On May 5, Parabellyx took the stage at the inaugural CIS 2026 Pitch Fest in Toronto. Ten minutes. Five judges, three of them sitting CISOs, one a senior venture investor, and one a senior director of procurement at the Government of Canada. Strong field. Tough room.
We won first place.
Here’s what we said, and why we think it landed.
The story we told
We opened with a question. How often does your city test the drinking water? Continuously. Every minute. Because contamination doesn’t wait for an annual schedule. So why do we test cybersecurity once a year?
Then we gave them Capita. In March 2023, the UK outsourcer was breached by ransomware. They had been running monthly penetration tests. Those tests flagged the exact vulnerabilities used in the attack. Three times. Nobody fixed them.
That’s the mid-market security reality. It isn’t that we don’t know what’s wrong. We know. We just can’t keep up. 79% of organizations admit unfixed vulnerabilities. 54% of companies over 250 employees have no cybersecurity team at all. The annual pen test report ends up in a drawer. Attackers don’t slow down.
What resonated with the judges and the room
Continuous beats point-in-time. Risk doesn’t run on an annual schedule. Neither should your testing.
AI plus humans, not AI alone. Luma combines machine speed with offensive security operators in the loop, validating exploits and writing remediation guidance in plain language.
Remediation, not just detection. Most platforms hand you a report and walk away. Luma tells you exactly how to fix what matters, in language an IT generalist can act on.
Built for the mid-market. Enterprise tools require enterprise teams. Mid-market companies face the same threats with a fraction of the headcount. We priced and designed for that reality.
Strong pull from buyers and channel. The message is resonating with mid-market end users and the channel community. We’re experiencing unprecedented growth driven by the story and the offer.
Why the time to partner with us is now
The mid-market window is open. Insurance carriers are tightening. Regulators are leaning in. Boards are asking harder questions about cyber exposure. The market is ready to retire the annual pen test as the only line of defense. We’re already on the field, with a platform in production, paying customers, and a channel that’s working.
We’re building the channel
The fastest way Parabellyx scales is through partners. MSSPs, MSPs, resellers, and consultancies that already own the mid-market relationship are who we want to build with. If you serve mid-market IT and security buyers and you want a continuous testing platform you can lead with confidently, let’s talk.
Come see for yourself
For a limited time, we’re still offering a free month of Luma Perimeter to any mid-market organization that wants to see continuous testing in action. Two days to onboard. Real findings. Real remediation guidance. Visibility you didn’t have last week.
The annual pen test had a good run. The future is continuous.
Reach out: elipsman@parabellyx.com | parabellyx.com
