THE FUTURE OF SECURITY ASSESSMENTS
Secure your critical infrastructure against tomorrow’s threats
ARES | AI THAT THINKS LIKE AN ADVERSARY
CARVER+ ARES™ is an AI-powered analytical framework designed to evaluate, measure, and simulate risks to your people, infrastructure, and data. ARES™ extends the CARVER Framework with AI-specific risk factors and simulation capabilities to help organizations understand potential threats, system weaknesses, and operational impacts.
"This has up-ended the security industry. Full-scope vulnerability assessments that used to take days or weeks just a few years ago can now be completed in a matter of hours, and in much greater detail and with more quantifiable results, at a fraction of the cost." - Luke Bencie
Security Threats Are Evolving — Your Assessment Tools Should Too
Traditional risk and vulnerability assessments are static snapshots in a dynamic threat environment. They are
slow to produce, inconsistent across teams, and heavily dependent on individual expertise.
But today’s adversaries are adaptive, strategic, and increasingly sophisticated.
Security professionals need more than documentation tools. They need intelligent systems that help them anticipate how threats behave.
Introducing CARVER+ ARES™
ARES (Assessment & Risk Evaluation Simulation) is an AI-powered security assessment platform built on the quantitative CARVER Methodology and enhanced with advanced adversarial simulation and predictive modeling. ARES transforms vulnerability assessments from checklists and reports into dynamic security intelligence, ensuring your defenses evolve as quickly as the threats they face.
Maximize your operational readiness with our suite of advanced assessment tools designed to identify and neutralize vulnerabilities in real time:
• AI CARVER SCORING – Smart, data-driven vulnerability ranking.
• RED TEAM SIMULATION – Proactive testing to expose critical gaps.
• ADVERSARIAL THREAT PATHS – Visualizing attack routes to preempt threats.
• IMMEDIATE RISK PLANS – Rapid response strategies for instant mitigation.
AI That Enhances Human Expertise
ARES acts as a force multiplier for security professionals by:
Highlighting Overlooked Vulnerabilities
Uncover hidden security gaps that traditional manual reviews often miss.
Identifying Patterns Across Assessment Data
Detect recurring trends and systemic risks within your complex data sets.
Assisting in Structured CARVER Scoring
Streamline your evaluation process with precise, numerical analysis
Recommending Areas for Deeper Review
Pinpoint high-risk zones that require focused attention & strategic oversight.
Powered by the CARVER 360 System™
The CARVER Target Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment Methodology® is a time-tested vulnerability assessment methodology that balances efficiency with reliability. It is a unique analytical tool because it facilitates both a qualitative and a quantitative assessment of an asset’s vulnerabilities by highlighting vulnerabilities, prioritizing assets & remedial efforts.
ARES uses the proven CARVER numeric scoring system to ensure:
- Quantitative prioritization of vulnerabilities
- Objective and defensible results
- Consistency across teams, facilities, and regions
This is the same methodology trusted for decades in military, intelligence, and critical infrastructure environments — now enhanced with AI and simulation.
This Is the Future of Security
CARVER+ ARES™ combines:
Artificial Intelligence Driven Insights
Adversarial Simulation Attack Paths
Game Theory Modeling Predictive Analytics
Quantitative CARVER Scoring and Ranking
Rapid Assessment & Unified Reporting
This solution consolidates the entire assessment lifecycle into a single platform that empowers security teams to operate at the speed and complexity of modern threats ensuring actionable defense.
Built-In Adversarial Simulations
ARES doesn’t stop at identifying weaknesses. It tests them.
Defender vs. Adversary Modeling
ARES runs simulations between security measures and potential attackers to help visualize how real-world scenarios might unfold.
Game Theory–Driven Scenario Exploration
ARES uses game theory principles and randomized modeling to evaluate multiple possible outcomes — not just a single “expected” path.
Adversary Capability Profiles
From low-skill opportunists to highly trained and funded threat actors, ARES allows modeling based on attacker sophistication and resources.
Budget & Investment Impact Modeling
ARES helps leaders see how different funding levels and security investments change risk exposure, enabling smarter, data-driven decisions.
Your Organization’s Security Framework — Digitized
It becomes a centralized security intelligence system, not just an assessment tool. ARES can incorporate:
Industry Regulations
Stay aligned with global and local mandates.
Compliance Requirements
Automate the tracking of safety standards.
Organizational Policies
Align assessments with internal governance.
Standard Operating Procedures
Embed protocols into the digital workflow.
Custom Checklists
Tailor data to your unique requirements.
Proposal & Reporting Templates
Generate professional outputs instantly.
Adversarial Intelligence Analysis
Before any defensive code, ARES uses advanced AI to map your organization’s entire attack surface from physical facilities to critical data. By identifying hidden patterns and weak points in your security posture, our AI predicts adversarial tactics before they happen, turning raw data into proactive protection.
Multi-Agent Simulation
ARES brings your risk profile to life through high-fidelity, autonomous simulations. This is not a static test; it is a dynamic, evolving combat simulation ensuring that our AI is hardened against the creative, non-linear tactics used by modern adversaries.
