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Offensive Security Is No Longer Optional

Gartner’s 2025 research validates what we’ve long believed: to stay ahead of attackers, organizations must embrace continuous, proactive offensive security.

Executives in a boardroom looking out of tall windows toward the horizon, symbolising strategic vision and offensive security leadership.

Gartner has published new research on the future of cybersecurity, recognizing CovertSwarm among the leading providers of red teaming services.

The problem is clear. Many organizations remain anchored to legacy approaches: perimeter firewalls, signature-based tools, and compliance checklists. Necessary, but outmatched in a world where attackers move faster with automation, AI, and constant pressure.

“Traditional security measures, while necessary, are increasingly inadequate against advanced threats.”
— Gartner, September 2025

The conclusion follows. Only organizations that shift from reactive defense to proactive offense will succeed. Offensive security is not optional. It is a board-level necessity to protect revenue, reputation, and resilience.
In its research From Defense to Offense: How to Champion Proactive Cybersecurity (September 2025), Gartner names CovertSwarm as a leading provider of red team services.

This validation supports our mission: Constant Cyber Attack is the most reliable way to uncover material risks, validate controls under pressure, and prove resilience before real adversaries strike.

Addressing the strategic gap

The research highlights a persistent gap. Offensive findings often stall at the executive level. Without business context, remediation is deprioritized, and program impact fades.

Gartner outlines how to close that gap, translating technical exposure into business risk, and using offensive insight to drive targeted investment. This aligns with our constant cyber attack approach, turning continuous adversarial pressure into decision‑grade insight for leaders.

Every CovertSwarm engagement is designed to expose hidden weaknesses and present them in terms that boards and executives can act on.

Defining the category ahead

This recognition is a milestone and a signal. The market is moving toward the model we have pioneered, constant cyber attack as the foundation of resilience.

Our focus now is to keep defining the category, demonstrate the strategic value of offense, and help organizations evolve from reactive to commanding.

Stop testing. Start attacking. Unleash the Swarm.

Read the full research from Gartner in From Defense to Offense: How to Champion Proactive Cybersecurity (subscription required).