How a Non-Profit Organization Strengthened Cybersecurity and Saved £80,000 with Cymulate
Using the Cymulate platform, a non-profit organization tested and validated its security controls in realistic scenarios, gaining full visibility into risks, improving resilience against attacks, and saving £80,000—all while operating on a limited budget.
UK-Based Non-Profit Organization
● Industry: Non-profit● Headquarters: UK● Company size: 850+ employees
Challenge – Balancing Limited Budgets and Growing Cyber Threats
A team of over 850 employees serving 40,000 clients and 20,000 households takes the protection of personal data very seriously. The goal was to increase the level of cybersecurity while maintaining budget control, which led to the launch of a security and stability program. As part of this initiative, management tasked a single-person security team with evaluating existing security measures and ensuring they were optimally aligned with the organization’s needs and delivered the best value.
The IT security engineer could not achieve this goal using monthly vulnerability scans and annual penetration tests alone, so they sought an alternative solution.
Solution – Cymulate
After evaluating multiple security validation tools and testing their ability to compare security vendors in a simulated environment, the organization selected Cymulate as the best fit for its needs. The IT engineer explained:
“We chose Cymulate because it allows us to test the market, thoroughly validate our security controls, and understand what a potential attacker sees when looking at our organization from the outside.”
The proof of concept and implementation process with Cymulate was smooth and straightforward, allowing the organization to start using the platform almost immediately.
The IT engineer uses Cymulate for:
Evaluating and Validating New Security Controls
“Since purchasing Cymulate, we have acquired new endpoint, email gateway, and web gateway solutions. Before purchasing them, we tested how effective they would be in our environment under realistic scenarios, rather than relying solely on vendor claims. Cymulate has become an integral part of our security toolkit and helps us verify that our controls work as expected.”
The IT engineer
Making Value-Based Decisions
“While evaluating XDR vendors, Cymulate helped us realize that a more affordable option performed better in our infrastructure than a popular alternative. With Cymulate, we can ensure the best return on investment across the organization. We saved £80,000 on a single purchase, which is especially important for a non-profit, as every cost saving can be redirected to benefit our clients.”
The IT engineer
Results After Implementing Cymulate
£80,000 saved by selecting a more cost-effective yet equally effective XDR solution
Improved visibility into cybersecurity posture
Enhanced testing against emerging threats
Testing New Threats
“Everyone knows the situation when management sees a ‘high-profile’ attack in the news and asks whether the company is protected. With Cymulate, before management even approaches us, we have already tested the threat and can report on implemented fixes or those that require prioritization.”
The IT engineer
Configuration Change Management and Detection
“After about nine months of using Cymulate, we know our controls are properly configured. Today, we mainly detect and manage changes through the platform. If we are alerted to an increase in the Cymulate risk score, we prioritize actions based on the platform’s findings and address them immediately. There have been cases where we had to drop everything to fix an issue—without Cymulate, we wouldn’t have been aware of it.”
The IT engineer
Attack Surface Management
“Cymulate Attack Surface Management allows us to view our organization from an attacker’s perspective, identify vulnerable points, and define preventive actions.”
The IT engineer
Cymulate
Cymulate, a leader in exposure management and security validation, provides a single source of truth for threat exposure and the actions required to close gaps before they can be exploited by attackers. Over 500 customers worldwide use the Cymulate platform to assess their security posture and strengthen cyber resilience through continuous detection, validation, prioritization, and targeted remediation of security weaknesses. Cymulate automates advanced offensive testing to validate security controls, threats, and attack paths. As an open platform, it integrates with existing IT and security infrastructure and supports the exposure management process.