BEYOND THE FIRST FINDING
An attacker asks what a weakness gives them next: another identity, a session, a signing key, or a surface they could not reach before. Ares brings that question into supported assessments.
When a finding yields a useful capability, the campaign can investigate where it matters next. Your team sees the individual weaknesses, the connection between them, and the limits of the evidence.
THE ARES METHOD
Build the assessment around how your environment operates.
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Define the scope. Include an OpenAPI document or Postman collection, or narrow the assessment to selected targets.
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Choose a balanced or full-coverage pass. Set the depth, modules, credentials, and execution location.
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Confirm the scope and run a preflight check to verify the target responds before testing begins.
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Ares runs in the background. Watch live or close the tab and receive your report by email.
Five steps. One controlled assessment.
NETWORK REACH
Choose the assessment vantage that reflects the exposure you need to understand. A campaign agent extends an existing deployment’s network reach; it is not an on-premises platform.
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The existing Ares deployment coordinates the authorized campaign.
02 / OUTBOUND CONNECTION
Runs on a host in your network and establishes an outbound connection to Ares.
03 / INTERNAL REACH
The agent relays assessment traffic. Internal routing, DNS, and access controls determine reachability.
No need to publish private targets to the internet, open an inbound firewall port for Assail, or establish a VPN to us. The agent still needs outbound connectivity to its Ares deployment.
DEPLOYMENT COMPARISON
Match platform placement and network connectivity to your operational requirements. These are architectural options, not a guarantee of identical coverage across every deployment.
Deployment
Platform location
Private-target approach
SaaS
Hosted by Assail
Use a campaign agent with a working route to private targets.
Bring Your Own Cloud
Your cloud environment
Use campaign agents where another private network segment requires a route.
Ares Edge
Your on-premises infrastructure
Plan local execution around network boundaries and connectivity constraints.
Disconnected operation requires an installation inside the environment, including local model serving and the necessary local runtime services. Confirm the offered Edge configuration and supported application lanes with Assail.
ASSESSMENT FLOW
Ares campaigns move through discovery, assessment, exploitation, validation, and reporting. Review what was exercised alongside the findings; an assessment does not prove the entire application is secure.
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Surface
Evidence and review boundary
Web & APIs
Relevant requests and responses help engineers reproduce observed behavior and investigate the affected boundary.
Mobile
Package and runtime assessment can inform findings. Assess the backend API as a separate target.
AI systems
Review supported target coverage, applicable MITRE ATLAS context, and the findings produced by the engagement.
Coverage depends on reachability, credentials, target configuration, supported techniques, and campaign depth. Repeat campaigns after fixes and significant changes.
TALK TO ASSAIL
Tell us what you need to assess and where it lives. We’ll help you choose the deployment, network vantage, and campaign scope.
Your environment. Your objectives. A mission built around both.
