How AutoAttack compares to NodeZero & Nessus.
AutoAttack is an autonomous adversary: it breaks in, chains to the goal you set, and proves every step with captured data. Here is how that differs from the tools you weigh it against, measured where we have run the head-to-head. Every figure below is an elapsed time to a stated objective, published with the lab it was measured in.
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vs NodeZero Both reach Domain Admin on hardened GOAD; AutoAttack does it about 16× faster, a 51-second median over ten independent runs against NodeZero’s published 14m 00s. AutoAttack vs NodeZero, in full
vs Nessus Black-box on GOAD, Nessus reached 0 of 3 domains; AutoAttack reached all 3 by 0:45. AutoAttack vs Nessus, in full
vs traditional penetration testing
on demand A human engagement is a point-in-time snapshot booked weeks out. AutoAttack runs whenever you deploy it, as often as you need.
parallel pursuit What a red team does in weeks, AutoAttack does in minutes. Every path at once, until the goal is met or every route is spent.
same proof Like a good pentester, it proves each step with captured evidence. Unlike one, it does not get bored, distracted, or run out of hours.
when a human fits Social engineering, physical intrusion, bespoke zero-day, a signed attestation naming a firm. AutoAttack runs the technical network path on demand between those engagements.
nothing to install One container per engagement, torn down when the run ends: no appliance, no per-host agents, no standing attack surface between tests. And it does not care what your estate looks like — Active Directory or none, any mix of operating systems, any topology; there is nothing to integrate before the first run.
what comes back One account of the attack path, start to finish, with the evidence attached. One artifact, never a ranked findings list to work through.
scope It does not stop where the scope of an application test stops — the same run carries a web-facing foothold across identity, cloud, SaaS, Linux and your data stores, if that is where the path to your objective runs.