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Picus Pushes Continuous Validation of Defenses After a Pentest

June 10, 2026 at 07:06 EDT

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Sales & Business

In June 2026, The Hacker News and Picus Security argued that conventional penetration test (pentest) reports only show whether an attack is reachable, not whether EDR or SIEM actually blocked or detected it, and presented a security control validation approach aimed at closing that gap.

Automated Security Validation · Picus Security

A Reachable Path Is Not a Defended One

A clean pentest report can create a false sense of security. Proving an attacker could move laterally says nothing about whether EDR blocked it or SIEM caught it — the new question is whether your defenses actually fired.

86%

cut in remediation backlog with validation-based prioritization

4.8/5

overall rating across 63 verified reviews

95%

of respondents recommend the platform

Remediation backlog: validation vs. unvalidated

Based on 100M+ anonymized exposure records (Jan–May 2025)

100%

unvalidated
backlog

→

14%

after
validation

An 86% smaller stack of issues to fix — focus on what defenses actually fail to stop.

Security Control Validation — the loop

1 · SIMULATE

Safely run real attacks across the kill chain (MITRE ATT&CK TTPs)

→

2 · MEASURE

Did EDR, SIEM, NGFW & WAF block or detect it?

→

3 · REMEDIATE

Expose blind spots, fix detection gaps, re-validate continuously

Strengths in practice

Easy operation, clear executive-facing reports
Frequently updated threat database
Juventus FC validates stadium & medical systems
A bank turned detection blind spots into fixes

Considerations

Custom enterprise pricing, not publicly disclosed
Initial setup & tool integration may need expertise
Often weighed against Cymulate, AttackIQ, SafeBreach
Free Emerging Threat Simulator available, no signup

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