Cogent Security Launches Free AI-Powered Tool to Revolutionize Vulnerability Intelligence
In a groundbreaking move aimed at democratizing access to vulnerability intelligence, Cogent Security has introduced Cogent Community, a free AI-powered tool designed to help security practitioners operationalize threat intelligence with unprecedented speed and precision. This innovative solution is the result of a strategic partnership with VulnCheck, a leader in evidence-backed vulnerability intelligence. By combining VulnCheck’s industry-leading data with Cogent’s advanced, domain-trained AI agents, Cogent Community empowers security teams to take swift and informed action against emerging threats.
The launch of Cogent Community comes at a critical time. Security teams are increasingly overwhelmed by the sheer volume of vulnerability signals and the rapid evolution of cyber threats. Adversaries are leveraging artificial intelligence to accelerate attacks, weaponize vulnerabilities, and exploit gaps in defenses. In this high-stakes environment, staying ahead of threats requires tools that not only provide actionable insights but also streamline decision-making processes. Cogent Community addresses these challenges head-on, offering security professionals a powerful resource to enhance their vulnerability management programs.
Key Features of Cogent Community
Cogent Community is packed with features designed to simplify and accelerate vulnerability research and remediation. These include:
- Discover Feed:
A customizable, real-time feed that aggregates vulnerability and exploit intelligence. The Discover Feed provides users with breaking disclosures, trending activity, and updates on topics they follow. This ensures that security teams are always aware of the latest developments in the threat landscape. - AI Research Assistant:
An intuitive natural-language interface allows users to conduct deep dives into Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) and exploits. The AI Research Assistant provides clear explanations of impacts, cites credible sources, and delivers plain-language summaries, making complex technical information accessible to all skill levels. - Community Agent:
This feature offers precise mitigation and remediation recommendations tailored to specific environments. By incorporating asset, owner, and business context inputs, the Community Agent ensures that guidance is relevant and actionable, helping teams prioritize efforts effectively.
According to Gourav Nagar, Head of Information Security at Upwind Security, “Cogent’s platform transforms vulnerability management programs, enabling them to operate with higher efficiency and lower risk exposure. Offering Cogent Community for free is a major win for the entire security industry.”
Addressing the Challenges Facing Security Teams
Modern security teams face an uphill battle in managing vulnerabilities and defending against threats. The threat intelligence ecosystem is fragmented, encompassing vendor advisories, vulnerability databases, exploit releases, and findings from independent researchers. Security practitioners often spend countless hours validating sources, removing duplicates, and determining whether vulnerabilities are being actively exploited in the wild. Once verified, they must translate these signals into actionable steps tailored to their unique environments—identifying affected assets, assigning ownership, and prioritizing mitigations based on urgency and impact.
This labor-intensive process leads to slow triage, inconsistent decision-making, and prolonged windows of exposure. Compounding the issue is the rise of AI-powered threats. Adversaries are using AI to generate malicious code, expand attack surfaces, and weaponize CVEs at an alarming rate. Vulnerability exploitation has become the fastest-growing cause of breaches, leaving defenders struggling to keep pace.
To combat these challenges, AI is no longer optional—it’s essential. Cogent Community bridges the gap by equipping security teams with specialized AI agents that cut through the noise, distill complex intelligence into actionable insights, and enable faster, more consistent responses to threats.
A Strategic Partnership for Enhanced Threat Intelligence
The creation of Cogent Community was made possible through a unique collaboration between Cogent Security and VulnCheck. VulnCheck brings its premier, evidence-backed view of what is being exploited and why it matters. Their data provides a reliable foundation for understanding the real-world risks posed by vulnerabilities. Cogent then layers on its domain-trained, agentic AI, which interprets this data and translates it into actionable recommendations suited to each organization’s specific needs.
Together, this partnership sets a new standard for the security community by turning trusted facts into accountable actions. As Vineet Edupuganti, Co-Founder and CEO of Cogent Security, explained, “The goal of Cogent Community was simple: to give security practitioners a free tool to stay ahead of threats. Over the last decade, threat intelligence has advanced tremendously, to the point where security teams can no longer stay on top of the vulnerability and exploit data that’s at their fingertips. Cogent Community puts specialized agents in the hands of every practitioner to cut through the noise, make sense of their intelligence, and remediate faster to defend against AI-powered threats.”
Empowering the Security Community
By offering Cogent Community for free, Cogent Security is leveling the playing field for organizations of all sizes. Smaller teams with limited resources now have access to the same cutting-edge tools previously available only to large enterprises. This democratization of vulnerability intelligence ensures that even under-resourced teams can defend themselves against sophisticated adversaries.
Moreover, Cogent Community fosters collaboration within the security community. By providing a centralized platform for sharing insights and best practices, it encourages knowledge exchange and collective problem-solving. This collaborative approach is crucial in addressing the ever-evolving threat landscape.
About Cogent Security
Cogent Security is the company pioneering the world’s first AI taskforce for vulnerability management. The platform delivers a suite of cross-functional AI agents with expert-level reasoning to autonomously execute time-intensive tasks across the vulnerability management lifecycle. Backed by Greylock Partners, Cogent is transforming vulnerability management for some of the world’s largest and most complex organizations including Fortune 500 enterprises, public companies, and high-profile universities. Follow the company on LinkedIn.
For more information, visit: www.cogent.security
About VulnCheck
VulnCheck is the exploit intelligence company helping enterprises, government organizations and cybersecurity vendors solve the vulnerability prioritization challenge. Trusted by some of the world’s largest organizations responsible for protecting hundreds of millions of systems and people, VulnCheck helps organizations outpace adversaries by providing the most comprehensive, real-time vulnerability intelligence that is autonomously correlated with unique, proprietary exploit and threat intelligence. Follow the company on LinkedIn or X.
To learn more about VulnCheck, visit https://vulncheck.com/.
