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FireCompass has been included in the 2025 Gartner Market Guide for Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV), a report that provides a technical overview of how organizations can empirically validate their security posture using continuous, automated adversarial testing.
Key Technical Findings from the Report
- Definition and Purpose of AEV:
Gartner defines AEV as technologies that provide consistent, continuous, and automated evidence of attack feasibility. The focus is on validating whether exposures in real environments are exploitable, rather than simply identifying theoretical vulnerabilities. - Shift from BAS Breach and Attack Simulation to AEV Adversarial Exposure Validation :
The AEV category consolidates previous approaches such as breach and attack simulation (BAS), automated penetration testing, and red teaming. The emphasis is now on automation, scalability, and actionable evidence, moving beyond periodic or manual testing. - Core Use Cases:
The report highlights three primary use cases for AEV solutions:- Optimize Defense: Validate and enhance the effectiveness of security controls.
- Improve Exposure Awareness: Identify and prioritize exposures that are actually exploitable.
- Scale Offensive Testing: Automate and scale red teaming and attack path validation, making advanced testing accessible to organizations without requiring deep offensive security expertise.
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- Mandatory Features:Gartner lists key technical requirements for AEV platforms:
- Ability to execute vendor-supplied attack scenarios at scale with minimal manual intervention.
- Automated mapping of attack paths, including lateral movement and privilege escalation.
- Integration with defensive controls via APIs or native interfaces for contextualized results and remediation guidance.
- Continuous and production-safe testing, with transparent reporting and proof of exploitation.
- Adoption Trends:
Gartner predicts that by 2027, 40% of organizations will have adopted formal exposure validation initiatives, with most relying on AEV technologies and managed service providers to achieve maturity and consistency.
FireCompass Capabilities in Context
Based on the report’s criteria, FireCompass aligns with the AEV market’s technical direction in several ways:
- Continuous, Automated Validation:
FireCompass enables ongoing, automated attack simulations, providing empirical evidence of which exposures are exploitable in production environments. - Attack Path Mapping and Prioritization:
The platform maps multistage attack paths and prioritizes exposures based on real exploitability and business impact, supporting both defensive optimization and exposure awareness. - Integration and Automation:
FireCompass supports integration with security controls and workflows, enabling automated remediation and reporting. - Scalable Red Teaming:
By automating complex attack scenarios, FireCompass allows organizations to scale offensive testing without requiring specialized red team resources.
Implications for CISOs & Security Teams
- Attack Based Exploitable Risks, Not Theoretical Vulnerabilities: The shift to AEV means security teams can now validate exposures with real attack techniques. By focusing on real, exploitable exposures rather than theoretical vulnerabilities, FireCompass helps reduce noise and ensures remediation efforts are targeted and effective.
- Faster, More Accurate Validation: Automated, frequent testing means organizations can trend their defensive improvements over time and respond quickly to new threats
- Readiness for Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM):
The report positions AEV as foundational for organizations looking to implement mature, continuous exposure management programs.
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FireCompass is a single platform for AI-Powered Continuous Automated Red Teaming (CART), Pen Testing & NextGen Attack Surface Management
For CISOs and security teams, the Gartner Market Guide for Adversarial Exposure Validation provides a framework for evaluating and operationalizing continuous security validation. FireCompass’s inclusion reflects its alignment with these technical requirements and its ability to support scalable, automated, and exposure validation in enterprise organizations.
