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What it sells
	ABIR NetworksABIR Networks sells penetration testing, cloud security, risk consulting and compliance services.abirnetworks.com	Astra SecurityAstra Security sells a platform that performs continuous offensive pentests across apps, APIs and cloud.getastra.com	Bishop FoxBishop Fox sells offensive security services, including penetration testing and continuous security testing.bishopfox.com	CobaltCobalt offers a full suite of offensive security services, from autonomous pentesting to human-led pentesting.cobalt.io
What it sells	Pentestgenix^[1][5][9]A platform for penetration testing and vulnerability management. It covers bug reporting, client access to pentest status and integrations with scanners. Compliance Scanning and Monitoring^[6]Cloud security checks mapped to industry regulations. Security Automation and DevSecOps^[6]Services for securing infrastructure and application services in cloud environments. Threat Modelling^[8]Identifies potential threat agents and evaluates the damage malicious hackers could inflict.	DAST Scanner^[3][7]Dynamic vulnerability scanning with authenticated scans behind login screens.	Cosmos^{[3][7][13][14]}Bishop Fox's cloud-native technology platform and the foundation of its offensive security services. Penetration Testing Services^[4]Bishop Fox penetration testing across applications, networks, products, cloud, and AI systems. Application Penetration Testing^[3][9][14]Testing of web, mobile, and other applications, including an AI-powered portfolio option. External Penetration Testing^[10]Perimeter testing that emulates targeted adversaries. Hardware Penetration Testing^[4][11]Testing of connected devices and their ecosystems. Continuous Security Testing^[5][8]Managed continuous testing that Bishop Fox ties to Continuous Threat Exposure Management programs. AIMap^[3]Open-source tool built by Bishop Fox for testing exposed AI endpoints.	Autonomous Pentest^[3][7]Complete pentests in 24 hours with proof of exploit on every finding. Cobalt Sage AI^[3][6][7]The intelligence Cobalt says powers every Cobalt pentest. Secure Code Review^[8]Human-led analysis of source code to find security vulnerabilities. Internal Network Pentest^[10]Testing of internal systems by Cobalt experts.
Categories
Categories	Penetration testing and red team services (primary category) Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP) GRC and integrated risk platforms Breach simulation and automated pen-testing	Penetration testing and red team services (primary category) Dynamic application security testing API security Vulnerability management	Penetration testing and red team services (primary category) External attack surface management	Penetration testing and red team services (primary category)
Headquarters
Headquarters	Not stated on its pages	Not stated on its pages	Tempe, United States^[2]	Not stated on its pages
Founded
Founded	Not stated on its pages	2018^[2]	2005^[1][4][8]	Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Ownership and funding	Not stated on its pages	Privately held^[6][7]	Not stated on its pages	Not stated on its pages
Named customers
Named customers	Not stated on its pages	Not stated on its pages	Not stated on its pages	Not stated on its pages
Recent news
Recent news	Not stated on its pages	Not stated on its pages	February 10, 2026Bishop Fox announced an updated application penetration testing service that combines its expert testing teams with its proprietary AI engine, Cosmos AI.^[14]	Not stated on its pages
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights	G2: Not stated on its pages Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages	G2: Not stated on its pages Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages	G2: Not stated on its pages Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages	G2: listed, seen November 5, 2026^[5] Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
Who it fits	From its own pages, ABIR Networks sells penetration testing for security audits across various sectors. ABIR Networks says its services enable organizations, institutes and individuals to implement technology solutions. ABIR Networks offers technical and development teams specialized help with security posture. Healthcare providers are the audience for its HIPAA work, and financial institutions and healthcare providers are named as the groups requiring HITRUST CSF certification.	Not written yet	From its own pages, Bishop Fox sells mainly to organizations that want offensive security testing of their applications, cloud, networks, devices, and AI systems. Bishop Fox says most enterprises manage many applications with constrained budgets and headcount. Customers it describes include a healthcare technology company moving to SaaS, an energy provider facing nation-state threats to critical infrastructure, and a financial services organization. Its hardware testing is aimed at healthcare devices, consumer tech, and industrial systems. Bishop Fox says it works with customers who are looking to safely deploy AI, release a new app or service, or validate corporate governance. Cosmos is delivered as a managed platform, so customers do not deploy or maintain it themselves.	From its own pages, Cobalt sells mainly to security and development teams. Cobalt says customers use it to test critical web applications and APIs in production, AI and LLM-based applications still in development, and globally distributed networks segmented by location and business unit. Cobalt offers centralized management of parent and child organizations. Cobalt says its pentesting helps customers meet audit, regulatory and customer requirements.
Last verified
Last verified	November 13, 2026	November 13, 2026	September 27, 2026	September 27, 2026

