Learn how Hadrian helps security teams find, verify, and fix what attackers actually exploit.
Attack
Validating threats and automating resolution
The power of a pentest, the scale of agentic AI
Hadrian's approach to validation is fundamentally different from periodic manual pentesting or limited vulnerability scanning. We perform validation through continuous automated penetration testing driven by our specialized agentic AI Orchestrator.
This agentic system is trained by Hadrian's in-house hacker team to emulate the techniques and behaviors of real malicious actors, providing targeted, in-depth testing that goes beyond traditional batch scanning. The validation and prioritization phases are conducted simultaneously during "active scanning," ensuring immediate certainty. This agentic AI does not rely on assumptions; if a risk appears on the platform, it has been verified as real.
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A key differentiator in Hadrian’s validation process is the provision of concrete, actionable evidence for every finding. Every Verified Risk is accompanied by a Proof of Concept (PoC).
- The PoC details the bespoke, step-by-step instructions the platform took to validate the risk, providing verifiable evidence that allows customers to quickly reproduce and confirm the exploit for themselves.
- This level of transparency and proof ensures the finding is not a false positive.
- The AI performs contextually relevant scans, meaning it only tests for specific vulnerabilities that match the technologies found on the attack surface (e.g., WordPress scans are not run on SAP systems), minimizing business disruption.
Closing the loop with context
Once an exposure is verified, the Attack phase transitions to Mobilization. Hadrian is designed to eliminate the friction that stalls remediation workflows by providing crystal-clear context and integrated tools.
Human-legible guidance: We equip remediation teams with easily readable explanations of threats and step-by-step remediation instructions written by our ethical hackers.
Collaboration: Features like Secure Share allow users to instantly share a unique link to a specific risk with non-security teams or third parties without granting full platform access for Role-based Access Controls. The ability to assign a "risk lead" clarifies responsibility, removing ambiguity and speeding up the remediation effort.
Tracking: The Risk timeline feature tracks the lifecycle and management activity related to a security vulnerability, showing when it was discovered, shared, owners assigned, and resolved.
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Leader del settore
Hadrian è stato riconosciuto come leader nel GigaOm Radar Report for Attack Surface Management per il secondo anno consecutivo e ha ricevuto il New Product Innovation Award di Frost & Sullivan per la gestione delle superfici di attacco esterne.
How does agentic AI perform exposure verification?
Hadrian’s agentic AI validates exposures through an "AI Orchestrator" that autonomously mimics human ethical hackers , moving beyond static scripts to context-aware, active exploitation. Instead of indiscriminately testing assets, the agents analyze the specific technology stack and configuration to decide which "agentic risk-finding mechanisms" to deploy, safely executing complex, multidimensional attack chains to confirm actual exploitability. This continuous, event-driven process triggers immediately upon detecting infrastructure changes and produces detailed Proof of Concept (PoC) evidence, ensuring security teams receive undeniable, reproducible proof of verified risks rather than theoretical alerts.
How does Hadrian filter out false positives?
Hadrian minimizes false positives by distinguishing between "Potential Risks" and "Verified Risks." For verified risks, the AI Orchestrator safely simulates an attack to prove the vulnerability is exploitable, providing a proof-of-concept for the finding. This reduces tens of thousands of potential alerts to the specific few that matter.
Does Hadrian replace pentesting?
Hadrian can completely or partially replace traditional penetration testing, depending on the organization's needs. It is designed to act as an automated, continuous alternative to the periodic manual testing model.
What does adversarial exposure validation do for security teams?
Adversarial exposure validation transforms vulnerability management by using context-aware AI agents to actively mimic real-world attackers, safely executing complex, multidimensional exploit chains to test an organization's defenses. Rather than relying on theoretical alerts, this process autonomously validates risks by attempting actual exploitation—filtering out thousands of false positives and delivering undeniable Proof of Concept (PoC) evidence for the few genuine threats that matter. By continuously simulating these attacks and automatically re-testing remediations, the system ensures security teams focus only on confirmed, exploitable vulnerabilities without disrupting production environments.