Technology & SaaS Solutions

User Risk in Technology & SaaS Is the New Attack Surface

Technology companies manage vast repositories of source code, customer data, and cloud infrastructure. Dune helps technology and SaaS organizations prevent social engineering and insider threat across every channel.

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Threat Landscape

The Biggest User-Driven Threats Facing Technology & SaaS Companies

Technology companies face unique threats that exploit developer access, cloud complexity, and fast-moving engineering workflows.

Critical
Source Code & Development Infrastructure
Attackers target engineers and development workflows to steal source code, harvest API keys, and compromise build pipelines, turning developer access into the entry point for supply chain attacks on downstream customers.
IP theft, supply chain compromise, competitive disadvantage
Critical
Cloud & Admin Access
Attackers target IT and DevOps teams through spoofed SSO portals, fake cloud provider alerts, and credential harvesting to gain admin-level control of cloud consoles and SaaS platforms.
Full infrastructure compromise, customer data exposure, service disruption
Critical
Customer Data & Support Pipeline
Attackers target support and customer success teams through escalation fraud, legal pretexts, and account impersonation to extract customer PII and trigger unauthorized data exports.
Mass customer data exposure, regulatory penalties, breach notification obligations
Product Capabilities

How Dune Helps Technology & SaaS Companies

Purpose-built capabilities to simulate, score, and mitigate user risk in technology and SaaS environments.

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Dynamic User Risk Scoring
Measure User Risk
Quantify breach risk with a dynamic User Risk Score, continuously updated from behavioral, contextual, and role-based signals across your security stack.
Dynamic User Risk Scoring
Unlimited Input Source Data
Exposure Prioritization & Executive Reporting
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GenAI and Conversational Attacks
Simulate Attacks
Launch omni-channel simulations tailored to each user that impersonate trusted roles and adapt in real-time to expose attack susceptibility and insider risk.
GenAI & Conversational Attacks
Omni-Channel Simulation Coverage
Trusted Role & Identity Impersonation
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User Adaptive Training
Reduce Threat Exposure
Adapt training, alerts, and controls in real-time, prioritizing the ~5% driving the risk and minimizing friction for the other ~95%.
User Adaptive Training
Risk-Based Escalation & Controls
Automated Remediation Workflows
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Attack Scenarios

Example Attack Scenarios in Technology & SaaS

See how modern social engineering attacks target technology companies and how Dune simulates them.

EMAIL / SSO PORTAL
SaaS Admin Console Credential Harvesting
Attacker spoofs a cloud provider alert about a critical security configuration change, linking to a fake SSO login page that harvests credentials from infrastructure admins.
User Decision Point
IT and DevOps staff must verify cloud provider communications through official dashboards before entering credentials.
Potential Impact
Attackers abused stolen credentials to access Snowflake environments at 165+ organizations, exposing hundreds of millions of records including AT&T's call data and 560 million Ticketmaster accounts.
Mandiant Threat Intelligence, June 2024
Dune Simulation
Dune deploys realistic cloud provider impersonation with branded portal clones and contextually accurate security alerts.
EMAIL / COLLABORATION TOOLS
Engineering Lead Impersonation for Repo Access
Attacker impersonates an engineering manager or CTO via Slack or email, requesting emergency access to a private code repository or deployment pipeline citing a critical production incident.
User Decision Point
Engineers must verify access requests through established approval workflows before granting repository or infrastructure permissions.
Potential Impact
Russian state actor Midnight Blizzard compromised Microsoft senior leadership email accounts via password spray, then used those emails to access internal systems and source code repositories.
Microsoft public disclosure, 2024
Dune Simulation
Dune deploys agentic engineering lead impersonation simulations across channels using role-specific context and incident urgency.
EMAIL / SUPPORT PORTAL
Customer Data Export via Support Escalation Fraud
Attacker impersonates the SaaS provider's support team to vish customer admins into installing malicious integrations that abuse OAuth to silently export data.
User Decision Point
Support and customer success teams must verify data export requests through established customer verification protocols.
Potential Impact
UNC6395 posed as IT support to vish Salesforce customer admins into installing a malicious Data Loader, abusing OAuth to silently export customer records across 700+ organizations.
FBI IC3 2025
Dune Simulation
Dune simulates escalation fraud targeting support teams with realistic legal and compliance pretexts.
CHAT / MESSAGING
CI/CD Pipeline Manipulation via Vendor Pretexting
Attacker impersonates a third-party integration vendor requesting webhook changes, API token rotations, or pipeline access to fix a deployment issue.
User Decision Point
DevOps teams must validate vendor identity and change requests through official support channels before modifying pipeline configurations.
Potential Impact
Threat actor 'Jia Tan' spent two years grooming XZ Utils' sole maintainer into granting co-maintainer access, then inserted a backdoor in a library bundled with virtually every Linux distribution. Caught days before widespread deployment.
CISA Advisory 2024
Dune Simulation
Dune deploys vendor pretexting simulations targeting CI/CD workflows with realistic integration partner context and deployment urgency.
I don't know what's in Dune's special AI sauce, but it's working. With their modern and customizable platform, we can prepare thousands of employees across the world to fight the most pressing modern security threats.
Benjamin Fellows
CISO at Hitachi Digital
Compliance