About ABIR Networks

ABIR Networks sells penetration testing, cloud security, risk consulting and compliance services. ABIR Networks delivers penetration testing, compliance-aligned vulnerability assessments and reporting. ABIR Networks lets customers schedule security assessments whenever they need them. ABIR Networks offers penetration testing for security audits across various sectors.^[1][2][3]

ABIR Networks runs hacker-style penetration tests for web apps, mobile apps on Android and iOS, and network and infrastructure assets. ABIR Networks describes a pentesting approach that mimics real-world attacker tactics. Network pentesting from ABIR Networks aims to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities within network infrastructure to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches. ABIR Networks describes advanced red team work for uncovering hidden risks. ABIR Networks uses advanced code audits to uncover mistakes from dev and inherent risks for libraries. Customers can approach the professional pentesters of ABIR Networks directly via Slack and in-platform messaging.^[2][4][5]

ABIR Networks also covers cloud penetration testing for AWS, GCP and Azure. For cloud applications, the approach of ABIR Networks respects cloud providers' policies while assessing the security of those applications. The security automation and DevSecOps services of ABIR Networks focus on securing infrastructure and application services through identity and secrets management.^[2][6]

ABIR Networks supports organizations in achieving and maintaining HITRUST compliance. The privacy readiness assessments from ABIR Networks align an organization with frameworks like GDPR and CCPA. ABIR Networks applies its STRIDE and DREAD methodology to uncover hidden threats and unidentified risks.^[2][7]

ABIR Networks also builds Pentestgenix, described as a platform for penetration testing and vulnerability management. Pentestgenix helps users streamline vulnerability and bug reporting, track progress and facilitate team collaboration. Pentestgenix addresses communication between security teams and external researchers. Pentestgenix lets users customize rewards to fit a budget and security requirements. Pentestgenix delivers clients realtime updates on vulnerability and testing status. Pentestgenix provides clients with real-time access to their pentest information and statuses. Pentestgenix offers a common language and format for all team submissions, and templated writeups for common security issues.^[1][5][9]

Pentestgenix lets users create personalized dashboards tailored to each user's role and responsibilities. Pentestgenix visualizes pentest data with interactive charts, graphs and tables. Pentestgenix identifies patterns and trends over time. Pentestgenix integrates with vulnerability scanners like Burp Suite, Nessus, Nmap and OpenVAS. On the Pentestgenix platform, customers combine human and automated pentesting. ABIR Networks says customers can integrate with technologies such as NMAP, Burp Suite, Jira and Teams, and bring pentesting findings into their SDLC using existing technologies.^[5][9]

ABIR Networks says its services enable organizations, institutes and individuals to implement technology solutions.^{[1][3][5][6][7][8]}

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About Astra Security

Astra Security sells a platform that performs continuous offensive pentests across apps, APIs and cloud. Astra Security is a penetration testing company in Delhi that specializes in protecting websites and businesses online. Astra Security's VAPT services cover websites, web apps, mobile apps, cloud infrastructure, network devices and emerging technologies like blockchain. Astra Security finds vulnerabilities and verifies the fixes that the customer's team implements.^[1][3][4][5]

Astra Security offers a PTaaS (Penetration Testing as a Service) platform. Astra Security's continuous pentesting combines automated scanning with expert manual assessments. Astra Security's continuous pentesting covers every new feature a customer builds. Astra Security runs manual pentests in 8-15 business days. Astra Security provides two re-scans to validate fixes and a publicly verifiable certificate once a customer passes the pentest. Astra Security's pentest reports include video PoCs and detailed steps to fix a vulnerability. Astra Security issues publicly verifiable certifications with shareable links.^[1][3]

Astra Security offers a DAST scanner and an API security platform. Astra Security's vulnerability scanning covers CVEs and access control flaws. Astra Security's authenticated scans scan behind login screens. Astra Security's scanning offers CI/CD, Slack and Jira integrations. Astra Security lets customers share continuous scan results and security posture with the Trust Center. Astra Security's API scanning looks for shadow APIs, zombie APIs and broken access control.^[1][3]

