Assess Once. Manage Every Day.
Cynomi performs customized, dynamic assessments based on each client’s size, industry, tech stack, and posture goals, then helps you manage the other 364 days too, and build a recurring engagement that keeps them on track between assessments. Galactic Advisors delivers independent third-party assessments and pen testing that validate posture. Here is how they compare…
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The Quick Take
Cynomi performs customized, dynamic assessments based on each client’s size, industry, tech stack, and posture goals. Then it manages the other 364 days: turning findings into prioritized remediation, generating policies, tracking improvement, and building the recurring advisory engagement that keeps clients on track. Cynomi cuts the manual work of assessments and delivers end-to-end support from assessment to remediation to program delivery.
Galactic Advisors specializes in independent, third-party vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and compliance documentation for MSPs and their clients. Vendor-neutral validation backed by patented scanning technology and expert guidance.
Galactic validates posture at a point in time. Cynomi actions its own custom, dynamic assessments and manages the security program continuously: findings to remediation, tracked progress, recurring services.
The Cynomi Difference
Side-by-side across key capabilities.
Feature |  |  |
|---|---|---|
Starting Point | Continuous security program delivery and practice growth | Independent third-party assessments and penetration testing |
Platform Experience | Visual, intuitive, context-driven platform designed so any team member can deliver with confidence | Service-driven engagement with expert-led assessments and reporting |
AI Capabilities | Structured CISO methodology with AI agents for ease of use, advisory expertise, and GTM enablement | Patented credential-free scanning technology for vulnerability detection |
Time to Value | Days to first client engagement with streamlined onboarding | Assessment scheduling and scoping required; results delivered per engagement |
Framework Coverage | 40+ compliance frameworks with automated cross-mapping across standards | 38 frameworks supported through compliance documentation and audit-ready evidence |
Revenue Insights | Portfolio-level revenue intelligence and gap-to-service mapping | Assessment findings create upsell conversation opportunities |
Pricing Model | Tiered plans with predictable, transparent pricing | Per-engagement or program-based pricing (contact for details) |
Channel Model | 100% partner-focused, no channel conflict | MSP-focused with white-label assessment delivery |
Ease of Use | Visual, wizard-driven, any team member can deliver | Expert-delivered service with plain-language reporting for client conversations |
Best For | Service providers building and scaling ongoing security practices | Service providers needing independent validation and point-in-time testing |
What Customers Say
G2 + Capterra
"We've increased client capacity by 40% without adding more staff, thanks to Cynomi's automation."
— G2 Review, 2025
"I have used compliance platforms from other industry leaders. While those solutions were good, they often are prohibitively expensive and they often over complicate the task at hand."
— G2 Review, Mid-Market
"Cynomi allows you to focus on security, not on a framework."
— G2 Review, Director
Customer Feedback
"Galactic has been a true partner, not just a vendor. Their team is attentive, responsive, and always willing to collaborate on sales. They’ve helped us move faster, close deals more smoothly, and deliver a better experience to our customers."
"As a managed IT and Cybersecurity provider, protecting our clients is non-negotiable. But protection starts with precision, knowing what each business truly needs before prescribing a solution. That’s where Galactic Partners comes in. "
Cynomi Redefines
Compliance and Cybersecurity Management
Cynomi delivers security program management where compliance is an outcome, not the only goal.
End-to-End Assessment and Remediation
The 364 Days Between Assessments
From Assessment Report to Ongoing Engagement
Turn Assessment Findings Into a Managed Program
Run Cynomi Across Every Client, Every Quarter
Feature Deep Dives
End-to-End Assessment and Remediation
Cynomi develops simple, easy to understand executive reports and QBR content, then turns findings into structured remediation plans with assigned tasks, timelines, and progress tracking. Your team runs assessments and acts on findings from a single platform, no handoff to a third party required.
Partners describe the experience as “putting us in the expert seat very quickly.” Wizard-driven workflows guide the process from assessment through resolution.
- Customized, dynamic assessments tailored to each client’s environment
- Remediation task assignment tied directly to assessment findings
- Policy generation triggered by identified gaps
- Client-facing dashboards that show progress in real time
The 364 Days Between Assessments
Point-in-time assessments give you a snapshot. Cynomi gives you the full picture, continuously. Where Galactic delivers a verdict on a specific date, Cynomi tracks posture as it evolves: scoring that updates as remediation progresses, automated risk identification when something changes, and trend reporting that shows clients getting stronger quarter over quarter.
