The Aikido alternative for understanding production exposure

Aikido integrates security into your code and pipelines to catch bugs during development. Intruder goes further down the lifecycle - continuously validating what is actually reachable in production to help you prioritize real-world exposure risk.

Secure what’s actually live, not just what’s in the pipeline

Aikido brings security into the development lifecycle to catch issues early across code and cloud configuration. Intruder takes a different approach by focusing on exposure in live environments, helping teams understand what is publicly reachable, which changes materially increase risk, and whether remediation actually reduces the external attack surface.

See beyond your inventory

Intruder uncovers internet-facing assets that sit outside standard workflows, including forgotten services, Shadow IT, and legacy infrastructure.

Deeper coverage, less noise

Multiple best-in-class scanning engines work together to deliver comprehensive, accurate results that traditional scanners often miss.

One place to manage external risk

Get a unified view of your security posture without switching dashboards. Manage your external perimeter, web apps, and cloud accounts from one live inventory.

Trusted by 3,000+ companies worldwide

Focus on issues that expand attack surface

Intruder prioritizes findings based on proven internet reachability and real-world exploit likelihood. This helps teams focus on issues that provide a direct path for attackers, such as misconfigured admin panels, rather than wasting time on theoretical bugs that can’t be reached.

Intruder finds attack surface issues such as exposed databases and admin panels.
How to configure Intruder to automatically scan for new services and threats

Respond quickly to emerging threats

When critical vulnerabilities like Log4j or MOVEit emerge, hours matter. Intruder's Emerging Threat Scans automatically check your infrastructure when new CVEs are announced, so you understand exposure immediately and can act before exploits become widespread.

Fix the cloud leaks that attackers can actually see

Intruder identifies which cloud misconfigurations - like risky permissions or open storage buckets - are actually exposed to the internet. By pinpointing the settings that create a direct path for attackers, your team can prioritize fixes that reduce external risk instead of chasing hundreds of isolated posture issues.

Graphic showing two cloud security alerts, one for Privileged Entra User Missing MFA and another for Storage Account Public Network Access, with glowing icons and a central exclamation warning symbol.
Integrate directly with GitLab, GitHub, Jira, Azure, Teams, Slack, AWS and many more

Move from finding to fixing faster

Intruder fits into your existing developer workflow with native integrations for GitHub, GitLab, and Jira. GregAI triages findings and drafts plain-language remediation guidance so even non-security experts can fix issues fast.

Demonstrate risk reduction over time

Track cyber hygiene and generate instant, audit-ready reports for SOC 2 or ISO 27001. For ultimate efficiency, connect directly with your compliance platform to automatically sync vulnerability evidence to services like Drata and Vanta.

Automatically submit scan evidence to Drata
What checks does Intruder perform?

Intruder checks your systems for 75+ web-layer security problems (such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting), 140,000+ infrastructure weaknesses (such as remote code execution flaws), and other security misconfigurations (such as weak encryption configurations, and systems which are unnecessarily exposed). Learn more about what checks we run.

How do emerging threat scans work?

Intruder’s emerging threat scans check your systems for newly discovered vulnerabilities automatically. This kind of proactive action is essential for businesses that don’t have processes in place to research the latest threats and manually run scans for them. Learn more.

How does Intruder’s continuous penetration testing service work?

Our team of experienced penetration testers will seek to identify serious weaknesses in your external targets that are undetectable by scanners. Continuous penetration testing is a bolt-on service available to Enterprise users and is sold and booked by the day. Learn more.

What scanning engine does Intruder use?

Intruder is powered by industry-leading scanners, including Tenable, Nuclei, OpenVas, and ZAP. Learn more.