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Cognition vs Proficio

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. Proficio sells managed detection and response (MDR) services. 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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Cognition vs Proficio: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
CognitionCognition 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.comProficioProficio sells managed detection and response (MDR) services.proficio.com
What it sells
  • 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.
  • ProSOC MDR[1][4][6][7][8][9][14]24/7 monitoring and SOC-as-a-Service powered by the Proficio-hosted SIEM.
  • ProSOC MDR for Microsoft[1][9]Managed detection and response integrated with Microsoft Sentinel SIEM.
  • Active Defense Response[1][4][6]Response-as-a-service that uses SOAR capabilities to automate threat responses.
  • Cyber Exposure Monitoring[4][7]Continuous external threat monitoring for exposed data and Dark Web leaks.
  • Risk Based Vulnerability Management[1]Identifies and prioritizes vulnerabilities and offers a risk score.
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Headquarters
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Founded
Not stated on its pages2010[2][3]
Ownership and funding
Privately held[6][13][14]Not stated on its pages
Named customers
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Recent news
  • 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]
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G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
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  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
Cognition'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.Not written yet
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November 11, 2026November 6, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Cognition and Proficio are both filed under Vulnerability management.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Cognition's primary category is Vulnerability management; Proficio's is MDR and managed SOC.
  • Proficio is also filed under SIEM and Breach simulation and automated pen-testing.
  • Cognition lists Devin, Devin Security and Devin Security Swarm. Proficio lists ProSOC MDR, ProSOC MDR for Microsoft, Active Defense Response, Cyber Exposure Monitoring and Risk Based Vulnerability Management.
  • Proficio was founded in 2010.
  • Cognition is privately held.

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.

What it sells: Proficio

What ProSOC MDR does[1][4][6][7][8][9][14]
ProSOC MDR offers continuous security monitoring, advanced threat detection, automated response-as-a-service, risk-based vulnerability management and Dark Web monitoring. The Proficio-hosted SIEM generates security alerts based on Proficio Content from client security logs and events. Proficio forwards valid threats or risks to the client with summarized guided remediation.
What ProSOC MDR for Microsoft does[1][9]
ProSOC MDR for Microsoft Sentinel offers 24/7 monitoring, automated threat response and managed SIEM services. ProSOC MDR provides expert configuration, access to 300+ threat detection use cases and the Threat Intelligence Profiler for Microsoft Sentinel deployment.
What Active Defense Response does[1][4][6]
Active Defense for Endpoint isolates devices from the network, blocks malicious processes and removes artifacts. Proficio offers the option of automating the response to high priority threats by adding Active Defense Response to a ProSOC MDR service.
What Risk Based Vulnerability Management does[1]
Proficio Risk-Based Vulnerability Management identifies vulnerabilities, prioritizes them for resolution and offers a risk score benchmarked against similar companies in the healthcare industry. Proficio Risk-Based Vulnerability Management helps fulfill PCI requirements by identifying vulnerabilities and applying patches based on risk ranking. ProSOC MDR with Risk-based Vulnerability Management prioritizes vulnerabilities based on exploit risk in hospitality, asset criticality and known activity.

Questions about Cognition and Proficio

What do Cognition and Proficio sell?
Cognition sells Devin, Devin Security and Devin Security Swarm. Proficio sells ProSOC MDR, ProSOC MDR for Microsoft, Active Defense Response, Cyber Exposure Monitoring and Risk Based Vulnerability Management.
Are Cognition and Proficio in the same category?
They share Vulnerability management. Cognition's primary category is Vulnerability management and Proficio's is MDR and managed SOC.
When were Cognition and Proficio founded?
Proficio was founded in 2010.
Who owns Cognition and Proficio?
Cognition is privately held.
Who are Cognition and Proficio sold to?
Cognition's platform terms offer its services to individuals or entities who register for and use them.
What have Cognition and Proficio announced recently?
October 28, 2026: Corridor is joining Cognition, with plans to take Devin Security further.

