We are thrilled to announce that Picus Security has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the Gartner Peer Insights "Voice of the Customer for Adversarial Exposure Validation" report released Oct. 30, 2025.
This report synthesizes reviews from verified end-users into actionable insights for technology buyers. Vendors placed in the upper-right "Customers' Choice" quadrant have met or exceeded the market average for both User Interest and Adoption and Overall Experience. Vendors placed in each quadrant are listed alphabetically; no ranking is implied.
We believe this recognition reflects our unwavering commitment to our customers' success in managing their threat exposure. To all our customers: Thank you. We extend our deepest gratitude for your continued trust and for taking the time to share your experiences.
At Picus, our success is defined by the results we deliver for our customers every day. According to the Gartner report, based on 71 reviews as of 31 August 2025, Picus Security achieved outstanding recognition from our peers:
98% Willingness to Recommend: The highest percentage among all vendors listed in the comparison table.
4.8 out of 5 Overall Rating: The highest overall rating (co-leader) listed in the comparison table.
Top-Tier Satisfaction: 80% of reviewers gave Picus Security the highest 5-star rating.
Gartner defines Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) as technologies that deliver consistent, continuous, and automated evidence of the feasibility of an attack. These solutions are critical for organizations to confirm how potential attack techniques could successfully exploit exposures and circumvent existing prevention and detection controls.
While numbers are important, the actual voices of our customers tell the real story. Here is what they are saying about their experience with the Picus Security Validation Platform:
"Proactive, Insight Driven And Reliable Security Validation"- “My overall experience with the Picus Security Validation Platform has been highly rewarding. It brings a proactive approach to cybersecurity by continuously testing our defenses against real-world attack scenarios. Platform not only validates the effectiveness of our controls, but also translates the findings into practical remediation steps that are easy to follow” - IT Security and Risk Management, Energy and Utilities Industry (Read the full review)
"Continuous Security Validation And Automation Enhance Defense Capabilities And Efficiency"- “Our experience with Picus Security has been highly positive, the platform offers a comprehensive and continuous security validation process that helps us assess the effectiveness of our existing security controls in real-time” Network Security Engineer, IT Services (Read the full review)
"Automated Validation Reveals Attack Paths, Requires Time To Adapt To Complexity" - “The tool has proven to be an invaluable asset for validating and strengthening our security posture. Its intuitive interface and automated validation process make it easy to access attack paths and identify potential weaknesses before they can be exploited." IT Security and Risk Management, IT Services (Read the full review)
"Stronger Detections With Picus"- "This product fully met our needs. They have significantly improved our organization in terms of correlation. Engineer, Banking. (Read the full review)
"Cyber Attack Threat Simulation: Constantly Updating, Always Scanning" - "The product is a cyber attack threat simulation and a very successful and effective product in many areas. The product, which has many features such as constantly updating the threat library, performing timely and continuous scans, effective solution suggestions in the mitigation sections, setting up simulations according to the infrastructure, is quite successful in terms of preliminary preparation/ practice before a real scenario occurs and detecting and eliminating open points.” IT Security and Risk Management, Insurance (Read the full review)
"Time-Saving Security Assessment Features With Actionable And Clear Reporting" - “Very friendly user interface. Clear reports with actionable steps. Updated Attack Scenarios. Helpful support team.” IT Security and Risk Management, Media (Read the full review)
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