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Endpoint Central further strengthens enterprise defenses with a broad set of security capabilities, including vulnerability assessment and mitigation, peripheral device control, data loss prevention, application control, endpoint privilege management, encryption with FileVault and BitLocker, and browser security. 3,189 Ratings Visit Website Eurekos Eurekos is the customer training LMS built to educate the world outside your organization – partners, distributors and resellers. Most companies spend years perfecting their product, then hand customers a repurposed employee training course and hope for the best. When those customers churn, the product gets the blame. Usually, the training is the problem. Eurekos fixes that. We help you turn customer education from a cost into a revenue stream, by selling courses, accreditations and learning paths directly through the platform. The same thinking runs through the entire LMS – from customizable customer portals to certifications, eCommerce, built-in content authoring and ISO/IEC 27001 & 27701-certified security. Our smart learning assistant, Saga AI, powers deep content discovery (including inside SCORM files). Everything you need to run a world-class external training operation. It's why we’re trusted by 500,000+ learners across 100+ countries worldwide. 83 Ratings Visit Website RealCISO RealCISO is a compliance intelligence platform for two audiences: MSPs and MSSPs managing security across multiple clients, and enterprise teams running compliance in-house. Security providers get multi-tenant architecture, white-label branding, and portfolio-level risk visibility. Enterprise teams get assessments, risk tracking, remediation management, and board-ready reporting — without spreadsheets. Supports NIST CSF 2.0, SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST 800-171, CIS Controls, CMMC, ISO 27001, and 30+ frameworks. Tracks maturity per control over time — L1 through L5 — so you show boards trend lines, not checkboxes. 3,000+ security providers. Built by practitioners. 222 Ratings Visit Website Nexcess Digital Cloud Nexcess Digital Cloud serves businesses, agencies, and organizations that run their operations on the web. They need a platform that actively helps them grow, not just stay online. Our customers need an intelligent, managed environment that handles the complexity of modern digital operations, so their teams can focus on the work that actually matters to the business. What makes Nexcess Digital Cloud different is the combination of managed security, AI-powered site intelligence, and purpose-built software products, all on one platform. We deploy automated security patches before vulnerabilities are publicly exploited. We surface AI-powered insights that help customers understand their audiences, reduce churn, and act faster. And because we own both the infrastructure and the software layer, spanning ecommerce, learning, events, and fundraising, we can deliver a unified customer record across every product. No stack of disconnected SaaS tools can replicate that. 205 Ratings Visit Website Criminal IP ASM Criminal IP ASM delivers a threat intelligence-powered approach to attack surface management by combining continuous asset discovery with deep threat analysis across IPs, domains, OSINT, and associated infrastructure. Built on Criminal IP’s advanced scanning and enrichment capabilities, it brings Threat Intelligence context such as vulnerability intelligence, C2 detections, malicious IP/domain correlations, and dark web exposure into every layer of asset discovery in an integrated approach that empowers security teams to proactively identify, prioritize, and mitigate threats before they are exploited. 18 Ratings Visit Website Astra Pentest Astra’s Pentest is a comprehensive penetration testing solution with an intelligent automated vulnerability scanner coupled with in-depth manual pentesting. On top of 10000+ tests including security checks for all CVEs mentioned in the OWASP top 10, and SANS 25, the automated scanner also conducts all tests required to comply with ISO 27001, HIPAA, SOC2, and GDPR. Astra offers an interactive pentest dashboard that the user can use to visualize vulnerability analyses, assign vulnerabilities to team members, and collaborate with security experts. And if the users don’t want to get back to the dashboard every time they want to use the scanner or assign a vulnerability to a team member, they can simply use the integrations with CI/CD platforms, Slack, and Jira. 283 Ratings Visit Website Lightspeed Golf Lightspeed Golf is all-in-one golf course management software to help courses simplify operations, drive revenue and deliver amazing golf experiences. From tee sheet management, point of sale and payment processing to marketing, automation, reporting and more—Lightspeed is built for the pro shop, restaurant, back office, beverage cart and beyond. Lightspeed Golf has the features that golf operators need to scale strategically in a fast-evolving industry: ✅ 360 Sales & Marketing: Automate campaigns, enable dynamic pricing and access hands-on support from marketing experts ✅ Open API & Integrations: Build custom workflows and leverage top