About Cognition

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. Cognition builds tools for software creation, stating that software shapes nearly every aspect of modern life. Cognition describes engineers operating more like architects, strategizing, designing systems and focusing on problem solving, while agents handle the repetitive engineering work. Cognition's services generate or return code, suggestions, completions, responses, results and actions based on the input that customers and their authorized users provide. Cognition's platform terms govern use of the Cognition Platform and other software offerings. FrontierCode is a Cognition benchmark that measures whether a model writes code that a maintainer would actually merge. FrontierCode combines custom rubrics, verifiers and tests to check for correctness, test quality, scope discipline, style and adherence to codebase standards.[1][2][3]

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 validates that vulnerabilities are exploitable at runtime and ships remediation PRs. Devin Security Swarm runs parallel agents that reason across an entire codebase, tracing data flows, validating what is exploitable at runtime and shipping reviewed remediation PRs. Devin works end to end, from a clearinghouse advisory to a shipped, reviewed fix.[4][5]

The White House's Gold Eagle Initiative and CISA's BOD 26-04 have turned vulnerability remediation into a binding order to find, prove and fix vulnerabilities on a 72-hour clock. Cognition states that federal agencies must now close a backlog that scanners and manual triage were never built to address. Cognition has a federal team.[5]

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 for Devin Security does not apply to Devin Security as a whole, and other Devin features are not affected by it. The providers of those models make them available only in certain countries and regions, and Cognition applies the same list to the Devin Security features that use them. For the region-restricted Devin Security features, territories and dependencies of a listed country are supported, for example Puerto Rico as a territory of the United States. The region-restricted Devin Security features are available to enterprise customers only, and availability is confirmed as part of contracting. Cognition may block access to the region-restricted Devin Security features when end users of qualifying customers attempt to reach them from unsupported regions. All use of Cognition products and services remains subject to the Acceptable Use Policy, the applicable terms of service and applicable export control and sanctions laws.

Cognition's services are delivered as a software-as-a-service offering. For certain services, the data plane can be deployed either in the customer's own cloud service provider account or in an account controlled by Cognition. A Master Services Agreement, together with any applicable Order Form, governs the relationship between Cognition AI, Inc. and the customer. Some customers may have licensed Cognition's services from Exafunction, Inc., unless they have received notice that the license was assigned to Cognition AI, Inc. Under the Master Services Agreement, each customer is responsible for evaluating whether output is appropriate for its use case, including where human review is appropriate, before using or sharing it.[3][7][8]

Cognition maintains a documented security program based on security frameworks such as SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001. Cognition has implemented a formal information security management system. Privileged access to Cognition's software services is reviewed at least quarterly and removed promptly upon termination of employment. Cognition runs a third party risk management program that assesses the security compliance of vendors, contractors and subprocessors. Monitoring and logging technology is used to help detect and prevent unauthorized access attempts to Cognition's network and equipment. Cognition's cloud service datacenters and on-premise datacenters are reviewed regularly for compliance with ISO 27001 and SOC 2, as applicable. Network-level isolation and other network security controls separate Cognition's development and production environments.[7]

Cognition's service level agreement covers service availability and support when it is expressly included in an Order Form or referenced in a signed agreement with Cognition. Under its service level agreement, Cognition commits to System Availability of at least 99% during each calendar month of the term. Cognition's headquarters are in San Francisco, with a growing global presence across New York, Austin, Washington D.C., London, Singapore and Japan. Cognition states that it has raised over $3.5B from Founders Fund, Lux Capital, 8VC, Bain Capital Ventures and other investors.[1][3][8][9]

Cognition on the record

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Cognition full record

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  4. [4]Devin Security Swarm Launch | CognitionCognition · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
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  12. [12]Blog | CognitionCognition · published October 28, 2026 · Tier A
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  14. [14]Cognition Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026Gartner Peer Insights · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier C

Proficio full record

  1. [1]proficio.comProficio · proficio.com · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]About usProficio · proficio.com · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Proficio named soc team of the yearProficio · proficio.com · published February 3, 2022 · Tier A
  4. [4]Next-Gen MDR & Agentic AI SOC Services | ProficioProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Agentic AI SOC | Proficio – AI-Powered Managed Detection & ResponseProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]ProSOC XDR: SOC-as-a-Service powered by a fully-hosted SIEMProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Safeguard Hospitality Data with ProSOC® MDRProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]ProSOC MDR: Proactive defense against cyber threats in the healthcare sectorProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]ProSOC® MDR for Microsoft Sentinel | 24/7 Threat Detection & ResponseProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Resolve Endpoint Security Challenges with Proficio® ProSOC MDRProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]ProSOC MDR Services for Law Firms and Corporate Legal DepartmentsProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]ProSOC® MDR for Financial Services: Cybersecurity and Ransomware ProtectionProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]ProSOC® MDR Services: Cybersecurity for Manufacturing - Ransomware Protection & Active DefenseProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Proficio Cybersecurity Solutions | Protecting Your Business from Cyber ThreatsProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Strengthen Compliance Efforts with Expert MDR Services | ProficioProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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