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CyCognito Reviews & Product Details

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What do you like best about CyCognito?

It is really easy to use, the interface is quite friendly. Shows clients the unknown assets, also the support is great, i did not expect the resolution to be so fast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CyCognito?

Some of the options in the interface are not evident, also will be better if the the cost can be decreased a bit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CyCognito solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps in continous monitoring to the emphasis of vulnerabilites, it ensures that some new changes in the environment are immediately detected Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CyCognito Overview

What is CyCognito?

CyCognito is a cybersecurity solution designed to help organizations discover, test, and prioritize security issues across their digital landscape. By leveraging advanced artificial intelligence, CyCognito scans billions of websites, cloud applications, and APIs to identify potential vulnerabilities and critical risks. This proactive approach enables organizations to address security concerns before they can be exploited by malicious actors, thereby enhancing their overall security posture. The target audience for CyCognito includes emerging companies, government agencies, and Fortune 500 organizations, all of which face increasing threats in today's digital environment. These entities require robust security measures to protect sensitive data and maintain compliance with various regulations. CyCognito serves as an essential tool for security teams, providing them with the insights needed to understand their risk exposure and prioritize remediation efforts effectively. One of the key features of the CyCognito platform is its comprehensive scanning capability, which covers a vast range of digital assets. This extensive reach ensures that organizations can identify vulnerabilities across all their online presence, including third-party services and shadow IT. The platform's AI-driven analysis further enhances its effectiveness by automatically assessing the severity of identified risks, allowing security teams to focus on the most critical issues that could lead to significant breaches. In addition to risk discovery, CyCognito offers actionable guidance for remediation, helping organizations to implement effective security measures. The platform provides detailed insights into the nature of the vulnerabilities and suggests specific steps to mitigate them. This feature not only streamlines the remediation process but also empowers organizations to build a more resilient security framework over time. By integrating CyCognito into their cybersecurity strategy, organizations can significantly reduce their risk exposure and enhance their ability to respond to emerging threats. The platform's unique combination of extensive scanning, AI-driven risk assessment, and actionable remediation guidance positions it as a valuable asset for any organization looking to strengthen its security posture in an increasingly complex threat landscape.

CyCognito Details
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Product Description

CyCognito’s global bot network operates at nation-state scale, using sophisticated reconnaissance techniques to continuously scan, map and fingerprint billions of digital assets all over the world.


Seller Details
Seller
CyCognito
Company Website
Year Founded
2017
HQ Location
Palo Alto, US
Twitter
@CyCognito
10,614 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
158 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

CyCognito is a cybersecurity vendor that specializes in attack surface management. The company's platform helps organizations identify, prioritize, and mitigate security risks associated with their external digital assets. By providing comprehensive visibility into an organization’s attack surface, CyCognito empowers businesses to proactively manage vulnerabilities and strengthen their security posture. Their solutions cater to various industries, focusing on enhancing overall cyber resilience through automated risk assessments and strategic insights. For more information, visit their website at https://www.cycognito.com/.


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Recent CyCognito Reviews

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Vinay Kumar E.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Cycognito tool review"
Cycognito provides continous monitoring which can be used for monitoring the external assets and to detect threats that occur when the assets are c...
Shay F.
SF
Shay F.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"All in all a great service. False positives prevents it from being wonderful."
The ease of on-boarding. You just sign up and go!
Aayat A.
AA
Aayat A.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"A big improvement for cybersecurity in the IT industry"
CyCognito finds hidden assets and prioritizes the big risks. It is user-friendly and works well with existing tools, and helps our IT teams stay s...
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CyCognito Media

