Picus Security

Picus Security is a cybersecurity company that pioneered Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) in 2013 and now ships the Picus Security Validation Platform for Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) and Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). The platform continuously simulates real-world adversary techniques against network, endpoint, email and cloud controls, scores prevention and detection effectiveness, maps results to MITRE ATT&CK and the Unified Kill Chain, and returns vendor-specific mitigation signatures and validated detection rules from the Picus Mitigation Library. The Picus Customer API is a public REST API documented at apidocs.picussecurity.com and served from api.picussecurity.com, exposing simulations, simulation run results, the threat library, threat templates, agents, integrations, mitigation and detection content, exposure instance scores, users and roles, and activity logs, authorized with OAuth2-issued refresh and access tokens.

Picus Security publishes 14 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Activity Logs API, Agents API, Authentication API, and 11 more. Tagged areas include cybersecurity, security-validation, breach-and-attack-simulation, adversarial-exposure-validation, and continuous-threat-exposure-management.

Picus Security’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, and 27 more developer resources.

56.2/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 41/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-12 · rubric v0.11.0
14 APIs 1 MCP Servers
cybersecuritysecurity-validationbreach-and-attack-simulationadversarial-exposure-validationcontinuous-threat-exposure-managementpenetration-testingthreat-intelligencemitre-attackdetection-engineeringsecurity-operations

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scored 2026-08-12 · rubric v0.11.0
Composite quality — 56.2/100 · strong
Contract Quality 14.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 11.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 9.2 / 13
Governance 2.5 / 12
Discoverability 9.3 / 10
Agent readiness — 41/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 14

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Picus Security Activity Logs API

The Activity-Logs API from Picus Security — 1 operation(s) for activity-logs.

Picus Security Agents API

The Agents API from Picus Security — 6 operation(s) for agents.

Picus Security Authentication API

The Authentication API from Picus Security — 2 operation(s) for authentication.

Picus Security Instances API

The Instances API from Picus Security — 1 operation(s) for instances.

Picus Security Integrations API

The Integrations API from Picus Security — 2 operation(s) for integrations.

Picus Security Mitigation API

The Mitigation API from Picus Security — 15 operation(s) for mitigation.

Picus Security Simulation Latest Result API

The Simulation-Latest-Result API from Picus Security — 7 operation(s) for simulation-latest-result.

Picus Security Simulation Result API

The Simulation-Result API from Picus Security — 8 operation(s) for simulation-result.

Picus Security Simulation Result Reports API

The Simulation-Result-Reports API from Picus Security — 4 operation(s) for simulation-result-reports.

Picus Security Simulations API

The Simulations API from Picus Security — 4 operation(s) for simulations.

Picus Security Summary API

The Summary API from Picus Security — 1 operation(s) for summary.

Picus Security Templates API

The Templates API from Picus Security — 2 operation(s) for templates.

Picus Security Threats API

The Threats API from Picus Security — 13 operation(s) for threats.

Picus Security Users API

The Users API from Picus Security — 5 operation(s) for users.

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Picus Security Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Picus Security Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Picus Security Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Picus Security Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · contact published

SECURITY

Picus Security Trust Center

ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 22301, ISO/IEC 20000-1, SOC 2 Type 2, CSA STAR Level One

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Picus Security Agentic Access

84 operations · 25 acting

84 operations · 25 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: picus-security
name: Picus Security
description: Picus Security is a cybersecurity company that pioneered Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) in 2013 and now ships
  the Picus Security Validation Platform for Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) and Continuous Threat Exposure Management
  (CTEM). The platform continuously simulates real-world adversary techniques against network, endpoint, email and cloud controls,
  scores prevention and detection effectiveness, maps results to MITRE ATT&CK and the Unified Kill Chain, and returns vendor-specific
  mitigation signatures and validated detection rules from the Picus Mitigation Library. The Picus Customer API is a public
  REST API documented at apidocs.picussecurity.com and served from api.picussecurity.com, exposing simulations, simulation
  run results, the threat library, threat templates, agents, integrations, mitigation and detection content, exposure instance
  scores, users and roles, and activity logs, authorized with OAuth2-issued refresh and access tokens.
image: https://www.picussecurity.com/hubfs/Picus_February2020/images/favicon.ico
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/picus-security/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
specificationVersion: '0.21'
created: '2026-08-02'
modified: '2026-08-02'
tags:
- cybersecurity
- security-validation
- breach-and-attack-simulation
- adversarial-exposure-validation
- continuous-threat-exposure-management
- penetration-testing
- threat-intelligence
- mitre-attack
- detection-engineering
- security-operations
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- aid: picus-security:picus-security-activity-logs-api
  name: Picus Security Activity Logs API
  description: The Activity-Logs API from Picus Security — 1 operation(s) for activity-logs.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.picussecurity.com/
  baseURL: https://api.picussecurity.com/
  tags:
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  - type: GettingStarted
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  - type: Conventions
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: DataModel
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- aid: picus-security:picus-security-agents-api
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  description: The Agents API from Picus Security — 6 operation(s) for agents.
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  baseURL: https://api.picussecurity.com/
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  description: The Authentication API from Picus Security — 2 operation(s) for authentication.
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  - type: DataModel
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  description: The Instances API from Picus Security — 1 operation(s) for instances.
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  - type: DataModel
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- aid: picus-security:picus-security-integrations-api
  name: Picus Security Integrations API
  description: The Integrations API from Picus Security — 2 operation(s) for integrations.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.picussecurity.com/
  baseURL: https://api.picussecurity.com/
  tags:
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  - type: DataModel
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- aid: picus-security:picus-security-mitigation-api
  name: Picus Security Mitigation API
  description: The Mitigation API from Picus Security — 15 operation(s) for mitigation.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.picussecurity.com/
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  tags:
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: DataModel
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- aid: picus-security:picus-security-simulation-latest-result-api
  name: Picus Security Simulation Latest Result API
  description: The Simulation-Latest-Result API from Picus Security — 7 operation(s) for simulation-latest-result.
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  baseURL: https://api.picussecurity.com/
  tags:
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  - type: Conventions
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/picus-security-data-model.yml
- aid: picus-security:picus-security-simulation-result-api
  name: Picus Security Simulation Result API
  description: The Simulation-Result API from Picus Security — 8 operation(s) for simulation-result.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.picussecurity.com/
  baseURL: https://api.picussecurity.com/
  tags:
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  - type: Conventions
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: DataModel
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- aid: picus-security:picus-security-simulation-result-reports-api
  name: Picus Security Simulation Result Reports API
  description: The Simulation-Result-Reports API from Picus Security — 4 operation(s) for simulation-result-reports.
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  - type: Conventions
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
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  - type: DataModel
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  name: Picus Security Simulations API
  description: The Simulations API from Picus Security — 4 operation(s) for simulations.
  humanURL: https://apidocs.picussecurity.com/
  baseURL: https://api.picussecurity.com/
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  - Simulations
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  - type: ErrorCatalog
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  - type: RateLimits
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  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/picus-security-data-model.yml
- aid: picus-security:picus-security-summary-api
  name: Picus Security Summary API
  description: The Summary API from Picus Security — 1 operation(s) for summary.
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  tags:
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  name: Picus Security Templates API
  description: The Templates API from Picus Security — 2 operation(s) for templates.
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  baseURL: https://api.picussecurity.com/
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  name: Picus Security Threats API
  description: The Threats API from Picus Security — 13 operation(s) for threats.
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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