Case Study: Persistent Systems achieves continuous visibility and control of its security posture with Cymulate

Persistent Systems Gains Visibility & Control of its Security Posture

Persistent Systems, a global digital engineering and enterprise modernization partner with 22,000+ employees, faced challenges in continuously validating its security posture: quarterly, manual penetration tests offered only point-in-time snapshots, vulnerability management was manual and hard to prioritize, and enforcing global IT policies and staying current on emerging threats was difficult. To solve this, Persistent implemented the Cymulate platform to automate continuous security validation, control testing and threat assessments.

Cymulate’s attack simulations, vulnerability prioritization, lateral-movement and red-team automation gave Persistent full visibility and faster, data-driven remediation. Results include 70% fewer critical vulnerabilities in its most recent third‑party assessment, a drop in time to evaluate and act on findings from ~1.5 days to 1–3 hours, improved cross-team collaboration and board reporting, and plans to reduce future assessment costs—demonstrating Cymulate’s measurable impact on reducing risk and operational effort.

Persistent Systems

Avinash Dharmadhikari

Chief Information Security Officer