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Don’t assume you’re secure. Prove it.

Validate continuously to find., fix., verify., repeat.

Autonomous, continuous pentesting with Horizon3.ai’s NodeZero platform: discover real attack paths, fix what matters and verify every fix. Implemented and operated by Shore in Portugal.

PartnershipHorizon3.ai

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  • Shore · Horizon3.ai partnership
  • NodeZero · Autonomous pentesting
  • Find · Fix · Verify

The problem

You invested in security. Can you prove you are protected?

Attackers gained scale and speed through automation and AI. Between one annual pentest and the next, the environment changes every day — and a list of vulnerabilities does not tell you what is actually exploitable.

  • 68%

    of breaches involve a non-malicious human element

    Verizon DBIR 2024

  • 6%

    of vulnerabilities, approximately, ever reach widespread exploitation — the challenge is knowing which

    Kenna Security · Cyentia Institute

  • 4.44 M$

    average global cost of a data breach

    IBM, Cost of a Data Breach 2025

  • 241

    days, on average, to identify and contain a breach

    IBM, Cost of a Data Breach 2025

Public sources, verified in July 2026.

  • Scanners produce noise, not clarity

    Thousands of reported CVEs with no real exploitation context. The team drowns in false positives while the attack paths that matter stay invisible.

  • Annual pentests are a snapshot

    The environment changes every day; an annual pentest is a still image of a moving target — often outdated before the report is delivered.

  • Existing is not the same as exploitable

    Knowing a vulnerability exists does not tell you whether anyone can exploit it in your environment. Without proof of impact, prioritisation is guesswork.

  • No continuous view of your posture

    Between tests, new configurations, exposed credentials and excessive permissions go unnoticed — exactly what an attacker looks for first.

The platform

Stop guessing. Start proving.

NodeZero runs autonomous attacks in your environment and turns vulnerability management into a continuous validation cycle — find, fix, verify, repeat.

Implemented and operated by Shore in Portugal.

  1. 01

    Find

    Prove exploitability with real attacks

    NodeZero runs autonomous attack techniques in the environment — showing how an attacker would move, which credentials they would use and what data they would reach.

  2. 02

    Fix

    Prioritise what actually matters

    In an ocean of vulnerabilities, it identifies the ones proven exploitable in your context, with detailed remediation guidance.

  3. 03

    Verify

    Close the loop on every fix

    Every fix is re-tested to confirm the attack path is actually gone — proof of risk reduction, not a checkbox.

  4. 04

    Repeat

    Validate continuously, not once a year

    Risk changes whenever the environment changes. Tests repeat continuously, to find weaknesses before attackers do.

Traditional vulnerability management vs. continuous validation

Traditional approach

Continuous validation

Static analysis with predefined signatures

Autonomous, adaptive attacks

Theoretical risk and severity scores

Proven impact through real exploitation

A paralysing volume of alerts

Clarity of action — what to fix first

Point-in-time tests, once or twice a year

Continuous, automated validation

Based on assumptions

Anchored in evidence

  • Agentless — ephemeral, one-time-use architecture
  • First pentest set up in minutes, via Docker or OVA
  • Designed to run safely in production
  • Over 170,000 autonomous pentests run (2025)

The capabilities and figures in this section and the next are those published by Horizon3.ai for the NodeZero platform (horizon3.ai, July 2026). The concrete scope of each implementation is defined in a proposal.

NodeZero operations

One platform, many operations.

NodeZero brings multiple security operations into a single platform — from internal and external pentesting to cloud validation and emerging-threat response.

  • Internal Pentesting

    Autonomous internal network pentesting: attack paths, compromised credentials and risky configurations an attacker would exploit after initial access.

  • External Pentesting

    Continuous assessment of the external attack surface: exposed services, exploitable vulnerabilities and entry points reachable from the internet.

  • Cloud Pentesting

    Security validation in cloud environments: risky configurations, privilege-escalation paths and access to sensitive data.

  • Kubernetes Pentesting

    Kubernetes cluster security assessment: risky configurations, excessive RBAC, exposed secrets and container-escape paths.

  • Rapid Response

    Response to emerging vulnerabilities (CISA KEV): when a critical threat appears, quickly validate whether your environment is affected and exploitable.

  • Phishing Impact Testing

    Testing the real impact of a successful phish: what happens after the click — lateral movement, data access, privilege escalation.

  • AD Password Audit

    Continuous Active Directory password auditing: weak, reused or compromised credentials, before they are exploited.

  • NodeZero Tripwires

    Integrated deception: traps placed on the network during tests to detect real attackers’ lateral movement in real time.

Delivery model

From the first proof to continuous operations.

Shore implements, configures and operates the platform in your environment, in a three-phase model with clear deliverables.

  1. Phase 01

    Assessment

    First pentest and diagnosis

    typically 1–2 weeks

    • First autonomous pentest of the environment
    • Mapping of real attack paths
    • Report with business impact
    • Prioritised remediation plan
    • Implementation proposal

  2. Phase 02

    Implementation

    Deploy and remediation

    typically 2–4 weeks

    • NodeZero platform deployment
    • Configuration of continuous operations
    • Assisted remediation of critical vulnerabilities
    • Verification of every applied fix
    • Internal team training

  3. Phase 03

    Operations

    Continuous validation

    continuous

    • Recurring autonomous pentesting
    • Security posture monitoring
    • Emerging-threat response (CISA KEV)
    • Remediation triage and follow-up
    • Executive and compliance reporting

Indicative timelines — the plan, the calendar and the test cadence of the continuous operation are defined in each project’s proposal.

Start with an autonomous pentest of your environment — no commitment.

Schedule an assessment

Why Shore

The NodeZero platform, delivered by a local team.

Implemented by a team that knows the Portuguese market, speaks your language and works in your time zone.

  • A published partnership

    Horizon3.ai is one of the partner platforms of the Shore · Secnora cybersecurity service — implemented and operated within that catalogue.

  • An offensive security team

    The partnership’s pentesting and offensive security specialists interpret the results and separate the critical from the incidental.

  • A structured methodology

    Three phases with clear deliverables — assessment, implementation, operations — and a plan defined in a proposal before starting.

  • Local proximity

    A team in Portugal, in the same time zone and in Portuguese — response without communication barriers.

  • From report to fix

    We do not just hand over the report: we follow the remediation with your team and verify every fix on the platform.

  • A complete solution, not just software

    Assessment, implementation, internal team training and continuous operations — with a single point of coordination.

Shall we put your environment to the test?

Talk to us to schedule a first autonomous pentest, or to discuss your attack surface.

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