The difference is operational. An annual assessment tells you where gaps were. Continuous posture management tells you where gaps are, what to do about them, and whether your remediation is working.
- Posture scores that update automatically as tasks complete
- Risk identification triggered by environmental changes
- Continuous trend data that shows quarter-over-quarter improvement
From Assessment Report to Ongoing Engagement
Cynomi turns assessment findings into a managed engagement. Every finding becomes a trackable task with an owner, a timeline, and a priority level informed by business impact. Policies generate automatically. Quarterly reviews pull from live data instead of stale spreadsheets. Partners report 75–80% less manual work managing remediation, and nothing falls through the cracks.
- Automated policy generation based on assessment gaps
- Task tracking with owner assignment and deadline management
- Quarterly review templates populated with live posture data
Turn Assessment Findings Into a Managed Program
Pen test reports show what an attacker could exploit. Vulnerability assessments show what is exposed. Critical inputs, but neither tells your client what to fix first, what it costs, or how to explain the risk to their board.
Cynomi’s CISO methodology weighs findings by business impact, maps them to compliance requirements, and produces executive-ready reports that translate technical vulnerabilities into boardroom language. Your team presents the strategic roadmap backed by data from your own assessments.
- Business impact scoring that prioritizes by organizational risk beyond technical severity
- Executive-ready reporting that translates technical findings for leadership
- Compliance cross-mapping that connects assessment findings to framework requirements
Run Cynomi Across Every Client, Every Quarter
Independent assessments are high-touch by nature: scheduling, scoping, testing, reporting. Credible, but hard to scale. Galactic for your top 10 clients annually, maybe. But you have 50, 80, 120 clients who all need security program management.
Cynomi runs continuously across your entire portfolio. One analyst can manage 20+ client security programs simultaneously. Standardized delivery without sacrificing quality. Posture data, remediation history, and policy documentation are maintained year-round, not assembled before an audit.
- Multi-tenant management across your full client portfolio
- Standardized delivery that scales without adding headcount
- Assessment-ready documentation maintained continuously, not assembled at audit time
Which Platform Is Right for You?
The right choice depends on what you need most right now.
Cynomi may be the better fit if:
- You want end-to-end support from assessment to remediation to program delivery in a single platform
- Your team needs to run customized, dynamic assessments without scheduling and scoping third-party engagements
- You want to turn assessments into continuous, revenue-generating advisory engagements
- You need portfolio-wide security program management across every client, not periodic validation
- You need any team member to deliver security outcomes with confidence, regardless of experience level
- Ease of use matters: assessment, remediation tracking, and client reporting should not require a dedicated security hire
Galactic Advisors may be the better fit if:
- You need independent, third-party validation of client security posture
- Penetration testing and vulnerability assessments are a primary service requirement
- Your clients need vendor-neutral one-time proof for insurers, auditors, or boards
- One-time compliance documentation is the immediate deliverable
What Our Partners Say
Frequently Asked Questions
Cynomi runs customized, dynamic assessments based on each client’s size, industry, tech stack, and posture goals. For teams outsourcing assessments because they lack the internal methodology, Cynomi provides the structured approach to bring that capability in-house. Penetration testing remains a specialized, human-driven exercise, but the security assessments that feed your advisory practice can run directly through Cynomi.
No. Pen testing is a specialized, human-driven exercise that simulates real-world attacks. Cynomi manages the remediation workflow that follows: prioritizing findings, assigning tasks, tracking fixes, and verifying vulnerabilities are addressed before the next engagement.
Most partners are operational within days. If you already have assessment reports from Galactic or another provider, your team can begin building remediation plans and client-facing dashboards immediately. No extended configuration or professional services required.
Yes. Findings from third-party assessments inform the remediation roadmaps and posture tracking you manage inside Cynomi. Assessment value increases when findings feed into a continuous management process rather than sitting in a PDF.
CISO Intelligence helps your team decide what to tackle first from a 30-page assessment report. It analyzes each client’s environment, weighs findings by business impact, and delivers prioritized recommendations. Partners use it to guide client conversations, build roadmaps, and produce quarterly reviews showing measurable progress. Cynomi’s AI Agents also help with CISO-level workflows and GTM scale.
Tiered plans with transparent, predictable pricing. Security assessments, policy generation, remediation tracking, compliance framework mapping, executive reporting, and integrations all included. No surprise fees for essential capabilities.
Yes. Work done for one framework carries across to others automatically. 40+ supported frameworks, reducing duplicate effort when clients face overlapping requirements from HIPAA, NIST, PCI, and other standards that Galactic’s assessments may reference.