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NetSPI vs Seemplicity

NetSPI sells pentesting as a service (PTaaS), attack surface management (ASM), and breach and attack simulation (BAS) as a service. Seemplicity sells an AI-driven Exposure Action Platform that bridges the gap between security findings and actionable remediation. CISO Tribune files both under Exposure prioritisation and CTEM. 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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NetSPI vs Seemplicity: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
NetSPINetSPI sells pentesting as a service (PTaaS), attack surface management (ASM), and breach and attack simulation (BAS) as a service.netspi.comSeemplicitySeemplicity sells an AI-driven Exposure Action Platform that bridges the gap between security findings and actionable remediation.seemplicity.ai
What it sells
  • AI/ML Pentesting[3]Pentesting of AI and ML systems that includes LLM testing and jailbreaking.
  • Red Team Operations[6]Red team exercises that test security controls, policies, incident response and training.
  • Detective Controls Testing[7]Attack simulations that validate whether security tools detect threats.
  • Social Engineering[6]Email, text, phone and physical social engineering assessments.
  • Seemplicity Platform[2][14]Seemplicity normalizes and dedupes findings from more than 190 direct connections, prioritizes them, maps each asset to its owner and tracks SLAs.
  • AI Exposure Management (AEM) and AI Exposure Response (AER)[7]AI Exposure Management (AEM) and AI Exposure Response (AER) use autonomous AI agents to prioritize every exposure, prove which ones are real, contain them and verify the fix.
  • Seema[7][9][10]Seema is an AI assistant from Seemplicity that can query security posture.
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Recent news
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  • June 24, 2026Seemplicity launched AI Analysts, an autonomous vulnerability triage solution for automating analysis of security findings and prioritizing remediation.[5]
  • May 6, 2026Seemplicity announced Laurie Haley in the role of Vice President of Sales.[6]
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Who it fits
Not written yetIt says it delivers context-aware tasks to the right people in the tools they already use. Its pages by need include Reduce Findings Backlog and Ensure Audit-Readiness. Its category pages cover Cloud Security and Application Security as well as Exposure Management.
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November 13, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • NetSPI and Seemplicity are both filed under Exposure prioritisation and CTEM.

Where they differ, field by field

  • NetSPI's primary category is Penetration testing and red team services; Seemplicity's is Exposure prioritisation and CTEM.
  • NetSPI is also filed under Breach simulation and automated pen-testing and External attack surface management.
  • NetSPI lists AI/ML Pentesting, Red Team Operations, Detective Controls Testing and Social Engineering. Seemplicity lists Seemplicity Platform, AI Exposure Management (AEM) and AI Exposure Response (AER) and Seema.

What it sells: NetSPI

What AI/ML Pentesting does[3]
NetSPI's AI/ML Pentesting includes expert LLM testing and jailbreaking. Microsoft partnered with NetSPI to build a standardized AI security testing framework for its 70+ products.
What Red Team Operations does[6]
NetSPI's Red Team Operations test security controls, policies, incident response and training. NetSPI partners with selected threat intelligence providers to test the resiliency of critical systems.
What Detective Controls Testing does[7]
NetSPI Detective Controls Testing validates that security tools operate effectively across endpoint security solutions, network security solutions, SIEMs and MSSPs. NetSPI's ransomware simulation pack covers TTPs and behaviors from real-world ransomware campaigns.
What Social Engineering does[6]
NetSPI's social engineering experts deliver findings from email, text, phone and physical scenarios. NetSPI runs custom phishing engagements to identify gaps in security procedures and technical controls.

