IANS

What the company sells

IANS provides cybersecurity advisory services including on-demand expert intelligence, research and peer benchmarking, as well as consulting offerings such as penetration testing, red and purple teaming, tabletop exercises, cloud security assessments and security program assessments. It also offers professional development through a Security Academy, leadership development programs and executive coaching, delivered by a network of Faculty practitioners.^[1][2]

Categories

• Security consulting and advisory (primary category)
• Penetration testing and red team services
• Security awareness training

Headquarters

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Founded

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Ownership

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Website

ians.com

Products and services

Product names as the company writes them; what each does, in our words, from the company's own product pages. Never how well it does it.

• IANS Intelligence

  On-demand access to expert answers, research and peer benchmarks for security practitioners.

• Consulting

  Penetration testing, security program assessments, cloud security assessments and tabletop exercises led by Faculty practitioners.

• Professional Development

  Security Academy training, leadership development and executive coaching for security teams.

• MCP Server^[1]

  Delivers IANS intelligence content directly into a user's AI tool of choice.

Competitors and alternatives

The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of IANS's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.

• On security consulting and advisory, IANS competes with GuidePoint Security, SAIC, Accenture, Airbus, Atos, BSI, Capgemini, CGI, CyberTrust Consulting, Cybolt and 34 more.

• On penetration testing and red team services, IANS competes with Bishop Fox, Cobalt, AccessIT Group, Blue Mantis, CISO Global, GuidePoint Security, Integrity360, Inversion6, SAIC, Tenfold Security and 5 more.

• On security awareness training, IANS competes with Adaptive Security, KnowBe4, SoSafe, AccessIT Group, Arctic Wolf, Cofense, Elbit Systems, Hoxhunt, Keepnet Labs, Living Security and 2 more.

References

Every fact above cites one of these by number. Tier A is the company itself, a regulator or a filing; tier B is trade or business press.

1. [1]ians.comIANS · ians.com · undated page, accessed October 16, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
2. [2]Security program assessmentsIANS · ians.com · undated page, accessed October 16, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing

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