CyCognito Demo - Discovery: Discover the Gaps
CyCognito's automated asset discovery uses machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP), and a graph data model to first reveal and relate all business relationships in your enterprise, including acquired companies, joint ventures, and cloud environments. Discovering assets autonom...
CyCognito Demo - Contextualization: Get Actionable Context
CyCognito's automated contextualization gives you the ability to know everything about your assets including owner, business purpose, attractiveness to attackers, related assets, risk profile. The platform uses intelligent, iterative analysis to take the hassle out of determining who owns asse...
CyCognito Demo - Active Security Testing: Never Stop Testing
Only CyCognito's active security tests can confidently reveal the attack vectors visible to cyber criminals; even undocumented issues that are less common and often more critical. Continuous tests quickly identify critical breaches, reduce your mean time to remediation (MTTR), and block attack...
CyCognito Demo - Prioritization: Prioritize Risks
Focus on the few critical attack vectors, not the noise. CyCognito's unique analysis prioritizes the hundreds or thousands of critical attack vectors down to the handful that account for the vast majority of your risks. High precision prioritization reduces alert fatigue and improves your team...
CyCognito Demo - Remediation Acceleration: Remediation Ready
For every risk identified, the CyCognito platform provides detailed supporting evidence about the risk, asset ownership and actionable validation guidance with exploit threat Intelligence, so security and IT operations teams have a clear path forward. The frictionless workflow integration capa...
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Ströer
Customer Testimonial (1:52 min)
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Ströer Customer Testimonial (1:52 min) "CyCognito is worth every cent we pay and it helps me sleep better because I know we’re checking our internet-facing assets on a regular basis.” —Benjamin Bachmann | Vice President, Group CISO | Ströer
Ares Management Corp | Kaiser Permanente
Customer Testimonial
“Allows us to see all of our vulnerabilities across our entire attack surface. You can find out things that nobody in the company may have known.” — Darrell Jones | CISO
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Ares Management Corp | Kaiser Permanente Customer Testimonial “Allows us to see all of our vulnerabilities across our entire attack surface. You can find out things that nobody in the company may have known.” — Darrell Jones | CISO
Scientific Games
Customer Testimonial (2:02 min)
“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.
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Scientific Games Customer Testimonial (2:02 min) “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." — Kevin Kealy | CISO
Colgate Palmolive
Customer Testimonial (2:07 min)
“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.” — Alex Schuchman | CISO
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Colgate Palmolive Customer Testimonial (2:07 min) “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.” — Alex Schuchman | CISO

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CyCognito Pros and Cons

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Senior Security Engineer
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about CyCognito?

Cycognito provides continous monitoring which can be used for monitoring the external assets and to detect threats that occur when the assets are compromised or exposed.

In addition to that we also have AI features to check and assess the risk level based on the impact and exploitability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CyCognito?

Nothing much, but the remediation steps are not in detail and we need to manually address the issues/ vulnerabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CyCognito solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cycognito seamlessly discovers all external assets, even those that are hidden or unregistered, providing security teams with comprehensive visibility. By revealing every asset, it enables organizations to safeguard their entire digital footprint, ensuring that no vulnerabilities go unnoticed and security gaps are effectively closed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shay F.
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Head of Engineering
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about CyCognito?

The ease of on-boarding. You just sign up and go! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CyCognito?

False positives. We get a bunch of issues that are not really issues - once that happens there's no one to talk to. the account manager sends you to create a support ticket and from them you don't get a response for a very long while, if any. Pretty disappointing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CyCognito solving and how is that benefiting you?

Continous application security testing - helps us find issues coming from outside our infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aayat A.
AA
Web Developer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: G2 invite
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What do you like best about CyCognito?

CyCognito finds hidden assets and prioritizes the big risks. It is user-friendly and works well with existing tools, and helps our IT teams stay secure without extra effort." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CyCognito?

what i dislike in cycognito, it create to many alerts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CyCognito solving and how is that benefiting you?

Unmanaged Assets, Alert Overload Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: G2 invite
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What do you like best about CyCognito?

Their technology aims to provide a comprehensive view of an organization's attack surface, allowing them to proactively address potential security risks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CyCognito?

I don't have personal opinions or the capability to express likes or dislikes about CyCognito CyCognito Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CyCognito solving and how is that benefiting you?

their innovative approach to cybersecurity, their ability to help organizations identify and remediate vulnerabilities before they are exploited, and their focus on enhancing overall security posture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about CyCognito?

It is easy to use and easy to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CyCognito?

I dislike to take some risk security related to any kind of important information . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CyCognito solving and how is that benefiting you?

Eliminate the critical security risk Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.