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Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform Overview

What is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Cymulate is a leading on-prem and cloud-based Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform leveraging the industry's most comprehensive and user-friendly Breach and Attack Simulation technology. We empower security teams to prioritize remediation by continuously testing and harden defenses against immediate threats from the attacker's point of view. Cymulate deploys within an hour, integrating with a vast tech alliance of security controls, from EDR, to email gateways, web gateways, SIEM, WAF and more across hybrid, on-premise, cloud and Kubernetes environments. Customers see increased prevention, detection and improvement to overall security posture from optimizing their existing defense investments end-to-end across the MITRE ATT&CK® framework. The platform provides out-of-the-box, expert, and threat intelligence-led risk assessments that are simple to deploy and use for all maturity levels, and are constantly updated. It also provides an open framework to create and automate red and purple teaming by generating penetration scenarios and advanced attack campaigns tailored to their unique environments and security policies.

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Cymulate comprehensively identifies the security gaps in your infrastructure and provides actionable insights for proper remediation. Run safely from the internet, our battery of simulated attacks causes no interruption to your operation or business productivity.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

- BROADEST COVERAGE FOR OFFENSIVE TESTING: Security validation on all environments (hybrid, on-prem, cloud, Kubernetes, Apple, Microsoft, AWS, Google)

- MOST IN-DEPTH VALIDATION OF SECURITY CONTROLS: Email gateway, web gateway, WAF, intrusion prevention system, SIEM, cloud workload protection, EDR, AV

- COMMON FRAMEWORK MAPPING: MITRE ATT&CK heatmaps; NIST 800-53

- MOST ADVANCED APPLIED THREAT RESEARCH: Daily updated assessments for active threats; Weekly updates for specific threat actors, techniques, best practices

- PRIORITIZED REMEDIATION GUIDANCE: AI Copilot Attack Planner for instant scenario design; Vendor-specific control tuning; Sigma rules creation; Configuration best practices


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Designed for companies that want to manage their security posture against the evolving threat landscape. Cymulate's SaaS-based platform deploys within an hour, enabling security professionals to continuously challenge, validate and optimize their cybersecurity posture end-to-end across the MITRE ATT&CK® framework. The platform provides threat intelligence-led risk assessments that are simple to deploy out-of-the-box, and for all maturity levels. It also provides an open framework to create and automate red and purple teaming by generating penetration scenarios and advanced attack campaigns tailored to their unique environments and security policies. Cymulate allows professionals to manage, know and control their dynamic environment.

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5.0 out of 5
"Winning fight against threats with Cymulate"
Automated assessment and mitigations, 24*7 support , responsive customer service manager, extended and detailed knowledge base.
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Cymulate is impactful and creating differences"
Multiples sue cases to validate, subtle platform with catchy reports and Remedition guidance, updated libraries of threat and simulations.
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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Cymulate is very helpful in security validation program"
Validation program is made easy by Cymulate due to 24*7 assessment , auto update of IOCs , SIEM detection validation

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Time to Implement

1 month

Return on Investment

5 months

Average Discount

11%

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Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform Demo - The Cymulate Solution
Cymulate automatically tests and validates the security controls across your entire IT environment to expose risky threats, dangerous attack paths and unknown gaps – and tells you how to fix them – before your organization suffers the impacts of a breach. Our complete security and exposure val...
Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform Demo - Platform Screenshot
Cymulate SaaS-based platform deploys within an hour, enabling security professionals to continuously challenge, validate and optimize their cyber-security posture end-to-end across the MITRE ATT&CK® framework.
Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform Demo - Test Defenses
Advanced offensive security testing made easy and production-safe to validate security controls and cyber exposures.​
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Insights to harden controls via configuration tuning, new policy creation, and custom rule generation.​
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Verified User in Financial Services
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What do you like best about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Basic to advance threat validation, integrations ecosystem , regular update , mitigation guidance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

I don't have anything to express dislike about Cymulate as of today. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Validation of internal security policies and controls against real static and dynamic threats, EDR detection validation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aviva Spotts of Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform

Thank you for the fantastic review! We're thrilled Cymulate is delivering value through both basic and advanced threat validation, a strong integration ecosystem, and actionable mitigation guidance. It's great to hear we're helping you validate internal policies and EDR effectiveness against both static and dynamic threats—exactly what Cymulate is built for.

We truly appreciate your support.

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What do you like best about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

It can be quite Granular so we can go into depth with our prevention methods for different types of attacks. Our csm Ian Waters is also quite helpful and friendly, assisting with any issues we may have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Some attacks such as in Data Exfil are missing details and remediation/prevention techniques. So we are unable to identify where we can prevent the same attack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps us identify gaps in our security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aviva Spotts of Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform

Thank you for the great feedback! We're glad Cymulate’s depth and ease of use are helping you strengthen your prevention methods—and we’ll definitely pass your kind words along to Ian!

Also, thanks for the heads-up regarding the missing details in the Data Exfiltration scenarios. We've shared this with our product team for review. Feedback like yours is key to helping us improve.

Appreciate you taking the time to share your experience!

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What do you like best about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Ease of use and implementation, Continuous customer success support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

low severity payloads in WAF can be streamlined Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Nice Product, helped us identify many misconfigurations on security controls which we were not aware of as part of assessments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aviva Spotts of Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform

Thank you for your feedback! We're glad Cymulate has helped you identify security gaps and misconfigurations. Ease of use and strong customer support are our key priorities, so we’re happy to hear that’s been your experience.

We appreciate your input on WAF low-severity payloads and will pass it along to the appropriate teams for review. If you have any further suggestions, we’d love to hear them!

