Threat Informed Perspectives

Pentesting as a measurable, continuous, threat informed program

NodeZero Threat Informed Perspectives show how attackers would move; Pentesting Campaigns turn that insight into a repeatable program with proof of progress.

  • Evaluate like an attacker: see exploitable paths, reachable assets, and where controls fail.
  • Prove progress: track credible trends and MTTR, and verify fixes with retests.
  • Scale with structure: align tests to business initiatives and run them on a schedule.

What it is and how it works

Threat Informed Perspectives give an attacker’s‑eye view across internal breach, external exposure, weak credentials, phishing entry points, insider threats, and cloud misconfigurations showing how adversaries move, what they can reach, and how defenses hold up over time.

Pentesting Campaigns turn those perspectives into a program. Plan and schedule NodeZero tests around key initiatives (identity, cloud posture, compliance), monitor exposure trends and MTTR, and retest quickly to confirm changes.

Together, Threat Informed Perspectives and Pentesting Campaigns turn pentests into continuous, data‑driven security improvement.

Threat Informed Perspectives; test your environment through the attacker’s eyes

Internal breach scenario

Evaluate lateral movement, privilege escalation, and access to high-value assets.

External exposure testing

Probe internet-facing assets and paths to internal systems, highlighting external-to-internal attack chains.

Active Directory password auditing

Detect weak, reused, and exposed credentials, prioritize remediation efforts, and deploy Tripwires to alert your Security Operations Center (SOC) to any attacks.

Phishing controls testing

Assess the blast radius of compromised user accounts and measure containment and hardening effectiveness.

Insider threat emulation

Model privileged misuse and access abuse to confirm safeguards on sensitive data and systems.

Cloud environment tests for Kubernetes

Identify misconfiguration, identity, and workload risks across clusters and connected services.

Pentesting Campaigns: operationalize Threat Informed Perspectives

Planning and alignment

Define scope, cadence, owners, and objectives so tests map to business objectives in security initiatives and compliance milestones.

Scheduling and execution

Scheduled and on-demand tests offer a unified view of exposure and downstream impacts across environments and business units.

Prove progress over time

Track Mean-time-to-Remediation (MTTR), exploitability, and risk reduction over time, segmented by severity, impact type, and business unit.

Rapid Response ready

Launch targeted checks to verify emergent risks against your environment with Rapid Response tests.

Why this matters to your team

For CISOs — show improvement, not just activity

Move from guessing to proving. Present exposure reduction with defensible metrics tied to business risk over time.

For Security Engineers — prioritize what’s exploitable

Test and validate every angle of your infrastructure, from identity to cloud to internal lateral movement, know exactly where real attackers can break through—and where fixes are holding strong.

For IT & Infrastructure — link changes to outcomes

Know which patches and configuration changes actually eliminate exploitable paths. Retest fast to confirm.

For MSSPs — scale repeatable validation

Build pentesting template programs across tenants, report MTTR and exposure trends, and open upsell paths to complementary services.

NodeZero recommendations panel showing suggested Perspectives aligned to real attacker scenarios

Find, Fix, Fortify, Explain

Continuous testing across the enterprise

Campaigns create a consistent framework across business units and environments.

Fix verification, not just discovery

Targeted retests confirm changes removed exploitable attack paths.

Validated risk reduction with MTTR

Trends show improvement in mitigating and remediating issues

Board-ready narratives with business context

Findings roll up to impacts leaders understand and can act on.

From findings to verified outcomes

Campaign dashboard

See exposure scores, downstream impact trends, and upcoming tests all in one place.

Perspective details view

Visualize exposure, threat actor mapping, weakness status, and impacts with time-series trends.

Recommended perspectives

Get best-practice templates aligned to real attacker scenarios tailored to your environment.

Rapid Response integration

Act on the latest Horizon3.ai Rapid Response tests directly from the dashboard.

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Create your first campaign

Choose scope, cadence, and owners.

Apply recommended perspectives

Add perspective templates for immediate coverage.

Schedule retests

Measure improvement confirming fixes remove exploitability.

Kick off Rapid Response tests

Validate emergent threats and quickly close the loop with targeted checks.

Prove progress with a pentesting program

Know where attackers would go, what they could reach, and how your defenses hold up—then prove progress with every test.