CyCognito vs Cortex Xpanse: attack surface management compared

CyCognito

• Owner or subsidiary attributedDocumented
• Exploitability provenDocumented
• Ticket or workflow createdDocumented
• Compensating control appliedNot documented
• Fix retestedDocumented

Cortex Xpanse

• Owner or subsidiary attributedPartial
• Exploitability provenNot documented
• Ticket or workflow createdDocumented
• Compensating control appliedDocumented
• Fix retestedNot documented

CyCognito wins on

• Discovery of unknown assets and subsidiaries: 9 vs 8

  Starts from the organization's name with no IP ranges or asset lists and covers subsidiaries, acquired-company infrastructure and third-party-connected systems.

• Attribution accuracy and false-positive handling: 8 vs 7

  Every finding carries a trace of how it was found, why it belongs to the organization and who owns it.

• Exploitability validation: 8 vs 5

  Runs more than 100,000 unauthenticated black-box security tests across more than 30 exposure categories, designed not to disrupt production.

• Time to value: 9 vs 7

  The organization's name is the only required input.

• Pricing transparency: 4 vs 2

  Publishes its pricing basis (total asset volume for ASM; active IPs and web applications for exposure validation) and a quote form with a stated 24-hour average response; no list price.

Cortex Xpanse wins on

• Remediation and mitigation support: 8 vs 7

  Active Response runs built-in automated playbooks, with routing and remediation through Cortex XSOAR playbooks.

• Integrations and platform reach: 9 vs 7

  Native ties to Cortex XSOAR and Prisma Cloud inside the Palo Alto Networks Cortex portfolio.

Choose CyCognito if

• You want results with the least setup. CyCognito scores 9 on time to value: The organization's name is the only required input.
• Finding unknown assets, subsidiaries and acquired infrastructure is your main gap. CyCognito scores 9 on discovery: Starts from the organization's name with no IP ranges or asset lists and covers subsidiaries, acquired-company infrastructure and third-party-connected systems.

Choose Cortex Xpanse if

• The tool has to fit a wider security platform or many existing tools. Cortex Xpanse scores 9 on integrations: Native ties to Cortex XSOAR and Prisma Cloud inside the Palo Alto Networks Cortex portfolio.
• You want help closing exposures, not only a longer list of them. Cortex Xpanse scores 8 on remediation: Active Response runs built-in automated playbooks, with routing and remediation through Cortex XSOAR playbooks.