BOSTON, July 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FireCompass, a
leader in Continuous Penetration Testing and Red Teaming, has
launched Generative-AI powered Agent AI for Ethical Hacking &
Autonomous Penetration Testing. FireCompass Agent AI/Agentic AI is
natively integrated with the FireCompass Platform and autonomously
executes the entire penetration testing workflow.
Unlike current generative AI tools that typically only provide
interfaces or generic suggestions, Agent AI executes the tasks
autonomously, orchestrating to achieve specific objectives like
finding organization-specific vulnerability information, generating
tailored attack plans, and autonomously executing specific attack
playbooks to demonstrate potential breaches. The platform
dramatically increases testing coverage, accelerates the discovery
of complex attack paths, and enhances the productivity of human pen
testers. This capability is available as an add-on to FireCompass'
existing platform for Automated Pen Testing, Red Teaming, and
External Attack Surface Management.
The US faces severe cybersecurity challenges, ranking among the
most targeted countries globally. ITRC reported a 78% increase
in yearly breaches. There is a global shortage of 3.4 million
cybersecurity professionals (ISC2). This amplifies the immediate
need for AI-driven autonomous solutions.
"An average organization conducts ethical hacking or penetration
testing on the top 20% of their assets annually. However, attackers
are leveraging automation and AI to continuously target 100% of the
assets," said Bikash Barai, CEO and
Co-Founder of FireCompass. "Conventional Penetration Testing cannot
match the pace of attackers. FireCompass GenAI & Agentic AI can
help us achieve 10 to 100 times more frequency and cost efficiency
than traditional models."
Traditional Ethical Hacking or Penetration Testing involves
multiple tools and manual effort. FireCompass Autonomous Pen
Testing Agent AI with the LLM-powered interface eliminates the need
for repetitive manual tasks, significantly improving delivery speed
and the depth and breadth of testing.
"Automating penetration testing of complex, multi-stage attacks
is the next level of penetration testing. Agent AI is a promising
way to solve this otherwise hard problem," said Bruce Schneier, an internationally renowned
security technologist called a 'security guru' by the
Economist.
Gaps with Standard LLMs in Penetration Testing
Standard LLMs have several limitations in the context of
penetration testing:
- They cannot answer queries specific to an organization (e.g.,
"Give me the list of IPs of all risky assets").
- They cannot create an organization-specific plan of attack for
a given objective.
- They cannot execute end-to-end Penetration Testing or Red
Teaming on their own.
Introducing Agent AI for Penetration Testing & Red
Teaming
FireCompass combines Agent AI with Gen AI to create autonomous
end-to-end penetration testing capabilities. While Gen AI typically
makes suggestions, Agent AI executes the completion of a workflow
to achieve specific objectives. This capability, available as an
add-on to FireCompass' existing platform, will:
- Interact in natural language to provide organization-specific
information on vulnerabilities and risks.
- Generate attack plans tailored to an organization based on
user-provided objectives, guardrails, and existing
vulnerabilities.
- Execute attacks autonomously and demonstrate how an
organization can be breached.
FireCompass has already been awarded a patent by the USPTO for
automated penetration testing and red teaming.
FireCompass' Agent AI vs. Traditional Methods
- FireCompass uses Agent AI and Gen AI to creatively generate and
autonomously execute attack plans.
- Provides 10-100x more testing with the same budget, making
human PenTesters four times more productive.
- Accelerates the discovery and mitigation of complex attack
paths, reducing the risk window from months to hours.
FireCompass is considered a leader in Automated Pen Testing, Red
Teaming, and Attack Surface Management by leading analysts like
Gartner, Forrester, and IDC. Founded by serial entrepreneurs and
supported by leading VCs, the team holds multiple patents in
cybersecurity and has discovered zero-day vulnerabilities in
platforms such as McAfee, Microsoft BitLocker, Sophos, and AVG.
FireCompass is trusted by Fortune 500 companies globally which
includes Top 5 Global Telco, Top 10 Manufacturing Firms, Top 10
Technology, and Banking Firms.
To learn more, visit www.firecompass.com.
About FireCompass:
FireCompass is a SaaS platform for AI-powered Penetration
Testing, Continuous Automated Red Teaming & NextGen Attack
Surface Management. The platform continuously indexes and monitors
the deep, dark, and surface web to map out an organization's
digital attack surface, including Shadow IT blind spots.
FireCompass platform automatically launches safe multi-stage
attacks, mimicking real attackers, to help identify attack paths
before hackers do. FireCompass is trusted by leading Fortune 1000
companies and has been recognized in the Gartner Hype Cycle, GigaOm
Radar Report, IDC Innovator & RSAC 365 Innovation Showcase.
www.firecompass.com
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