integrations for AI booking, marketing, loyalty, accounting, tournament management, staff training and more ✅ Integrated Booking & Scheduling: Take and manage bookings for tee times and off-course services—no third-party tools needed Ready to take your golf facility further? Lightspeed Golf is the only software you’ll ever need. 214 Ratings Visit Website Aikido Security Secure your code, cloud, and runtime in one central system. Aikido’s all-in-one security platform is loved by developers and security teams alike with full security visibility, insight in what matters most, and fast/automatic vulnerability fixes. Teams get security done with Aikido thanks to: - False-positive reduction - AI Autotriage & AI Autofix - Deep integration into the dev workflow (from IDEs and task managers to CI/CD gating) - AI Pentests - Automated Compliance Aikido covers the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including: static application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST), infrastructure-as-code (IaC), container scanning, secrets detection, open source license scanning (SCA), cloud posture management (CSPM), runtime protection, AI pentests, and more. 238 Ratings Visit Website
About Kontra + Courses helps organizations build application security skills across development teams through a combination of 50+ video courses and 300+ hands-on vulnerability labs. Developers learn to identify, exploit, and remediate real vulnerabilities across 25+ technology stacks using practical code examples in their actual frameworks. Each Kontra lab walks through a real-world vulnerability scenario—like the 2021 Log4Shell exploit—then guides users through hands-on remediation with stack-specific code. This practical approach leads to 3x higher completion rates than traditional security training and helps AppSec teams scale secure coding practices without pulling developers out of their workflow. Most labs take under 10 minutes to complete. The platform is SCORM-compliant and integrates with existing LMS systems or can be delivered via hosted environment. Role-based curriculum aligns with NIST, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS, and supports ISC2 co-branded certification.	About SaltStack is an intelligent IT automation platform that can manage, secure, and optimize any infrastructure—on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge. It’s built on a unique and powerful event-driven automation engine that detects events in any system and reacts intelligently to them, making it an extremely effective solution for managing large, complex environments. With the newly launched SecOps offering, SaltStack can detect security vulnerabilities and non-compliant, mis-configured systems. As soon as an issue is detected, this powerful automation helps you and your team remediate it, keeping your infrastructure securely configured, compliant, and up-to-date. The SecOps suite includes both Comply and Protect. Comply scans and remediates against CIS, DISA-STIG, NIST, PCI, HIPAA compliance standards. And Protect scans for vulnerabilities and patches and updates your operating systems.
Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook	Platforms Supported Windows Mac Linux Cloud On-Premises iPhone iPad Android Chromebook
Audience Development Teams, AppSec Teams, Learning & Development	Audience ITOps, DevOps, NetOps, and SecOps
Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online	Support Phone Support 24/7 Live Support Online
API Offers API	API Offers API
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Pricing $400 per year Free Version Free Trial	Pricing No information available. Free Version Free Trial
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Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person	Training Documentation Webinars Live Online In Person
Company Information Security Compass Canada www.securitycompass.com/training/	Company Information SaltStack Founded: 2012 Utah, United States saltproject.io
Alternatives SecureCodingHub Secure Coding Hub	Alternatives Ansible Red Hat
SecureFlag	AttuneOps
HackEDU Secure Development Training HackEDU	CFEngine
Code Review Lab	Puppet Enterprise Perforce
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Categories Secure Code Training	Categories Build Automation Cloud Infrastructure Automation Cloud Security Compliance Configuration Management Container Orchestration Cybersecurity Data Center Management DevOps HIPAA Compliance IT Management IT Security Network Automation Network Security Patch Management PCI Compliance Server Management Software Configuration Management (SCM) Vulnerability Scanners
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Integrations Amazon Web Services (AWS) Docker Microsoft Azure Absorb LMS Apple iOS Auth0 C++ Dash Docebo HostAccess Java JavaScript Okta OverOps Qualys WAS Rackspace OpenStack SecretHub Swimlane Tenable One Show More Integrations View All 50 Integrations	Integrations Amazon Web Services (AWS) Docker Microsoft Azure Absorb LMS Apple iOS Auth0 C++ Dash Docebo HostAccess Java JavaScript Okta OverOps Qualys WAS Rackspace OpenStack SecretHub Swimlane Tenable One Show More Integrations View All 27 Integrations
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