Armadin: The Ultimate Attacker

The most effective way to know if your organization is secure is to test it the way an attacker would. By proactively probing systems, offensive cybersecurity doesn’t just surface vulnerabilities; it confirms they are exploitable, eliminating false positives and revealing the actual attack paths that matter. But the practice has been constrained by the scarcity of capable human talent. Cybersecurity remains one of the most talent-starved fields in technology, and elite offensive operators are among the hardest to find. The result is that offensive cybersecurity has remained inaccessible at the scale and frequency needed today. Testing is too expensive, too infrequent, and too dependent on a small pool of elite practitioners. That constraint is about to become untenable. AI is enabling attackers to move faster and more creatively than ever before, dramatically increasing both the volume and sophistication of threats. We believe the only way to meet this moment is to put AI to work on the other side of the equation: fighting AI with AI.

Armadin is harnessing AI to make the capabilities of elite offensive operators accessible to every organization. Purpose-built to answer two critical questions every CISO needs to know, “Are we secure?” and “If not, what do we need to fix?”, Armadin continuously monitors the attack surface across web applications, internal networks, and external infrastructure. It maps targets at machine speed, learns from each attempt to craft increasingly effective attacks, and stitches validated findings into kill chains with actionable remediation steps, all under the oversight of an elite human red team that ensures precision and safety.

We’ve long been convinced that AI will transform offensive cybersecurity, and we couldn’t think of a better founder to lead that transformation than Kevin Mandia. Kevin built Mandiant into the gold standard for cybersecurity, becoming the most trusted name in the industry and the person CISOs turn to when the stakes are highest. He has assembled a team that pairs deep offensive security expertise with world-class applied AI talent, including co-founders Evan Pena and Travis Lanham. We’re proud to partner with Kevin, Evan, Travis, and the entire Armadin team as they unleash the ultimate attacker.

— Josh and Lucas