Astra Security's cloud scanning is continuous, agentless and multi-cloud. Astra Security's cloud scanning detects 400+ misconfigurations and risks across AWS, Azure and GCP. Astra Security's cloud scanning integrates into CI/CD for checks before and after every deployment. Astra Security provides shareable cloud security evidence through the Astra Trust Center.^[3]

Astra Security examines every AI-driven component in a customer's app. Astra Security's AI testing covers prompt-based attacks such as jailbreaks, indirect and context injection, and context poisoning. Astra Security's AI testing includes CVE reproduction testing, such as Redis bugs, SSRF and exposed configs. Astra Security's team has discovered and responsibly disclosed 50+ CVEs. Astra Security's pentesters hold OSCP, CEH, eJPT, eWPTXv2 and CCSP (AWS) credentials. Astra Security is a CREST-approved member, CERT-In empanelled, a PCI ASV-approved scanning vendor and ISO 27001-certified.^[8]

Astra Security sells penetration testing security to insurance providers. International SOS is a global health and security services organization. International SOS selected Astra Security for a platform-driven approach to penetration testing that blends automation with manual expertise. SmartWinnr is a mobile-first sales productivity platform for remote sales teams. Astra Security scanned SmartWinnr's web, iOS and Android applications and AWS infrastructure. Astra Security's team conducted 1 security audit for ZenoCloud.^{[9][10][11][12]}

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About Bishop Fox

Bishop Fox sells offensive security services, including penetration testing and continuous security testing. Bishop Fox says it has 20 years of offensive security experience and thousands of customer engagements. Bishop Fox was founded by ethical hackers. Bishop Fox says it is behind offensive security tools including Sliver and CloudFox. Bishop Fox applies agentic AI to its offensive testing, and Bishop Fox assesses models and architectures as part of securing AI and LLM initiatives.

Bishop Fox penetration testing spans applications, networks, products, cloud, and AI systems. Bishop Fox offers assessments of AI systems tailored to the customer's use case, priorities, and development lifecycle. Bishop Fox's application offering includes web and mobile app penetration testing, AI-powered portfolio assessments, and secure code review. Application testing covers web, thick-client, e-commerce, single page applications, and APIs. Bishop Fox runs in-depth manual and dynamic analyses of Android and iOS devices and apps, guided by OWASP testing methodologies. Bishop Fox AI-Powered Application Penetration Testing delivers validated, expert-reviewed findings across an entire portfolio. Bishop Fox application testers are fluent in programming languages such as Python, C, C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, GO, Swift, PHP, Rust, and Objective C.^[9]

Bishop Fox cloud testing goes beyond configuration reviews to identify critical and exploitable paths in AWS, GCP, Azure, and Kubernetes environments. Bishop Fox network testing simulates real-world attack scenarios to uncover perimeter weaknesses and identify how an attacker could gain access to internal networks. Bishop Fox says its External Penetration Testing emulates targeted adversaries and results in discovery of defensive gaps, including likelihood of exploitation and business impact. Bishop Fox hardware and software testing covers IoT, consumer, commercial, and industrial devices. Hardware testing inspects devices down to electronic components including PCBs, chips, storage, debugging interfaces, and bus protocols. Bishop Fox experts test strategic partners and 3rd party vendors.^[11]

Bishop Fox provides continuous security testing that it describes as integral to a successful Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) program. Bishop Fox managed services identify, prioritize, and help customers remediate business-impacting exposures. Bishop Fox Attack Surface Discovery continuously finds, validates, and attributes perimeter assets. Bishop Fox Emerging Threat Testing delivers a per-environment verdict. Bishop Fox says its red team work lets customers face the tactics real adversaries use and see how their team responds. Bishop Fox customizes its reporting, weekly status reports, and post-engagement reviews to the unique needs of the customer's organization.^[12][13]

Cosmos is Bishop Fox's cloud-native technology platform and the foundation of its offensive security services. Cosmos is built on stateless microservices that auto scale to enterprise volumes, continuously discovers external assets, and routes high-confidence findings into an expert human validation pipeline. Cosmos builds and verifies a living inventory of an organization's external attack surface. Cosmos runs daily automations that validate reachability and protocol behavior so customers see only verified, visible assets. Cosmos captures evidence in the form of technology fingerprints, screenshots, and service metadata. Cosmos uses tenant- and organization-level cloud connectors. Cosmos integrates with customer workflows through Jira and ServiceNow, syncing validated findings into existing ticketing systems. Validated outputs are surfaced through the Bishop Fox Portal, which provides an asset inventory, confirmed findings, indicators of exposure, and a triage workflow integrated with customer ticketing and collaboration systems. Bishop Fox operates and manages Cosmos as part of its services, and customers do not deploy or maintain the platform themselves.^[7]

Bishop Fox built AIMap, an open-source tool that discovers, scores, and tests exposed AI endpoints. Sliver is a cross-platform general purpose implant framework. Sliver supports asymmetrically encrypted C2 over DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, and Mutual TLS.

