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Brinqa vs Cognition

Brinqa sells an exposure management platform that unifies every data source. Cognition sells Devin, an agent that plans, writes, tests and ships production code on its own, working inside a customer's codebase and the tools its team already uses. CISO Tribune files both under Vulnerability management. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Brinqa vs Cognition: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
BrinqaBrinqa sells an exposure management platform that unifies every data source.brinqa.comCognitionCognition sells Devin, an agent that plans, writes, tests and ships production code on its own, working inside a customer's codebase and the tools its team already uses.cognition.com
What it sells
  • Brinqa Platform[2][3][4]Brinqa sells an exposure management platform that unifies every data source.
  • Cyber Risk Graph[2][3][5]The Cyber Risk Graph maintains relationships across assets, vulnerabilities, identities, environments, and business context.
  • AI Attribution Agent[6]The AI Attribution Agent uses data patterns to find and fill missing data attributes across the exposure environment.
  • AI Deduplication Agent[6]The AI Deduplication Agent consolidates duplicate findings into one record.
  • BrinqaIQ[2][6]BrinqaIQ enables natural-language queries to find the latest CVE data and remediation guidance and to search Brinqa help documentation.
  • SmartFlows[3]SmartFlows allow users to build drag-and-drop automations that trigger actions such as ticket creation, issue routing, or team notifications when defined conditions are met.
  • PlexTrac[1][4][13]Brinqa has acquired PlexTrac, a validation and reporting platform for offensive security and penetration testing teams.
  • Devin[1][2][4][5][6][11][12]Devin plans, writes, tests and ships production code on its own.
  • Devin Security[1][4][5][6][12]A set of Devin features, some of which use cyber-capable models or third-party models restricted by region.
  • Devin Security Swarm[4][5]Devin Security Swarm finds, validates and remediates code vulnerabilities autonomously.
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Ownership and funding
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Named customers
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Recent news
  • August 19, 2026Brinqa announced it has acquired PlexTrac, a platform for offensive security validation, workflow and reporting.[13]
  • October 28, 2026Corridor is joining Cognition, with plans to take Devin Security further.[12]
  • September 23, 2026Cognizant and Cognition announced production results from autonomous AI engineering at Odyssey Logistics and a set of joint offerings built on Cognition's Devin.[11]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[14]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
Not written yetCognition's platform terms offer its services to individuals or entities who register for and use them. For vulnerability remediation, Cognition's pages describe federal agencies as needing to close a backlog that scanners and manual triage were never built to address, and Cognition has a federal team. The region-restricted Devin Security features are available to enterprise customers only, with availability confirmed as part of contracting. For certain services, customers can deploy the data plane in their own cloud service provider account.
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Where they overlap

  • Brinqa and Cognition are both filed under Vulnerability management.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Brinqa's primary category is Exposure prioritisation and CTEM; Cognition's is Vulnerability management.
  • Brinqa is also filed under Cyber asset inventory (CAASM) and Penetration testing and red team services.
  • Brinqa lists Brinqa Platform, Cyber Risk Graph, AI Attribution Agent, AI Deduplication Agent, BrinqaIQ and 2 more. Cognition lists Devin, Devin Security and Devin Security Swarm.
  • Cognition is privately held.

What it sells: Brinqa

What Brinqa Platform does[2][3][4]
The Brinqa platform has three layers that work together as a unified system. Brinqa ingests exposure data from over 260 security, IT, cloud, identity, application, and business systems.
What Cyber Risk Graph does[2][3][5]
The Cyber Risk Graph maintains relationships across assets, vulnerabilities, identities, environments, and business context. Nestlé consolidated IT assets, business context, exposures, and vulnerabilities into a single system using the Brinqa Cyber Risk Graph.
What AI Attribution Agent does[6]
The AI Attribution Agent uses data patterns to find and fill missing data attributes across the exposure environment. Brinqa customers choose which attributes matter most, such as ownership, business unit, environment classification, and asset criticality, and set confidence thresholds for when AI predictions require human validation.
What AI Deduplication Agent does[6]
Brinqa has a vulnerability deduplication engine that identifies and merges duplicate findings from different security scanners into a single, consolidated, explainable record. The AI Deduplication Agent consolidates duplicate findings into one record.
What BrinqaIQ does[2][6]
BrinqaIQ enables natural-language queries to find the latest CVE data and remediation guidance and to search Brinqa help documentation. BrinqaIQ is accessible in 140+ languages with RBAC governance. MCP enables machine-to-machine interaction with BrinqaIQ for writing BQL queries, exploring CVEs, and accessing documentation.
What SmartFlows does[3]
SmartFlows allow users to build drag-and-drop automations that trigger actions such as ticket creation, issue routing, or team notifications when defined conditions are met. Brinqa automations integrate with existing ITSM, ticketing, and engineering tools.

What it sells: Cognition

What Devin does[1][2][4][5][6][11][12]
Devin plans, writes, tests and ships production code on its own, working inside a customer's codebase and the tools its team already uses. Devin validates that vulnerabilities are exploitable at runtime and ships remediation PRs.
What Devin Security does[1][4][5][6][12]
Cognition applies a regional availability policy to the Devin Security features that use cyber-capable models or third-party models restricted by region. The regional policy does not apply to Devin Security as a whole, and other Devin features are not affected by it. The region-restricted Devin Security features are available to enterprise customers only, and availability is confirmed as part of contracting.
What Devin Security Swarm does[4][5]
Devin Security Swarm is a Cognition offering to find, validate and remediate code vulnerabilities autonomously. Security Swarm is powered by an approach Cognition calls Agentic MapReduce, and Security Swarm reasons across an entire codebase. Devin Security Swarm runs parallel agents that trace data flows, validate what is exploitable at runtime and ship reviewed remediation PRs.

