CyCognito

CyCognito provides an External Attack Surface Management (EASM) platform that helps organizations discover, test, and prioritize security risks across their external-facing digital assets. The company was founded by former intelligence operatives from the Israeli Defense Forces' 8200 unit who specialized in offensive security.

The platform operates by simulating attacker reconnaissance and exploitation techniques, starting with only a company's name to discover all internet-facing assets including networks, web applications, cloud applications, and APIs.

Rather than relying on traditional vulnerability scanning that generates lists of potential issues, CyCognito takes an attacker's perspective to test assets and identify exploitable security gaps. The system uses a global cloud network to scan and analyze attack surfaces at scale.

The platform focuses on reducing false positives by reporting only the most critical and exploitable issues, helping security teams prioritize remediation efforts. CyCognito addresses the challenge of managing sprawling digital infrastructure that includes unknown or unmanaged assets often missed by legacy security tools.

The company serves enterprise customers across various industries, including organizations like Colgate-Palmolive. CyCognito holds SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001 certifications and maintains GDPR compliance. The company is backed by investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sorenson Ventures, and Accel.