Breach and attack simulation (BAS) software is used to mimic real-world security threats to help businesses prepare incident response plans and discover potential vulnerabilities in their security systems. These simulated attacks might send fake phishing attacks to employees or attempt a cyberattack on a company’s web application firewall.
Many tools even provide automated simulations with AI-based threat logic and continuous testing to ensure teams are always prepared to properly handle security incidents.
Most of these simulations are available at all times. Many businesses use them periodically as updates are made to security systems or security policies are changed. Without simulated attacks, it can be difficult to assess the efficacy of security operations; customized simulations can mimic various threats to different surface areas or within unique environments to help businesses prepare and evaluate their defense against all kinds of multivector threats.
Breach and attack simulation software tools are typically capable of performing penetration tests or simulate attacks similar to some dynamic application security testing tools and vulnerability scanners.
But most of those solutions only mimic a single kind of threat and are not continuously available. They also do not provide the same outcome details and report on vulnerabilities and security posture to the same degree of BAS solutions.
- Defendify Cybersecurity Platform
- Sophos PhishThreat
- Cymulate
- Infection Monkey
- Datto SaaS Defense
1. Defendify Cybersecurity Platform
Defendify is pioneering cybersecurity for organizations with growing security needs.
Delivering multiple layers of protection, Defendify provides an all-in-one, easy-to-use platform designed to continuously strengthen cybersecurity across people, process, and technology.
With Defendify, organizations can streamline cybersecurity assessments, testing, policies, training, detection and response in one consolidated and cost-effective cybersecurity solution backed by world-class support and expertise.
2. Sophos PhishThreat
Sophos PhishThreat provides you with the flexibility and customization that your organization needs to facilitate a positive security awareness culture. Phish Threat educates and tests your end users through automated attack simulations, quality security awareness training, and actionable reporting metrics.
3. Cymulate
For companies that want to manage their security posture against the evolving threat landscape: Cymulate SaaS-based Extended Security Posture Management (XSPM) 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.
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 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. Cymulate allows professionals to manage, know and control their dynamic environment.
4. Infection Monkey
By deploying the Infection Monkey as an ongoing testing solution, you can verify the security baseline of your network and achieve full network coverage.
5. Datto SaaS Defense
SaaS Defense is an advanced threat protection [ATP] and spam filtering solution that detects zero-day threats. This means it identifies and prevents threats that competitive solutions are missing. It proactively defends against malware, phishing, and business email compromise (BEC) attacks that target Microsoft 365 including Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams.
