Cymulate Exposure Validation
Cymulate · Validation
Breach and attack simulation and continuous control validation
Security posture and exposure management
Build a living inventory of assets and weaknesses, then rank remediation by exploitability and business context.
The problem
“We need to know what an attacker could reach, and fix that first.”
Scanners produce long lists with little context. Teams patch by severity score, while the issues an attacker can actually reach wait in the queue.
Assets that nobody registered are never scanned, so the exposure that matters most can be invisible to the report.
Proposed approach
- Step 1
Discover before you assess
Combine network, cloud and endpoint discovery so the inventory includes internet-facing and unmanaged systems.
- Step 2
Prioritise with context
Rank findings using exploit availability, exposure to the internet and the criticality of the asset, then agree service levels with the owning teams.
- Step 3
Track remediation to closure
Send fixes to the teams that own the system through the ticketing tool they already use, and report ageing, not just counts.
Implementation considerations
- Authenticated versus unauthenticated scanning and credential management
- Scan windows and the impact on fragile systems
- Asset ownership data, which is often the hardest input
- Integration with patch management and ticketing
Expected operational benefits
- Remediation effort spent where attackers can reach
- A current view of internet-facing assets
- Clear ownership and ageing of open issues
Products that address this
Products we work with for this requirement. Details are draft summaries pending vendor confirmation.
Horizon3.ai NodeZero
Horizon3.ai · Validation
Autonomous penetration testing and attack path discovery