Risk & Threat Prioritization
By measuring Criticality, Accessibility, and Recoverability, we identify what matters most, enabling security teams to move beyond reactive "whack-a-mole" tactics. This strategic posture ensures remediation efforts are prioritized for the highest defensive ROI.
Move from Reactive Defense to Proactive Protection
Your adversaries are already using AI to uncover vulnerabilities faster than traditional methods. Don’t wait for a breach. Use CARVER+ ARES™ to identify risks, prioritize defenses, and take action before attackers can exploit them.
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Assessments Included
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AI Simulation (Red vs. Blue)
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Best For
| First-time evaluation | Corporate security teams | Critical infrastructure & government |
Investment | $20K–$25K one-time | $18K–$40K / year | $50K–$100K+ / year |
FAQ | Common Inquiries Regarding the ARES Framework
Understand how ARES integrates with your existing security stack and why a specialized approach to AI risk is required for modern enterprise defense. Find answers to common inquiries.
Standard penetration testing looks for code vulnerabilities (like SQL injection). ARES uses AI to defend infrastructure by analyzing cognitive vulnerabilities of adversaries—how they reason, how they behave, and where decisions drift from security and safety objectives.
CARVER+ ARES™ is designed for organizations that manage critical assets, complex systems, or sensitive data. This includes enterprises, government agencies, critical infrastructure operators, defense organizations, and technology-driven businesses.
ARES is designed to provide a 360-degree view of your organization by analyzing three core pillars:
- People: Assessing personnel safety, insider threats, and social engineering vulnerabilities.
- Infrastructure: Identifying physical and logical weaknesses in facilities, hardware, and supply chains.
- Data: Protecting the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of your most sensitive information.
AI enables CARVER+ ARES™ to analyze large and complex datasets, identify hidden patterns, and simulate multiple threat scenarios quickly. This results in more accurate risk prioritization, deeper insights into system weaknesses, and informed decision-making.
Speed Meets Intelligence with CARVER+ ARES™
CARVER+ ARES™ bridges the gap between rapid execution and sophisticated strategy. By merging high-speed processing with unmatched technical precision, we empower your team to move from raw data to actionable intelligence in record time.
Fast Turnaround & Deeper Insights
ARES slashes assessment timelines by up to 90%, transforming weeks of work into days.
By automating the heavy lifting, the platform allows for increased analytical depth, giving you more precise and accurate data.
Unified Cross-Platform Integration
Field data collection, scoring, simulation, and reporting are integrated into one seamless ecosystem. Whether using a phone, tablet, or laptop, you maintain full access to your entire workflow from any location in the world.
From Reactive Security to Predictive Security
Shift your paradigm from reactive defense to proactive protection with a platform
designed to anticipate threats before they manifest.
Where CARVER+ ARES™ Operates
The ARES platform is designed for environments where the cost of failure is high and the threat landscape is constantly shifting.
Critical Infrastructure Protection: Model "what-if" scenarios for grids and transport to secure high-consequence nodes before they are targeted.
Corporate & High-Rise Security: Simulate breaches of lobbies and executive protocols to test real-world response against sophisticated threats.
Event & Venue Risk Management: Conduct rapid assessments for stadiums and high-profile sites, cutting report delivery time by 90%.
Supply Chain Resilience: Pinpoint single points of failure in global logistics and calculate precise time-to-recovery for any disruption.
Government & Military Installations: Standardize scoring across global sites to ensure objective reporting and consistent funding prioritization.
Regulatory Compliance & Audits: Convert "gut feelings" into data-backed reports that satisfy industry regulations and internal SOPs automatically.
CapEx & Investment Planning: Use budget modeling to prove how specific hardware investments quantifiably reduce your total risk score.
Why AI-Driven Assessments
are the Future of Security
As threats to infrastructure become more complex, manual testing isn't enough. Learn how ARES uses AI to think like an adversary, uncovering vulnerabilities in your physical & digital logic before they can be exploited.
Simulating the Unthinkable: The Rise of Autonomous
Static security checks belong to the past. ARES brings AI defenses to life with multi-agent simulations that mirror real-world adversaries, hardening systems through automated and continuous scenarios.
From Special Ops to Predictive Intelligence: CARVER+ Legacy
Today, CARVER+ fuses with AI to create a force multiplier for security. ARES doesn't just assess risk, ARES uses intelligent automation to ensure the safety of your people, critical data, infrastructure, and global operations.
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Smarter Assessments. Predictive Insight. Stronger Defense.
CARVER+ ARES™ is not Just an Evolution in Security Assessments—it’s a Transformation
Your adversaries are already using AI to uncover weaknesses in your environment—often faster and more efficiently than traditional security methods. Don’t wait for a breach to happen before you evaluate the risk and understand your exposure. Use AI to identify vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, and take action before attackers can exploit them. Request a free demo today, or call us at +1 339-CARVERp to schedule a consultation and start finding risks before they find you.