Cogent and OpenAI partner to create automated enterprise cyber defense systems

Cogent is developing Cyber Defense Factories, integrating OpenAI models like GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-5.6 with enterprise-specific data to automate the identification and fixing of security vulnerabilities. These AI agents assess risks and execute permitted changes, allowing organizations to respond to threats at machine speed. For each client, Cogent’s Context Engine builds a knowledge graph of assets and dependencies, while GPT-6 Astra manages complex reasoning, which Cogent’s Co-founder and CTO, Geng Sng, terms a ‘memory harness for the enterprise.’ The system enforces changes via TRACE, which checks against Agent Policies, and utilizes an Agent Gateway for authorization. In practical deployments, a Fortune 1000 automotive client saw a 75% reduction in mean time to remediate critical flaws, and a Fortune 500 IT services client achieved 5x vulnerability-triage throughput. Vijay Bala, Global CISO at MarketAxess, noted that Cogent allows them to prioritize fixes based on attacker pathways. Cogent also receives technical support for internal red-teaming through Trusted Access for Cyber and Daybreak.