May Monthly Edition 2025


Evolve Security: Delivering Real-Time Cyber Protection with Darwin Attack® for Advanced Penetration Testing and Risk Management

Business Fortune

If you've spent any time online chances are you have probably experienced some cybersecurity breach, whether it was on a website you frequent, someone broke into your social media accounts, or malware infected your home or office computer. Currently, most internet users have been impacted by cybercrime in one way or another. Even though we use the internet extensively, it is still a relatively new technology. Gen Xers, for instance, can vividly remember a world before Facebook, email, and the public internet. Most people probably even recall the first hackers. Many individuals worldwide have witnessed the development of the Internet at some point in their lives.

These days, cybersecurity is a serious concern, especially since the internet plays a big role in our daily lives and is used by the majority of businesses and government organizations for everything from operations to record storage. The majority of mid-to-large enterprises, government organizations, and corporations employ or contract cybersecurity specialists. It is now a must. The risks have increased along with the internet.

Evolve Security has this stuff covered. With a staff of top offensive security experts and their proficiency in penetration testing, they are dedicated to assisting their clients in efficiently managing and reducing risk.

Rooted in Chicago, Built for Global Security

Evolve Security was founded in 2016 by Paul Petefish and Andrew Hamilton in Chicago. Evolve Security is committed to providing tangible and quantifiable enhancements to your organization's security posture, and its leadership has over 20 years of experience in the information security sector. They are known for their extreme customer focus, going above and beyond to deliver the best experience possible for their customers.

Inside Evolve’s Security Arsenal

According to Evolve Security, proactive risk management is more important for good security than merely responding to online attacks. They provide a variety of services as a result. By offering real-time updates during testing and vulnerability scanning, as well as a repository of research and information on the testing environment, their Darwin Attack® platform assists enterprises in actively managing their security program.

Penetration Testing

The penetration testing services offered by Evolve Security give you information to assist you manage, prioritizing, fixing, and report on the related vulnerabilities and mitigation measures. By putting test details into the Darwin Attack® Portal and giving you findings as the test goes on, they are dedicated to optimizing the effect of near real-time communications. Furthermore, these findings include useful information regarding the vulnerabilities found, their outcomes, and suggested fixes rather than merely jargon-filled text.

Cloud Security Assessment

The purpose of Evolve Security's cloud security assessment is to assist in making sure that the cloud environment of the company has been constructed to meet the security, compliance, and reporting requirements of the company throughout the whole cloud environment. A thorough examination of the current cloud environment is part of Evolve Security's cloud security assessment, which includes information like the following:

  • The specifications and setups used to construct servers that are supported, with an emphasis on weak or inadequate setups.
  • Identity and Access Management, which includes user classes and their respective rights.
  • Data safeguards include backup and recovery capabilities, suitable encryption, and procedures and controls to restore service in case of an outage.

Attack Surface Management

As critical vulnerabilities arise in real-time, use human-led manual pen testing and continuously identify your attack surfaces. Prepare yourself completely to comprehend the dispersed, shared, and extremely dynamic settings of today. With the rapid rise of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), you should maintain your attack surface. The attack surface management tool from Evolve Security is intended to assist you in controlling the extent and character of your network presence. This is essentially what services and applications are accessible to the public, particularly when new systems are made public.

Vulnerability Scanning

The vulnerability scanning services offered by Evolve Security are intended to assist the company in finding and fixing flaws before an attacker can take advantage of them, enhancing security and compliance while lowering risk. They adhere to a precise procedure intended to optimize your capacity to control your weaknesses. Although the procedure is simple generally, Evolve Security is committed to making sure you have the best outcomes for the engagement.

Accolades Backed by Action

For its exceptional cybersecurity services and training initiatives, Evolve Security has won several prominent industry awards. Darwin Attack®, the company's proprietary platform, received several High Performer badges for Attack Surface Management and Penetration Testing Software in the 2023 G2 Grid Reports. Evolve Security's expertise in offensive security solutions were further cemented when it was highlighted in the 2023 Gartner® Hype Cycle for Application Security. The company's training branch, Evolve Academy, was listed among the top 17 cybersecurity bootcamps worldwide by Course Report and was named one of Fortune's Best Cybersecurity Bootcamps of 2023.

Mark Carney | CEO

A seasoned senior leader in cyber security, Mark Carney is committed to putting together top-performing teams.  Mark has over 25 years of expertise and a proven track record of creating technology-enabled services and consulting firms with rapid development. Carney formerly served in senior positions at FishNet Security (now Optiv), FireMon, Kudelski Security, and Coalfire.  Carney is a successful industry thought leader who frequently speaks and has been published extensively.

“With our expertise in penetration testing and a team of elite offensive security professionals, we are committed to helping our clients manage and mitigate risk effectively.”


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