Global Transportation
168
Exploits prevented from a single policy change.
healthcare organization
Cymulate Exposure Validation empowers security teams to safely test the latest cloud threats and close security gaps with actionable remediation to improve resilience.
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| Storage | Simple, Elastic Blob and Elastic Block Storage | Azure Blog, Files and Disk | Cloud Storage, Filestore and Persistent Disk |
| Database | DynamoDB | CosmoDB | Firestore |
| Identity | IAM | Azure AD | Cloud IAM |
| Key Management | KMS | Key Vault | KMS |
| Virtual Network | VPC | Azure VNet | VPN |
| Network Security | AWS WAF | Application Gateway | Cloud Amor |
| Log Analysis and Alerting | GuardDuty | Sentinel | Security Command Center |
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