Bishop Fox says it helps customers who are looking to safely deploy AI, release a new app or service, or validate corporate governance. A healthcare technology company moving to SaaS needed to validate its multi-tenant cloud platform, secure connected device provisioning, and maintain visibility across a growing attack surface. An energy provider faces constant threats from nation-state actors targeting critical infrastructure. Equifax runs year-round perimeter testing to safeguard high-value data. Zoom used continuous attack surface monitoring to protect its expanding platform. Apollo selected Bishop Fox to perform a Google Security Assessment of its application, external perimeter, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment. John Deere relied on in-depth product security reviews and ongoing protection through a managed offensive security platform. Ventrilo.ai partnered with Bishop Fox for application penetration testing and AI security assessments. A financial services organization tested Bishop Fox's Cosmos AI platform against a realistic application.^[7][9][13]

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About Cobalt

Cobalt offers a full suite of offensive security services, from autonomous pentesting to human-led pentesting. The Cobalt Offensive Security Platform helps customers move beyond point in time pentesting to a continuous offensive security program.^[1][3]

Cobalt says most pentesting programs still operate on an annual cycle. Cobalt describes the gap between how fast risk changes and how often organizations test for it as the exposure adversaries count on.^[7]

The Cobalt Platform centralizes access to the full range of security testing services: web app, API, cloud, network, red teaming, AI and LLM, and more. Customers can launch a pentest in hours and get real-time findings. Customers can collaborate directly with testers via the platform, Microsoft Teams or Slack. Cobalt says Cobalt Sage AI powers every Cobalt pentest and is built on 13 years of expertise, informed by thousands of security engagements. Cobalt says Cobalt Sage AI removes the reconnaissance, scanning, triage and reporting work so human experts can focus on complex attack paths and creative scenarios.^{[1][3][4][7][10]}

Cobalt delivers penetration testing across the entire application portfolio to find and fix vulnerabilities before they are exploited. Cobalt says network and cloud infrastructure are high-value targets in a constant state of change, and that Cobalt identifies and validates real exposures across the attack surface. Network and cloud testing covers Internal Network Pentest, External Network Pentest, Cloud Pentest and Cloud Configuration Review. Advanced offensive security services from Cobalt test systems against the tactics and techniques of a sophisticated adversary. Cobalt's advanced services include Red Teaming, Digital Risk Assessment and Secure Code Review. Customers use Cobalt to test critical web applications and APIs in production, AI and LLM-based applications still in development, and globally distributed networks segmented by location and business unit. For code review, Cobalt uses SAST and SCA for automated scanning and then reviews the scanner output manually to validate the findings.^{[3][4][8][10]}

Cobalt offers two testing delivery models. Customers can choose one or mix and match depending on assets, environment, release cycles and goals. Human-led testing draws on purpose-built methodologies and 500+ vetted security experts in the Cobalt Core. Cobalt Autonomous Pentest delivers complete pentests in 24 hours with proof of exploit on every finding, overseen by Cobalt Core pentesters. Agentic Penetration Testing as a Service pairs AI-driven automation with human pentesters to deliver continuous offensive security. Cobalt says periodic penetration testing meets compliance deadlines and continuous testing gives coverage in between.^[3][4][7]

Cobalt pushes vulnerability data into Jira, GitHub, ServiceNow and more through 50+ integrations. Cobalt offers unlimited retesting with a seven-day SLA. Cobalt offers centralized management of parent and child organizations. Cobalt says its customizable reports are mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and PCI-DSS. A Cobalt Credit represents the equivalent of 8 hours of offensive security testing. Cobalt sells credits in annual packages that include asset scoping, testing, retesting and platform access. Credits do not roll over into the next contract.^{[2][3][4][7][9]}

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ABIR Networks full record

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Astra Security full record

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Bishop Fox full record

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Cobalt full record

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[10]Internal Network Penetration Testing Services | CobaltCobalt · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A

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