GARTNER SEC & RISK · NATIONAL HARBOR · 2026

We met at National Harbor. Now see what an actual adversary does to your stack.

You walked the floor at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit: the booths, the demos, the "automated validation" pitches. Here's what an autonomous adversary built under DARPA actually does to an enterprise environment, and why it's a different category from what you evaluated at National Harbor.

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REF SIEGE-SRM-26ORIGIN DARPA CASTLE PROJECTENGAGEMENT POST-SUMMIT
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THE DIFFERENCE

You saw the category. Here's what sets SIEGE apart.

The platforms on the floor automate the pen test: known CVEs and fixed scenarios, re-run on a schedule, with a report at the end. That's useful, but it tells you what was exploitable the last time someone pressed the button.

SIEGE doesn't automate a test. It operates as an adversary, continuously, at machine speed, using real-time threat intelligence and AI agents that learn, adapt, and reason like the actors targeting your sector. It surfaces the novel attack paths your existing tools have never seen, and proves which of your controls actually hold. That methodology was forged under the DARPA CASTLE program and validated across Department of Defense and U.S. Government environments, a pedigree no commercial competitor can replicate.

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VALIDATE THE STACK

SIEGE doesn't replace your stack. It proves it holds.

Whatever you build and sell: detection, cloud, identity, data, automation. SIEGE is the adversarial layer that confirms it works under real pressure. A natural "detect and validate" fit across every category we talked through at the Summit.

EDR / XDR
Endpoint Detection & Response
You deployed Falcon-class EDR/XDR. SIEGE runs live attack paths that prove your detections actually fire, and surfaces the coverage gaps that don't.
Cloud / CNAPP
Cloud Security
CNAPP tells you what's misconfigured. SIEGE confirms which of those findings an attacker could actually chain into a breach, so you remediate what's exploitable, not just what's flagged.
Data / SASE
Data Protection & SASE
SIEGE pressure-tests lateral movement and exfiltration paths against your DLP and SASE policy, validating the controls your data security strategy depends on.
SOAR / Automation
Response Automation
SIEGE findings become trigger events inside your SOAR and hyperautomation playbooks, closing the loop from confirmed exploit to automated response.
Non-Human Identity
Machine & Service Identity
Service accounts, API keys, and secrets are now a primary attack vector. SIEGE validates whether your NHI exposure is genuinely reachable and exploitable.
AI / ML Security
Model & Pipeline Security
As you secure AI/ML pipelines, SIEGE stress-tests them with adversarial attack simulation, proving your model infrastructure holds under real pressure.
OT / IoT
Asset Intelligence & OT
SIEGE extends adversarial validation into OT, IoT, and unmanaged environments, exactly where asset visibility ends and real-world risk begins.
AppSec / SAST
Application Security
Static analysis flags the vulnerability. SIEGE confirms whether it's exploitable in production, turning "found in code" into "proven in runtime."
MSSP / Managed
Managed & Channel
Deliver continuous adversarial validation inside your managed program, a repeatable, machine-speed capability your clients are already asking for.
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VS. WHAT YOU SAW ON THE FLOOR

Periodic validation tells you what happened. SIEGE shows you what's coming.

DimensionAutomated PentestBASOther validation toolsSIEGE
Test cadenceOn-demandScheduledContinuous*Persistent adversary
Attack intelligenceKnown CVEs, OSINTFixed scenariosTTP libraryReal-time intel + adversary emulation
AdaptationManualStaticPartialAI agents that learn & reason
Primary outputPentest reportControl dashboardMixedExecutive · board · operator
ProvenanceCommercialCommercialCommercialDARPA-developed · DoD-validated

* Most "continuous" tools re-run fixed scenarios on a schedule. SIEGE operates as a persistent, intelligence-driven adversary.

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PROVENANCE

Built under DARPA. Validated by DoD.

★ DEVELOPED UNDER DARPA CASTLE PROJECT ★ DOD VALIDATED ★ TRUSTED BY US DEFENSE & INTELLIGENCE ★

SIEGE was forged under the DARPA CASTLE program and operationally validated across DoD and U.S. Government environments, where the adversary is a nation-state. When SIEGE confirms your defenses hold, that finding carries the weight of the most demanding cyber programs in the world. For your board, your customers, and your regulators, there is no more credible statement of resilience.

Let's pick up where National Harbor left off.

Twenty minutes. We'll map a real attack path through an environment like yours and show you the proof, no slideware.

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