What it sells: Seemplicity

What Seemplicity Platform does[2][14]
Seemplicity normalizes and dedupes findings from more than 190 direct connections, prioritizes them, maps each asset to its owner and tracks SLAs. Seemplicity integrates with existing tools and systems to route work and sync updates. Seemplicity assigns remediation to owners, delivers fix-ready guidance into existing workflows, and produces audit-ready reporting.
What AI Exposure Management (AEM) and AI Exposure Response (AER) does[7]
AI Exposure Management (AEM) and AI Exposure Response (AER) use autonomous AI agents to prioritize every exposure, prove which ones are real, contain them and verify the fix. Seemplicity contains real threats with tools the customer owns. Seemplicity confirms every fix and writes it back to the ticket.
What Seema does[7][9][10]
Seema is an AI assistant from Seemplicity that can query security posture. Seema is a conversational AI assistant used to ask about cloud posture, whether tracking a zero-day or preparing for an audit.

Questions about NetSPI and Seemplicity

What do NetSPI and Seemplicity sell?
NetSPI sells AI/ML Pentesting, Red Team Operations, Detective Controls Testing and Social Engineering. Seemplicity sells Seemplicity Platform, AI Exposure Management (AEM) and AI Exposure Response (AER) and Seema.
Are NetSPI and Seemplicity in the same category?
They share Exposure prioritisation and CTEM. NetSPI's primary category is Penetration testing and red team services and Seemplicity's is Exposure prioritisation and CTEM.
Who are NetSPI and Seemplicity sold to?
It says it delivers context-aware tasks to the right people in the tools they already use.
What have NetSPI and Seemplicity announced recently?
June 24, 2026: Seemplicity launched AI Analysts, an autonomous vulnerability triage solution for automating analysis of security findings and prioritizing remediation.

About NetSPI

NetSPI sells pentesting as a service (PTaaS), attack surface management (ASM), and breach and attack simulation (BAS) as a service. NetSPI's inception was in 2001. NetSPI states that it has more than 20 years of history, 350+ experts and 50+ pentesting services. NetSPI combines human penetration testers with purpose-built AI to deliver continuous cybersecurity testing. NetSPI embeds AI throughout its testing methodologies. The NetSPI Platform is designed for modern enterprises managing ongoing pentesting programs and complex attack surfaces. The NetSPI Platform lets users manage integrations, scans and agents in one centralized workflow.[2][3]

NetSPI offers pentesting for web, API, mobile, thick and virtual applications, and AI/ML pentesting. NetSPI's AI/ML pentesting includes expert LLM testing and jailbreaking. Microsoft partnered with NetSPI to build a standardized AI security testing framework for its 70+ products. NetSPI's cloud pentesting covers AWS, Azure and Google Cloud infrastructures. NetSPI tests z/OS mainframes, including the CICS and IMS region and application. NetSPI's network pentesting covers internal, external, wireless, host-based and virtual desktop networks. NetSPI tests hardware systems in automotive, medical device, IoT, ATM and operational technology settings. Testers on the NetSPI Platform are supported by certifications such as OSCP, OSCE, GXPN, GPEN, GWAPT, CISSP, CEH and CREST. NetSPI introduced EchoBench, a human-calibrated benchmark for autonomous AI web app pentesting.[3][5]

NetSPI sells security assessments and strategic advisory services tailored to an organization's needs. NetSPI's Red Team Operations test security controls, policies, incident response and training. NetSPI's social engineering experts deliver findings from email, text, phone and physical scenarios. NetSPI runs custom phishing engagements to identify gaps in security procedures and technical controls.[3][6]

NetSPI Detective Controls Testing validates that security tools operate effectively across endpoint security solutions, network security solutions, SIEMs and MSSPs. NetSPI's ransomware simulation pack simulates TTPs and behaviors from real-world ransomware campaigns, including threat actors such as CL0P, BlackCat and Fin7. NetSPI's Azure simulation pack runs authenticated and anonymous attacks against Azure, including command execution, credential guessing and sensitive data gathering. NetSPI's Linux simulation pack focuses on tactics often used to exploit Linux environments, such as remote code execution, shell configuration modifications and data extraction. NetSPI's macOS simulation pack addresses Apple's macOS with simulations for Command & Script Interpreter execution, LaunchAgent persistence and data exfiltration. NetSPI's ESXi simulation pack simulates adversarial tactics such as brute force and ransomware that are common in ESXi environments. NetSPI's threat modeling service takes a holistic approach to identifying potential threats to a company's systems and applications. NetSPI experts review source code manually to identify vulnerabilities that automated scanners cannot detect. NetSPI's cybersecurity maturity work assesses current cybersecurity program structure and maturity, then reviews current business objectives and compliance requirements.[6][7]

