# Bright Defense: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bright-defense

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Penetration testing as a service](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/penetration-testing-as-a-service/index.md) | 0% | 46 | 0% | 3 |

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Bright Defense, from 13 of the 13 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- stingrai.io: 9
- atlantsecurity.com: 8
- reddit.com: 7
- underdefense.com: 5
- brightdefense.com: 4 (its own site)
- pentestingproviders.com: 4
- techrepublic.com: 4
- clutch.co: 3
- netragard.com: 3
- objectstorage.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://atlantsecurity.com/blog/top-penetration-testing-companies: 7
- https://stingrai.io/blog/best-penetration-testing-companies-startups-2026: 7
- https://stingrai.io/blog/best-penetration-testing-companies-small-businesses-2026: 5
- https://underdefense.com/blog/penetration-testing-services: 5
- https://brightdefense.com/resources/best-penetration-testing-companies-for-soc-2-compliance: 4
- https://pentestingproviders.com/best/affordable-penetration-testing: 4
- https://clutch.co/it-services/cybersecurity/penetration-testing: 3
- https://netragard.com/blog/best-penetration-testing-companies: 3

## In its own words

What Bright Defense's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Continuous Cybersecurity Compliance (https://brightdefense.com/)
- For: small and mid-size businesses (https://brightdefense.com/)
- Price stated: starting at $1,000/mo (https://brightdefense.com/)
- Starting price: 1000 (https://brightdefense.com/)
- Certifications: ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, CMMC
- Customers named: Mariner Finance, TMRW Sports, Forward, Inscope, Archera, Anderson Kill, Sequoia Financial, EZ-AD TV

## What it publishes

Every page brightdefense.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 313 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 131 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-07
- comparison: 26 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- template or tool: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-02-07
- glossary or explainer: 19 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-02
- news or press: 64 pages, 23 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- Recent: 2026-09-28 comparison: Dos vs ddos attacks https://www.brightdefense.com/resources/dos-vs-ddos-attacks
- Recent: 2026-09-21 news or press: Idscan breach inside the 153 million record claim https://www.brightdefense.com/news/idscan-breach-inside-the-153-million-record-claim
- Recent: 2026-09-21 news or press: Canvas breach 275 million users at risk https://www.brightdefense.com/news/canvas-breach-275-million-users-at-risk
- Recent: 2026-09-14 news or press: Iso 42006 raises the bar for iso 42001 certifiers https://www.brightdefense.com/news/iso-42006-raises-the-bar-for-iso-42001-certifiers
- Recent: 2026-08-31 news or press: Illinois ai hiring law takes effect without final employer rules https://www.brightdefense.com/news/illinois-ai-hiring-law-takes-effect-without-final-employer-rules
- Recent: 2026-08-30 news or press: Iso 27001 what changed in 2026 https://www.brightdefense.com/news/iso-27001-what-changed-in-2026

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.