SUNNYVALE, Calif.—January 6, 2026 – SafeBreach, the leader in enterprise exposure validation, today announced it has been recognized by Built In as one of the Best Places to Work in 2026. The annual awards honor employers across the US whose benefits and compensation set the standard for today’s workforce.
Now in its eighth year, Built In’s Best Places to Work program celebrates the companies shaping the future of work. In a rapidly evolving AI-first job market, recognition as a Best Place to Work helps employers stand out as trusted brands when candidates turn to tools like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews to research where to work next.
“Today’s candidates discover the companies they want to work for using AI tools,” said Maria Christopoulos Katris, Founder & CEO of Built In. “Earning a Best Place to Work award not only signals to candidates that you invest in your people, it’s a lever to strengthen how AI search tools understand and represent your company’s story.”
SafeBreach was honored with a place on the Best US Midsize Place to Work list. The awards reflect Built In’s data-driven approach, evaluating companies based on compensation, benefits, and company-wide culture programs.
“We are honored to receive recognition on Built In’s Best Places to Work Awards list again this year,” said Fallon Martin, Vice President of People, SafeBreach. “SafeBreach employees are the foundation of our success as a company. That’s why our leadership team has invested so heavily in developing the type of employee culture and benefits that allow us to attract and retain some of the most talented individuals in the cybersecurity industry. This includes offering industry-leading benefits like fully remote work options, flexible hours and time off, career development opportunities, learning stipends, and more—to ensure our employees feel valued and supported to be their best selves both personally and professionally.”
, including ranking in the top 20 of all North American companies, ranking in the top five of medium-sized North American companies, and receiving recognition for best-in-class performance in the area of culture and purpose.
“We could not be more proud to be included on both Inspiring Workplace’s North America Top 100 list and Global Top 100 list for the second year in a row,” said Fallon Martin, VP of People, SafeBreach. “This recognition means that SafeBreach is, yet again, one of the highest-scoring organizations globally when it comes to having a people-first culture, which is no small feat for an organization of our size. It is a testament to the continuous focus the entire SafeBreach team has placed on creating an environment of inclusivity and equality where our team members feel seen, heard, and valued for their unique contributions.”
This award kicks off the new year after a landmark 2025 for the company. SafeBreach launched its new exposure validation platform, which combines breach and attack simulation (BAS) capabilities with automated penetration testing to provide enterprises with deeper insight into threat exposure and cyber risk. The company was named Most Innovative in the Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) category of the 13th Annual Global InfoSec Awards from Cyber Defense Magazine at RSA Conference in April. Finally, SafeBreach received recognition on both the 2025 Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces in North America and 2025 Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces lists for the second year in a row.
The SafeBreach exposure validation platform is utilized by some of the largest financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation organizations in the world to validate security control performance, identify gaps, and take remedial action to strengthen security posture and reduce overall business risk. SafeBreach maintains a 24-hour service-level agreement (SLA) to add new attacks to its Hacker’s Playbook based on critical US-CERT and FBI Flash alerts, so customers can immediately test against the latest threats. With the industry’s most advanced threat research team, SafeBreach is able to ensure its playbook boasts an unmatched collection of 30,000+ attacks. In addition, the SafeBreach Labs team is regularly invited to share its original research with the greater cybersecurity community at major events like Black Hat, DEFCON, SecTor, HackCon, CONFidence, and more.
To learn more about the SafeBreach exposure validation platform, visit: www.safebreach.com.