NetSPI automatically scans an organization's external perimeter and internal assets with integrations across identities, applications and devices. The NetSPI Platform automatically scans the external perimeter, including look-alike domains and dark web exposures. NetSPI also gives visibility across owned assets and the internal attack surface, including users, applications, devices and clouds. NetSPI's AWS cloud configuration review detects public exposure of sensitive credentials and proprietary data in AWS environments. The NetSPI Platform tracks changes to an Azure cloud environment and its configurations over time. NetSPI's centralized threat intelligence dashboard consolidates multiple dark web data sources. NetSPI provides continuous discovery and assessment of both registered and unregistered look-alike domains. With domain monitoring on the NetSPI Platform, users can prioritize threats and prepare takedown reports based on domain association, brand abuse and threat confirmation findings. NetSPI offers integrations across asset managers, IAM and vulnerabilities.[3]

NetSPI offers MCP integration for AI and LLMs to its validated vulnerability data. An MCP-compatible AI assistant can be connected to the NetSPI Platform MCP Server.[3][8]

Chubb is a commercial and personal property and casualty insurer with operations in 54 countries. NetSPI and Chubb have a partnership aimed at the security posture and underwriting outcomes of Chubb's clients. Chubb says NetSPI performs on-demand penetration tests for some of its insureds as part of the underwriting process for their renewals. Chubb uses NetSPI's Attack Surface Management platform to identify vulnerabilities and other security issues for its policyholders. NetSPI works with channel and technology partners who deliver proactive security services to customers across the globe.[1][2][5][6][7][8][9]

NetSPI on the record

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NetSPI full record

  1. [1]netspi.comNetSPI · netspi.com · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]About Us - NetSPINetSPI · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]NetSPI - Proactive Cyber Security | PTaaS, ASM, BASNetSPI · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]The NetSPI Platform - NetSPINetSPI · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Customer Stories - NetSPINetSPI · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Cyber Security Assessments & Strategic Advisory Services - NetSPINetSPI · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Detective Controls Testing: Attack Simulation & Control ValidationNetSPI · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Model Context Protocol - NetSPINetSPI · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]NetSPI Customer Case Study – ChubbNetSPI · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A

Seemplicity full record

  1. [1]seemplicity.aiSeemplicity · seemplicity.ai · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]CTEM, Exposure Management and Response | SeemplicitySeemplicity · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Our Story (About Us) - Seemplicity | Actionable Exposure ManagementSeemplicity · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Tenable Security Center - Seemplicity | Actionable Exposure ManagementSeemplicity · undated page, accessed October 28, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Seemplicity AI Analysts First to Provide Autonomous Vulnerability ResponseBusiness Wire · published June 24, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Seemplicity Lands Dual-Threat Cybersecurity Sales Leader Laurie Haley to Drive GrowthBusiness Wire · published May 6, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Agentic Exposure Management Platform - SeemplicitySeemplicity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Integrations - Seemplicity | Actionable Exposure ManagementSeemplicity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Agentic Workforce - Seemplicity | Actionable Exposure ManagementSeemplicity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Cloud Security - Seemplicity | Actionable Exposure ManagementSeemplicity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Application Security - Seemplicity | Actionable Exposure ManagementSeemplicity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]GRC & Compliance - Seemplicity | Actionable Exposure ManagementSeemplicity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Security Engineering / DevSecOps | SeemplicitySeemplicity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Platform Privacy Policy - Seemplicity | Actionable Exposure ManagementSeemplicity · published September 1, 2025 · Tier A
  15. [15]Customer Stories Archives - Seemplicity | Actionable Exposure ManagementSeemplicity · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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