Questions about Brinqa and Cognition

What do Brinqa and Cognition sell?
Brinqa sells Brinqa Platform, Cyber Risk Graph, AI Attribution Agent, AI Deduplication Agent, BrinqaIQ and 2 more. Cognition sells Devin, Devin Security and Devin Security Swarm.
Are Brinqa and Cognition in the same category?
They share Vulnerability management. Brinqa's primary category is Exposure prioritisation and CTEM and Cognition's is Vulnerability management.
Who owns Brinqa and Cognition?
Cognition is privately held.
Who are Brinqa and Cognition sold to?
Cognition's platform terms offer its services to individuals or entities who register for and use them.
What have Brinqa and Cognition announced recently?
August 19, 2026: Brinqa announced it has acquired PlexTrac, a platform for offensive security validation, workflow and reporting. October 28, 2026: Corridor is joining Cognition, with plans to take Devin Security further.

About Brinqa

Brinqa sells an exposure management platform that unifies every data source. Brinqa ingests and correlates exposure data into a single foundation where it is deduplicated, attributed, and prioritized by what is exploitable in the environment. Brinqa lets customers bring their own AI agents or use its own AI agents. Brinqa states that vulnerabilities, cloud findings, application risks, identities, and assets all generate signals, and that without structure and context teams are left reacting instead of reducing exposure.[3]

The Brinqa platform has three layers that work together as a unified system. Brinqa ingests exposure data from over 260 security, IT, cloud, identity, application, and business systems. The Cyber Risk Graph maintains relationships across assets, vulnerabilities, identities, environments, and business context. Brinqa retains historical exposure data and applies consistent metrics for tracking remediation progress over time.[2][3][5]

The AI Layer fills data gaps, merges duplicate findings, and enriches exposure intelligence. The Brinqa AI Layer applies agentic AI to analyze exposures in context, covering asset relationships, reachability, attack paths, common attacker techniques, observed threat behavior, and mapped mitigation controls. Brinqa has a vulnerability deduplication engine that identifies and merges duplicate findings from different security scanners into a single, consolidated, explainable record. The AI Deduplication Agent consolidates duplicate findings into one record. The AI Attribution Agent uses data patterns to find and fill missing data attributes across the exposure environment. Brinqa customers choose which attributes matter most, such as ownership, business unit, environment classification, and asset criticality, and set confidence thresholds for when AI predictions require human validation. BrinqaIQ enables natural-language queries to find the latest CVE data and remediation guidance and to search Brinqa help documentation. MCP enables machine-to-machine interaction with BrinqaIQ for writing BQL queries, exploring CVEs, and accessing documentation.[6]

SmartFlows allow users to build drag-and-drop automations that trigger actions such as ticket creation, issue routing, or team notifications when defined conditions are met. Brinqa automations integrate with existing ITSM, ticketing, and engineering tools. Brinqa includes human-in-the-loop controls with configurable confidence thresholds and built-in explainability. Brinqa has acquired PlexTrac, a validation and reporting platform for offensive security and penetration testing teams. Brinqa delivers customized, role-based dashboards and reports on exposure risk for security, IT, and executive stakeholders.[3][7]

Brinqa applies risk scoring by asset type and environment, and offers visual mapping of exposure across complex infrastructures. Brinqa brings conflicting risk scores from multiple tools into a single, consistent view that incorporates threat intelligence, business context, and asset importance. The Brinqa platform uses AI to pattern match and find missing data in order to identify unknown asset and vulnerabilities owners.[3]

Brinqa serves retailers with PCI DSS-aligned, data-driven exposure management. Brinqa serves manufacturers with unified IT and OT exposure visibility, risk-based prioritization, and compliance alignment across NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001, and GDPR. Brinqa enables financial organizations to centralize cyber risk data and maintain NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001, and GDPR compliance. Brinqa serves insurers with HIPAA, GDPR, and NIST SP 800-53 compliance across distributed environments, both on-premises and in the cloud. Brinqa enables technology and SaaS companies to secure software supply chains and maintain SOC 2 and GDPR compliance from code to cloud. Brinqa supports critical infrastructure providers with unified IT and OT visibility.

Nestlé unifies and automates vulnerability management with Brinqa. Asurion chose Brinqa for the ability to customize how vulnerabilities are viewed and managed. PhonePe Private Limited is an Indian financial services company. PhonePe implemented Brinqa to create a unified risk analytics platform to track, analyze, and score vulnerabilities across its ecosystem. A global technology company modernized its vulnerability and exposure management program with Brinqa. Brinqa has a library of connectors for integrating data from tools like vulnerability scanners, Service Desk, and penetration testing platforms. In that deployment, vulnerability criticality was evaluated using scanner-defined severity, exploit availability, age and popularity, network type, and offense magnitude.[2][6][7][8][9][11][12]

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Brinqa full record

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Cognition full record

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