Additional Info

CompanyNightwing
Company size1,000 - 4,999 employees
World regionNorth America
Websitenightwing.us

Nomination Highlights

Every day, the potential for cyberattacks grows exponentially. Vulnerabilities – whether outdated software, inadequate security procedures, or misconfigured networks – create entry points for malicious actors looking to exploit weaknesses. Failing to address these gaps puts systems and sensitive data at risk.

CounterTrace is a comprehensive cyber vulnerability assessment service for security architecture analysis, threat identification, and mitigation. This unique cybersecurity solution consists of hands-on assessments and curated vulnerability intelligence. Paired with modeling and scaled system testing, CounterTrace is deployable against traditional infrastructure, embedded systems, operational technology, telecom infrastructure, and air-gapped networks. We model no-fail systems to enable continuous testing without downtime. Nightwing engineers have honed the capability on mission-critical technologies, including domestic and adversarial weapon systems, so we’re prepared for the mission.

Key Capabilities / Features

Cyber Vulnerability Assessments (CVA):
-Software Architecture Security Analysis, the identification of prioritized attack vectors based on the likelihood and consequence of compromise, plus recommendations for targeted Vulnerability Research.
-Vulnerability Research of prioritized attack vectors, including static and dynamic analysis, potential vulnerability identification, exploitability characteristics, mitigation recommendations, and reporting.
-Vulnerability Reassessments and verification of threat mitigation actions from previous CVA activities and test software updates, ensuring no new cyber risks were introduced.


System Modeling / Emulation:
-Virtualization of system under protection.
-Test harness for testing at scale.
-Unit tests prioritized based on attack vector.


Attack Surface Agent:
-Dynamic SBOM Generation.


FLAGSTONE Threat Intelligence Portal:
-Access to Flagstone Management Portal (cloud hosted).
-Cyberattack path identification.
-Automated SBOM vulnerability analysis.
-Automated prioritization and false positive reduction.
-Curated threat data reports detailing identified cyber risks applicable to customer systems.


Security Consulting
-Access to Nightwing offensive cyber subject matter experts for cybersecurity consulting.


How we are different

For the last 25 years, the US Government has relied on Nightwing’s offensive cyber techniques in reverse engineering, computer network operations, and vulnerability research to discover more than 1000 exploitable vulnerabilities across desktop, embedded, and mobile platforms.


Nightwing knows the tools, tactics, and procedures of the most aggressive cyber threats from both foreign and domestic threat actors.


CounterTrace provides detailed reporting with cyber readiness scores, potential areas of exploitation, known security risks, and remediation road maps, while maintaining strict customer confidentiality.


About this category: Threat Detection and Response

The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognize products that detect and respond to threats across an organization. It is the broad detection category, for products that draw on several data sources or fit no narrower category.

An independent jury of security practitioners, analysts and CISOs scores each nomination on leadership, innovation and impact. Each nomination competes in its category against organizations of similar size and region. Entry packages, sponsorship and public votes do not affect the jury's scores.

Related categories

CounterTrace, Nightwing’s cyber vulnerability assessment service, 2025 Gold Award winner, Threat Detection and Response — Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
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