A scan shows possibility, not proof
Vulnerability data can identify potential weakness, but it does not show whether an attacker can combine those conditions into a working path.
One system across the attack surface
- Internal Networks
- External Attack Surface
- ARES Agent
- CulperIQ
Know what can be exploited, not only what looks vulnerable.
ARES, CulperSec's Automated Reconnaissance and Exploitation System, reveals practical attack paths across internal and external environments, then keeps evidence and remediation work inside CulperIQ.
Point-in-time testing ages quickly
Infrastructure, identities, and exposed services keep changing after an assessment, leaving teams without a current view of exploitable risk.
The evidence gets separated from the fix
When findings move into disconnected reports and tickets, owners lose the attack context needed to prioritize, remediate, and verify the result.
From reconnaissance to proof.
ARES tests from the perspectives that matter, validates how exposure becomes impact, and gives defenders the context to break the path.
Map the attack surface
Evaluate authorized assets and services from an attackers perspective to identify reachable paths into and throughout the environment.
See the perimeter as an attacker does
Execute controlled exploitation
Move beyond detection by validating which weaknesses can be used in practice while staying within the defined scope and rules of engagement.
Separate exposure from exploitability
Connect the attack path
Show how individual weaknesses can combine across systems and boundaries instead of treating every finding as an isolated event.
Understand practical impact
Preserve evidence in CulperIQ
Keep validated findings, supporting evidence, affected assets, ownership, and remediation activity in one operating record.
Give every fix its context
Verify remediation with a retest
Repeat the relevant test after changes are made to confirm that the exploitable path is closed and the result is documented.
Prove the fix held
Every test starts with authorization.
ARES turns an approved scope into a repeatable penetration-testing workflow with clear boundaries, evidence, and verification.
Scope
Define authorized targets, exclusions, timing, and rules of engagement before testing begins.
Enumerate
Collect information about the target environment, including reachable systems, services, and potential weaknesses.
Execute
Run automated reconnaissance and controlled exploitation within the boundaries of the approved test.
Verify
Review evidence, assign remediation in CulperIQ, and retest the affected path after the fix is applied.
Validated risk becomes owned work.
Because ARES is built into CulperIQ, the result stays connected to the systems, evidence, owners, and remediation decisions that follow the test.
- Focus remediation on weaknesses that produce a working attack path
- Test internal networks and the external attack surface from one product
- Keep technical evidence connected to affected assets and owners
- Confirm whether remediation closes the validated path
- Track exploitable risk alongside the broader Meridian operating picture
Test the paths an attacker would take.
See how ARES runs authorized internal and external penetration tests and turns validated attack paths into remediation work in CulperIQ.