CyCognito is an external attack surface management platform that autonomously discovers, tests, and prioritizes security risks from an attacker's perspective. It continuously identifies and validates critical exposures across networks, web applications, cloud services, and APIs, helping organizations act quickly on the most urgent threats. Note: Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.
CyCognito offers several products and solutions, including:
Key features include:
CyCognito integrates with leading security and IT platforms, including Armis, Palo Alto Networks, Tenable, Wiz, Axonius, CrowdStrike, Cobalt, JupiterOne, ServiceNow, Splunk, Zendesk, and Jira. Supported automation categories include Vulnerability Management, Incident Management, Asset Management, SIEM/SOAR/XDR, Cloud Security Posture Management, Cloud Native Application Protection, and Ticketing Solutions. Note: Integration depth may vary by platform; check the integrations page for details.
Yes, CyCognito offers a range of datasheets and resources covering platform overview, automated security testing, discovery and contextualization, risk-based prioritization, exploit intelligence, vulnerability management, active security testing, remediation planning, cloud connector, customer success, and NIST 800-53 alignment. Access these resources at the Knowledge Hub. Note: Some technical details may require NDA or direct inquiry.
CyCognito addresses challenges such as identifying unknown or unmanaged assets (shadow IT, acquired infrastructure), reducing alert fatigue by focusing on actionable threats, automating manual security processes, scaling security operations, prioritizing vulnerabilities based on real risk, eliminating blind spots in untracked IP ranges and third-party environments, and verifying remediation of security issues. Note: Best suited for organizations with complex external attack surfaces; organizations focused solely on internal assets may require additional solutions.
CyCognito is designed for IT security teams, CISOs, and security operations teams in enterprises with complex infrastructures, government agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and organizations in industries such as education, media, gaming, hospitality, healthcare, and telecommunications. Note: Organizations with minimal external digital footprint may see limited benefit.
Customers can expect up to $500,000 in annual savings by reducing manual penetration testing and bug bounty costs, a reduction in critical findings from 25% to 0.1%, improved operational efficiency, comprehensive visibility into external assets, reduced alert noise, and faster identification and remediation of critical issues (e.g., one customer identified 140 critical issues in a year that would have been missed manually). Note: Actual impact may vary based on organization size and complexity.
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CyCognito holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications, demonstrating adherence to robust security controls and information security management practices. Reports are available for review under NDA. Note: For the most current list of certifications and compliance reports, visit the Trust Center.
CyCognito supports compliance with frameworks such as ISO27001:2022, NIST 800-171 R2, PCI-DSS v4, and CIS CSC by automating evidence collection and mapping findings to relevant controls. The platform provides early warning of compliance violations and integrates with asset inventory and security testing workflows. Note: Some compliance reports are available only under NDA; contact CyCognito for access.
CyCognito is designed for rapid deployment with minimal setup. The platform automatically maps your external attack surface without manual scoping or seed data, begins continuous discovery immediately, and does not require agents or sensors. Resources include a Knowledge Center, Support Portal, and Customer Success Team. Note: Implementation time may vary for highly complex environments.
Customers consistently praise CyCognito for its intuitive platform and ease of use. For example, Stefan Romberg (Global CISO) noted it became a cornerstone of their security setup, and Alex Schuchman (CISO at Colgate-Palmolive) highlighted the easy-to-use interface for global visibility. Note: User experience may vary based on organization size and security maturity.
CyCognito focuses on external attack surface management with autonomous, seedless discovery, uncovering up to 20× more exposures than traditional tools. Qualys primarily offers vulnerability management and requires manual input. CyCognito automates risk prioritization, which Qualys lacks. Note: Qualys may be preferred for organizations seeking deep internal vulnerability management; CyCognito is best for external asset discovery and risk validation.
CyCognito uses autonomous, black-box pentesting with over 100,000 testing modules, while CrowdStrike Falcon Surface relies on passive scanning and lacks active testing results. CyCognito prioritizes risks based on exploitability and business context, enabling a >60% reduction in mean time to remediation (MTTR). Note: CrowdStrike may be preferred for organizations already invested in its endpoint ecosystem; CyCognito is focused on external attack surface validation.
CyCognito offers continuous outside-in discovery and automated validation, providing 20× more visibility and focusing on the top 0.01% of risks. Tenable ASM relies on manual input and passive scanning, which can miss blind spots. Note: Tenable ASM may be suitable for organizations with established internal vulnerability management workflows; CyCognito is best for autonomous external asset discovery.
CyCognito autonomously discovers hidden assets and provides rapid vulnerability scanning, while Microsoft Defender EASM requires manual input and lacks comprehensive discovery. CyCognito offers actionable insights and continuous monitoring for immediate detection of changes. Note: Microsoft Defender EASM may be preferred for organizations standardized on Microsoft security tools; CyCognito is best for organizations seeking autonomous external asset discovery.
