Hadrian’s Offensive Security Platform is a cloud-based, agentless solution designed to automate and continuously manage an organization’s external attack surface from a hacker’s perspective. It aims to make security teams faster and more scalable by providing real-time exposure management.
The platform aligns closely with the Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) framework, addressing each of its core phases. In the Asset Discovery and Visibility phase, Hadrian continuously scans the internet to detect and map all internet-facing assets, including servers, domains, subdomains, IPs, cloud instances, and IoT devices. It also uncovers shadow IT and look-alike domains that may pose brand or phishing risks. Asset discovery scans typically run on an hourly basis, ensuring teams have an up-to-date view of their attack surface.
During Vulnerability Identification and Risk Prioritization, Hadrian’s AI Orchestrator conducts automated penetration testing, safely emulating real-world attacker behavior. A key differentiator is its ability to validate and exploit identified exposures in a controlled manner, proving whether they are truly exploitable. This reduces false positives and alert fatigue. Risks are prioritized not just by severity but also by business context, asset criticality, and exploitability, ensuring that teams focus on what matters most.
In the Threat Intelligence and Monitoring phase, Hadrian integrates real-time intelligence feeds to detect actively exploited vulnerabilities (CVEs). It also uniquely leverages infostealer malware data to identify leaked credentials, cookies, and sessions tied to the organization’s domain, offering early warnings of account compromises beyond the traditional perimeter.
The Mobilization and Reporting features of the platform deliver actionable, human-readable insights with step-by-step remediation guidance. Security teams can generate detailed, customizable reports in formats such as PDF, CSV, or JSON, and receive automated alerts for new vulnerabilities or changes to the attack surface through preferred communication channels.
Finally, Hadrian supports Seamless Integration with over 200 third-party tools including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, messaging platforms, and ticketing systems like Jira and ServiceNow. Most integrations are API-based or pre-built for rapid deployment. The platform also supports compliance with standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and GDPR by maintaining continuous risk visibility and strengthening the organization’s security posture. Its cloud-native architecture ensures it is fully scalable, capable of supporting enterprises with complex, growing digital environments.
About this category: Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognize continuous threat exposure management products and services. The category covers products and services that support the whole cycle: scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation and driving fixes.
An independent jury of security practitioners, analysts and CISOs scores each nomination on leadership, innovation and impact. Each nomination competes in its category against organizations of similar size and region. Entry packages, sponsorship and public votes do not affect the jury's scores.
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