2025 Gartner® Market Guide for Adversarial Exposure Validation

Research shows most organizations operate more than 60 disparate security tools, yet breaches continue to make headlines. Cybersecurity leaders need proof when it comes to the performance of their security investments, not vendor promises. 

Mature enterprise security teams are increasingly turning to adversarial exposure validation (AEV) to provide that proof. According to Gartner, “Through 2027, 40% of organizations will have adopted formal exposure validation initiatives, most relying on AEV technologies and managed service providers for maturity and consistency.”

The Gartner 2025 Market Guide for Adversarial Exposure Validation recognizes SafeBreach as a Representative Vendor in AEV.

We believe the SafeBreach exposure validation platform provides an innovative combination of breach and attack simulation (BAS) and attack path validation that offers enterprises the empirical evidence they need to make smarter, data-driven decisions. 

Download the market guide to learn more about:  

• How AEV can support a better defensive posture, more prioritized exposure awareness, and greater attack scenario readiness
• The key features and capabilities provided by AEV vendors 
• The use cases and outcomes AEV can support 
• How to evaluate which AEV vendor is right for your organization

Then schedule a customized demo to learn why some of the world’s largest organizations choose the SafeBreach exposure validation platform to support their AEV journey.

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