Palongo Enters Partnership with Horizon3.ai

Palongo (Headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo; Representative Director: Manabu Kondo) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a reseller partnership with Horizon3.ai, Inc. (Headquarters: California, USA; CEO: Snehal Antani), a provider of AI-driven autonomous security validation platforms.

Through this partnership, Palongo will begin offering Horizon3.ai's flagship product, 'NodeZero™'. This initiative addresses the growing demand for 'Attack Path Validation,' enabling Japanese companies to enhance their cyber resilience.

■ Background: Shifting from Annual Diagnostics to Continuous Validation

As corporate IT environments grow more complex and the impact of Frontier AI becomes more significant, traditional annual penetration testing and simple vulnerability scanning are no longer sufficient to capture evolving attack risks. Within the framework of CTEM (Continuous Threat Exposure Management), which is increasingly prioritized in security operations, there is an urgent need to automate the process of verifying whether identified vulnerabilities are actually exploitable.

Palongo decided to enter this partnership, convinced that NodeZero's 'autonomous validation from an attacker's perspective' will evolve customer security operations into more practical and efficient processes.

■ The Value of NodeZero's 'Attack Path Validation'

・Attack Path Validation: Visualizes 'attack routes' formed by chains of vulnerabilities. It identifies risks in real-time, such as improper credential management and lateral movement, which are often overlooked by static scanning.

・Accelerating CTEM: Based on verification results, risks are presented in order of their impact on the business, enabling effective, prioritized mitigation.

・100% Autonomous and Agentless: Can be executed on-demand from SaaS without requiring high-level specialized knowledge, maintaining a constant understanding of 'what would happen if we were attacked now.'

■ Comments from Horizon3.ai

Tim Mackie, Global Vice President of Worldwide Channels at Horizon3.ai, Inc.:

"Security teams are struggling to keep up with the increasing volume of data, but what ultimately matters is understanding what is actually being exploited as a vulnerability and what is putting critical assets at risk. That is the value NodeZero delivers. Through this partnership with Palongo, we will provide this attacker's perspective to more organizations, supporting continuous validation of defenses and enabling them to focus on the risks that truly matter."

■ Comment from Manabu Kondo, Representative Director, Palongo

"We are honored to propose 'NodeZero' to our customers in Japan through our partnership with Horizon3.ai. Continuous validation from an attacker's perspective is an essential element of the 'Security Operations as Infrastructure' that Palongo advocates. By addressing the true risks highlighted by Attack Path Validation and implementing highly effective countermeasures, we aim to realize truly meaningful security measures together."

■ About Horizon3.ai, Inc.

Horizon3.ai is an AI-native proactive security company that is redefining how organizations verify and strengthen their defenses. The company is the developer of 'NodeZero®,' a world-class AI hacker trusted by four Fortune 10 companies, global banks, and critical infrastructure operators. NodeZero allows organizations to proactively hack, fix, verify, and test on-demand, resulting in strengthened defenses and measurable improvements in cyber resilience. Horizon3.ai was founded by former U.S. special operations forces members and industry experts.

URL: https://www.horizon3.ai/