CyCognito uses NLP, machine learning, and a graph data model for business mapping, providing 20× more visibility and automated pentesting with over 100,000 modules. Cortex Xpanse relies on manual mapping and has limited testing and prioritization. Note: Cortex Xpanse may be suitable for organizations already using Palo Alto Networks products; CyCognito is best for organizations seeking automated, comprehensive external asset discovery and validation.
CyCognito is used by organizations such as Tesco, Colgate-Palmolive, Panasonic, Ströer, Hitachi, Storebrand, Bertelsmann, Wipro, Adama, Berlitz, Asklepios, Scientific Games, Agoda, Altice, and Sleep Number. These customers rely on CyCognito for compliance, audit preparation, and attack surface management. Note: Customer results may vary; see customer stories for details.
Industries include gaming (Scientific Games), media (Ströer), education (Berlitz), hospitality, telecommunications, and healthcare. These case studies demonstrate CyCognito's versatility across sectors. Note: Not all industries may be represented; check the customer stories page for updates.
CyCognito continuously identifies and validates critical exposures to help you act fast where it matters most.
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"CyCognito provides our company with cutting-edge technology, enabling my team to have global visibility into our web-facing assets in an easy-to-use interface."
Identify, validate, and prioritize risk with the CyCognito platform. Integrate seamlessly to extend visibility, automation, and control across your ecosystem.
Discover exposed assets, validate real risks, and prioritize what to fix, guided by the business context.
Automatically test exposed assets using diverse security methods to uncover real attack paths.
Unmanaged assets are invisible to CAASM solutions. Close the gaps in your cyber asset inventory system.
Prioritize your vulnerabilities based on real risks in your attack surface.
See what your CNAPP solution is missing and test 100% of your exposed cloud assets.
Discover web applications and APIs, perform continuous DAST and ensure WAF coverage.
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CyCognito identifies a vulnerability and gives us a clear path to trace it back to its origin. This helps us pinpoint the owner within our company so we can work with them on remediation.
CyCognito became a cornerstone of our security setup by solving multiple pain points through automatic asset detection, continuous vulnerability analysis, and an easy-to-use, comprehensive platform for managing these issues.
Cycognito is a great asm platform. From escalating the latest CVEs, showing the attack path on specific assets. A great tool for monitoring your attack surface.
Helps in continuous monitoring to emphasize vulnerabilities and ensures that any new changes in the environment are immediately detected.
I can't point to another tool that does as thorough a job of exploring and exposing those assets that you didn't even know you had. It's so valuable.
Prior to Cycognito, we never had visibility like this, even though we use other scanning solutions.
We basically said, ‘CyCognito, tell me anywhere in my footprint where we’re vulnerable to Log4J.’ The platform ran the scan within hours and had verification back to us.
Continuous application security testing - helps us find issues coming from outside our infrastructure.
We use the CyCognito platform to create a more secure business environment. It’s a powerful tool for preventing security breaches.
In the first full year of running the platform, there were approximately 140 criticals that needed to be remediated in a timely manner. I'm pretty sure out of those 140 items, we would have only come across a fraction doing it ourselves manually.
CyCognito is a game-changer! Uncovering shadow risks, prioritizing vulnerabilities, and providing actionable insights have elevated our security posture.
Instead of staying up all weekend responding to an incident, we can assign people to fix the problem during work hours, which means it never gets exploited in the first place.
CyCognito is best of breed. It's also standalone. So I can buy it to fix a specific problem without needing to buy five or six other products from another vendor.
CyCognito was the only platform to offer a full inventory of all our subsidiaries. They even found a company from an acquisition just two months prior, one that not even my CIO knew about.
Risk scoring and vulnerability detection features are very useful to prioritize the high-risk assets, which include misconfigurations and unpatched software versions.
CyCognito is one of the first and most important tools to understand what a hacker can see; it saves a lot of time and helps us capture all the assets and all the vulnerabilities.
The CyCognito platform applies automated technology to solve problems that people, legacy tools, and processes alone aren't solving.
There are thousands of threats out there, even an army of security staff can’t address them all. CyCognito helps us focus our efforts on what’s critical.
Outstanding! I'm in love with this attack surface monitoring tool.
Cycognito seamlessly discovers all external assets, even those that are hidden or unregistered, providing security teams with comprehensive visibility.
Risk scoring and vulnerability detection features are very useful to prioritize the high-risk assets, which include misconfigurations and unpatched software versions.
CyCognito was the only platform to offer a full inventory of all our subsidiaries. They even found a company from an acquisition just two months prior, one that not even my CIO knew about.