Built for Technology & SaaS Environments

Designed to help technology companies safely test real-world user risk while meeting customer, regulatory, and compliance expectations.

Enterprise-Grade Capabilities
Designed for fast-moving engineering and cloud-native environments

Built with security teams in mind, supporting the unique requirements of SaaS companies, platform providers, and technology enterprises managing distributed engineering organizations.

Safe-by-design simulations that never access real production systems

Every attack simulation is sandboxed and controlled. No code repositories are accessed, no deployments are triggered, and no data leaves your environment.

Supports audit, risk, and internal control validation workflows

Generate detailed reports that map directly to audit requirements, demonstrating continuous security testing and user risk assessment.

Demonstrates proactive security posture to customers and auditors

Show evidence of ongoing user risk testing and remediation, strengthening your position during examinations and assessments.

Safety Guarantee

All simulations are designed to test human behavior. They do not access real code, real systems, or disrupt engineering operations.

Supports common technology & enterprise security frameworks

SOC 2 Type II
 Certified – Jan 2024 & Jan 2025
ISO 27001
 Certified – Aug 2024
GDPR
 Compliance Verified – Jan 2025
CCPA
 Compliance Verified – Jan 2025
HIPAA
 Third-Party Attested – Apr 2025
NIST CSF v2.0
 Third-Party Attested – May 2025
Resources

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How Impersonation-Based Social Engineering Drives Enterprise Cyber Risk

Impersonation-based social engineering attacks are driving disproportionate enterprise risk. Learn why they work and what it takes to defend against them.

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March 23–25, 2026
April 12, 2026
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Blog

Third-Party Access Is the New Insider Threat

Third-party breaches now drive 30% of incidents. Learn how attackers use valid vendor credentials to move undetected, escalate access, and operate like insiders inside your network.

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March 23–25, 2026
March 23–25, 2026
April 12, 2026
8 minute read
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Webinars

Inside Access

Dune Security CEO David DellaPelle hosts CISO/CIOs Alicia Lynch (TD SYNNEX) and Keith Schlosser (Axis Capital, Chubb, AIG, Travelers) to examine how APTs, insider threats, and AI-driven multi-channel attacks are reshaping enterprise risk – and the strategies CISOs are using to stay ahead.

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March 23–25, 2026
March 23–25, 2026
April 13, 2026
48 minute watch
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Frequently Asked
Questions

Common questions about Dune Security for technology and SaaS companies.
How is Dune different from traditional phishing simulations?
Is Dune safe for engineering and production environments?
Does Dune support voice and messaging attacks?
Can Dune simulate attacks targeting developer toolchains?
How quickly can we deploy Dune?

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