Picus Security
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San Francisco, California, USA
Headquarters
2013
Founded
500+
Employees
Worldwide
Regions served
About Picus Security
Picus Security focuses on helping organizations test whether their defensive controls work against realistic attack techniques. Its security validation platform uses breach and attack simulation and threat emulation to reproduce adversary behaviors across endpoints, networks, cloud environments and other defensive layers. Rather than simply listing vulnerabilities, Picus helps teams understand whether existing controls can prevent an attack and whether detection technologies generate the expected response. Its content is mapped to frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, giving SOC and security engineering teams a common language for measuring defensive coverage. The platform can also support detection engineering by identifying gaps and recommending improvements to security controls. This approach is valuable for organizations that operate many security products and need evidence that those technologies work together as intended. Picus is particularly relevant to security operations, purple teams, red teams and security engineering functions.
Main focus: Security control validation, breach and attack simulation and automated threat emulation
Target customers: SOC teams, security engineering, red teams, vulnerability teams and enterprise security programs
Categories & Solutions
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Products (5)
View all products →Picus Security Validation Platform
What does Picus Security Validation Platform do? It covers fast sensor setup. See typical use cases, cloud or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Vulnerability & Exposure ManagementPicus Security Control Validation
Picus Security Control Validation: safe threat emulation and NGFW & IPS prevention checks. Built for firewall rule validation. Compare Threat Detection alternatives.
Vulnerability & Exposure ManagementPicus Attack Path Validation
Evaluating Picus Attack Path Validation? See how this BAS tool handles non-disruptive validation, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Vulnerability & Exposure ManagementPicus Threat Library
Picus Threat Library covers daily threat updates and real-world ransomware samples for zero-day threat emulation. Compare top Threat Intelligence tools.
Threat IntelligencePicus Security
Picus Security: continuous BAS attack simulation, MITRE ATT&CK mapping and vendor-specific prevention tuning. Built for SIEM rule optimization. Compare BAS alternatives.
Vulnerability & Exposure ManagementSolutions
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Industries Served
Picus Security is listed for 8 industries
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Company Info
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- Company Type
- Privately Held
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Founded
- 2013
- Company Size
- 500+
- Main Focus
- Security control validation, breach and attack simulation and automated threat emulation
- Target Customers
- SOC teams, security engineering, red teams, vulnerability teams and enterprise security programs
- Headquarters Address
- San Francisco, California, United States
Security & Compliance
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