EC-COUNCIL Invests Over $ 20 Million in Firecompass to Scale Offensive Security with Agentic Ai

EC-COUNCIL, A Global Leader in Cybersecurity Education and Creator of the World-Rended Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Credential, today announced a landmark investment of more than $ 20 million in Firecompass, The AI-Powered Offensive Security Platform. This strategic move is part of EC-Council’s $ 100 Million Cybersecurity Innovation CommitmentCreated to accelerate the development of next generation of cybersecurity innovation

EC-Council Expands $ 100 Million Innovation Fund with Firecompass Investment to Advance Ai-Powered Security Validation, Enterprise Growth, and Global Research Initiatives

Firecompass Integrates Six Key Capabilitys INTO One Unified Platform: Attack Surface Management, Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), Network and Application Pen Testing, Red Testing, and Penetation Testing as a service (ptaas). Recognized by Gartner, Forrester, And Gigaom, Firecompass Patened Agentic Ai Foundation Enables Real-WORLD ADVERSARY Emulation Emulation by Chaining Vulnerabilities, Moving Vulnerabilites, Moving Laterally, and Validating Risks Constinuxi Machine Scale, with Near-Zero False Positives.

This investment goes far beyond Financial Backing. EC-Council is mobileizing its worldwide partner network, alumni base, and enterprise research programs to Accelerate Firecompass Innovation and Global Examination, Global ENVANSION, ENSURISES CAIN ACCSUSS CAISES COSTES Advanced Adversarial Simulation Technologies available today.

“With this investment, eC-council is not only contributing significant capital but will also invest in growth options, research collectors, research collectorates, and provide access to our Vast Global Ecosystem,” said Jay Bavisi, Group President, EC-COUNCIL. “This is about building the future of cybersecurity by combining the power of ai technology with the scale of the world’s most trusted cybersecurity education platform.”

Firecompass has uncovered more than 2.5 million real attack paths and exploppy vulnerability, and reduced remedies time by an average of 40 percent for its customers. The platform also delivers immediati value in high-stakes environments environments by validating expenses with 24 hours of cve disclosure and aligning multi-stage attack emulations to the mitre at & ckframeworks.

“The ai race in cybersecurity isn Bollywood; it’s here. Attackers are alredy using ai to move faster said Bikash Barai, Co-Founder and CEO of Firecompass, “Our AI-Driven Platform Thinks and Acts Like a Real Attacker Chaining Vulnerabilites, Moving Laterally, And Validating Risks Continuously at Machine Scale. ITPACES BYANS by Olders of Magnitude.

Firecompass is alredy trusted by fortune 500 companies, defense agencies, and mssps in more than 40 counties, continuously validating millions of assets of assets and ideante Each month. With eC-council’s backing, the platform is expanding rapidly into critical sectors such as finance, healthcare, telecom, and government.

Internationally recognized Security Technologist, Author, and Harvard lecturer bruce schneier, an advisor to firecompassSaid,“Firecompass is tackling one of cybersecurity’s most significant challenges by helping defenders match the speed and persistence of attackers in an ever-evolving Landscape. “Their Ai-Powered Approach to Automating Multi-STAGE ATTACKS and Penetration Testing is a game-Congress.