Thanks for choosing Cymulate!

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What do you like best about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Ease of Use. The platform is intuitive and user-friendly, making it accessible for organizations of varying sizes and levels of cybersecurity expertise. Cymulate KB is also very detailed so any one can follow the guided steps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Integration with few technology is still not there. If Cymulate can accomodate those than it will be very good. Solution is very technical and demands high involvement and engagement. Teams without adequate staffing may find it hard to keep the platform optimized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cymulate is helping us to identify weather our security solutions are implemented and getting use with their highest capacity. With use of cymulate we are accessing our investments are getting used properly or is there is any overlap in capabilities of security control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aviva Spotts of Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform

Thank you for your thoughtful review! We’re glad to hear that you find Cymulate intuitive, user-friendly, and supported by detailed knowledge base guidance, making it accessible for teams of all sizes and expertise levels. It’s great to know that Cymulate is helping you assess the effectiveness of your security solutions and optimize your investments.

We also appreciate your feedback on integrations and the platform's technical demands. Your insights will be shared with the appropriate teams as we continue improving our platform to better meet user needs. Thank you for sharing your experience with Cymulate!

MA
Cyber Security Administrator
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What do you like best about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Cymulate has intutuive and dynamic dashboard with auto update and auto remediation feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Auto remeditaion is recommended to be extended to behaviour based scenario as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cymulate gives peace of mind to CISO by validating security controls effectively against emergent threat Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aviva Spotts of Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform

Thank you for your review! We're glad you find value in Cymulate’s validation strategy and appreciate the intuitive dashboard and automation features. Your feedback on extending auto-remediation to behavior-based scenarios is valuable, and we’ll pass it along to the right team. It's great to hear that Cymulate provides peace of mind by validating security controls effectively. Thanks for your support!

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What do you like best about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

It is easy to use and setup & integrate and the platform is very easy to understand for making the team understand about the potential threats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

The use cases are currently limited because of lesser number of endpoints, which can be increased to advance this platform further. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

This platform has helped us analyze and asses any new cyber threats by giving us a immediate reports and insights about them and helps us simulate them to analayze those attacks. The stakeholders can easily understand because of this platform and at the same time we have realtime protection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Liron Meron of Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform

Thank you for sharing your feedback on the Cymulate Platform! We're thrilled to hear that you find our platform easy to use and understand for your risk management needs. We appreciate your suggestion regarding increasing the number of endpoints to enhance the platform's capabilities further.

At Cymulate, we are committed to continuously improving our services to provide you with the best possible experience. Your insights on the use cases and endpoint limitations are valuable to us, and we will take them into consideration for future enhancements.

If you have any further suggestions or need assistance, please feel free to reach out to us. We're here to support you every step of the way in your cyber threat analysis and protection journey. Thank you for choosing Cymulate!

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What do you like best about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Validation program is made easy by Cymulate due to 24*7 assessment , auto update of IOCs , SIEM detection validation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

There is nothing that i can think of at this moment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Detection engineering, Security control validation are out top priority use cases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aviva Spotts of Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform

Thanks so much for the great review! We’re thrilled to hear Cymulate is making your validation program easier and supporting your top use cases like detection engineering and control validation.

We’ve got a customer-only webinar coming up soon that dives into this exact topic—hope you’ll join us!

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Security Operation Analyst
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What do you like best about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Ease of use, implemantation and frequent CS connects for assitance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Sometime we face issue while configuring SMTP settings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps in identify misconfiguration and security gaps in our implemanted security controls. Also helps with steps to mitigate them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aviva Spotts of Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform

Thank you for sharing your experience! It’s great to hear that Cymulate has been easy to implement and that our Customer Success team has been a helpful resource along the way. We’re also glad the platform is helping you uncover misconfigurations and security gaps while providing clear guidance on mitigation.

We appreciate your feedback on SMTP configuration challenges and will pass it along to the relevant team. Thanks again for your insights!

Verified User in Banking
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What do you like best about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

The best aspect of Cymulate is its comprehensive and automated approach to Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS), which allows continuous security validation across the entire kill chain Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

Overwhelming to new comes especially the advanced scenarios Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

Useful in identifying gaps in overall security posture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aviva Spotts of Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform

Thank you for the great feedback! We're happy Cymulate’s automated BAS approach is helping you strengthen your security posture across the kill chain. If you ever want help navigating advanced scenarios, our support team is here for you. Excited to keep supporting your security goals!

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What do you like best about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

The shape of the threat funnel and pre-defined tests Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform?

The delay in carrying out many of the tests.

The way the result is presented in the ATT&CK matrix

The “noise” generated in the hopper execution

Instabilities and difficulties with integrations with SIEMs, EDRs and other solutions

The absence of executive data in the reports

The absence of a mitigation control plan Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?

It provides an overview of which controls are failing and which need to be adjusted, allowing for an improvement in the cyber security posture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Aviva Spotts of Cymulate: Security Validation and Exposure Management Platform

Thank you for your detailed and thoughtful review. We’re pleased to hear that you value the predefined tests and the threat funnel feature, as well as Cymulate's ability to provide visibility into which controls need adjustment to improve your cybersecurity posture. It’s great to know the platform supports your efforts to strengthen your defenses.

We also appreciate your honest feedback about test delays, the ATT&CK matrix presentation, integration challenges, and reporting. The concerns you raised, such as noise during hopper execution, the absence of executive data in reports, and the lack of a mitigation control plan, are important areas for us to look into. We will be sharing this feedback with the relevant teams.

Your input helps us grow and refine our platform, and we’re grateful you took the time to share your experience. Thank you for trusting Cymulate to support your security validation needs!