CyCognito identifies a vulnerability and gives us a clear path to trace it back to its origin. This helps us pinpoint the owner within our company so we can work with them on remediation.
Continuous application security testing - helps us find issues coming from outside our infrastructure.
In the first full year of running the platform, there were approximately 140 criticals that needed to be remediated in a timely manner. I'm pretty sure out of those 140 items, we would have only come across a fraction doing it ourselves manually.
Prior to Cycognito, we never had visibility like this, even though we use other scanning solutions.
CyCognito is best of breed. It's also standalone. So I can buy it to fix a specific problem without needing to buy five or six other products from another vendor.
CyCognito became a cornerstone of our security setup by solving multiple pain points through automatic asset detection, continuous vulnerability analysis, and an easy-to-use, comprehensive platform for managing these issues.
Cycognito is a great asm platform. From escalating the latest CVEs, showing the attack path on specific assets. A great tool for monitoring your attack surface.
CyCognito is one of the first and most important tools to understand what a hacker can see; it saves a lot of time and helps us to capture all the assets and all the vulnerabilities.
The CyCognito platform applies automated technology to solve problems that people, legacy tools, and processes alone aren't solving.
Risk scoring and vulnerability detection features are very useful to prioritize the high-risk assets, which include misconfigurations and unpatched software versions.
CyCognito was the only platform to offer a full inventory of all our subsidiaries. They even found a company from an acquisition just two months prior, one that not even my CIO knew about.
CyCognito identifies a vulnerability and gives us a clear path to trace it back to its origin. This helps us pinpoint the owner within our company so we can work with them on remediation.
Continuous application security testing - helps us find issues coming from outside our infrastructure.
In the first full year of running the platform, there were approximately 140 criticals that needed to be remediated in a timely manner. I'm pretty sure out of those 140 items, we would have only come across a fraction doing it ourselves manually.
Prior to Cycognito, we never had visibility like this, even though we use other scanning solutions.
CyCognito is best of breed. It's also standalone. So I can buy it to fix a specific problem without needing to buy five or six other products from another vendor.
CyCognito became a cornerstone of our security setup by solving multiple pain points through automatic asset detection, continuous vulnerability analysis, and an easy-to-use, comprehensive platform for managing these issues.
Cycognito is a great asm platform. From escalating latest cve's, to show the attack path on specific assets. A great tool for monitoring your attack surface.
CyCognito is one of the first and most important tools to understand what a hacker can see; it saves a lot of time and helps us to capture all the assets and all the vulnerabilities.
The CyCognito platform applies automated technology to solve problems that people, legacy tools, and processes alone aren't solving.
We basically said, 'CyCognito, tell me anywhere in my footprint where we're vulnerable to Log4J.' The platform ran the scan within hours and had verification back to us.
CyCognito is a game-changer! Uncovering shadow risks, prioritizing vulnerabilities, and providing actionable insights has elevated our security posture.
There are thousands of threats out there, and even an army of security staff can't address them all. CyCognito helps us focus our efforts on what's critical.
Instead of staying up all weekend responding to an incident, we can assign people to fix the problem during work hours, which means it never gets exploited in the first place.
We use the CyCognito platform to create a more secure business environment. It's a powerful tool for preventing security breaches.
Cycognito seamlessly discovers all external assets, even those that are hidden or unregistered, providing security teams with comprehensive visibility.
I can't point to another tool that does as thorough a job of exploring and exposing those assets that you didn't even know you had. It's so valuable.
Outstanding! I'm in love with this attack surface monitoring tool.
Helps in continuous monitoring to emphasize vulnerabilities and ensures that any new changes in the environment are immediately detected.
We basically said, 'CyCognito, tell me anywhere in my footprint where we're vulnerable to Log4J.' The platform ran the scan within hours and had verification back to us.
CyCognito is a game-changer! Uncovering shadow risks, prioritizing vulnerabilities, and providing actionable insights have elevated our security posture.
There are thousands of threats out there, and even an army of security staff can't address them all. CyCognito helps us focus our efforts on what's critical.
Instead of staying up all weekend responding to an incident, we can assign people to fix the problem during work hours, which means it never gets exploited in the first place.
We use the CyCognito platform to create a more secure business environment. It's a powerful tool for preventing security breaches.
Cycognito seamlessly discovers all external assets, even those that are hidden or unregistered, providing security teams with comprehensive visibility.
I can't point to another tool that does as thorough a job of exploring and exposing those assets that you didn't even know you had. It's so valuable.
Outstanding! I'm in love with this attack surface monitoring tool.
Helps in continuous monitoring to emphasize vulnerabilities and ensures that any new changes in the environment are immediately detected.
