Skyhawk Security helps lean cloud security teams work out which of their cloud findings attackers could actually exploit. It is built for organisations running on AWS, Azure and GCP that face far more alerts than they can investigate.
Instead of ranking findings by severity scores alone, Skyhawk attacks a model of the customer’s cloud to see which weaknesses lead somewhere, then uses those results to drive detection and response.
At A Glance
| Vendor | Skyhawk Security |
|---|---|
| Category | Cloud Security, cloud detection and response, CTEM |
| Identities covered | Cloud users, groups and roles (CIEM) |
| Deployment | SaaS, agentless, API-based integration |
| Agentic AI | AI Red Team, simulation of agentic attackers, pre-validated autonomous response |
| Customers | SundaySky, Firefly, IBEX, Project Canary, HQ Travel |
| Certifications | SOC 2, ISO 27001 |
| Market classification | Cloud Security |
What Skyhawk Does
Cloud security tools raise far more alerts than any team can act on, and most never matter. Skyhawk’s approach is a purple team that never stops: an AI red team continuously tests which findings are exploitable before a breach, detection watches for real attacks when one happens, and what the simulations learn is fed back into defences. The results of the simulations decide what gets fixed first, which alerts are trusted and which responses are safe to automate, with a reported reduction in alert noise of up to 99%.
Products
AI Red Team And CTEM-Purple Team
For teams that need to know which attack paths are real, this module runs attack simulations against “an AI-generated, exact replica of your production environment”. It simulates agentic threat actors as well as human attackers, reports blast radius and attack plans, and re-tests fixes so closed paths are confirmed closed. In one scenario the AI Red Team took over an AWS organisation in seconds.
Cloud Detection And Response (CDR)
CDR watches cloud activity in real time with machine learning models. Each alert correlates dozens of data points and indicators of compromise, attack sequences are detected as a whole rather than as isolated events, and controls that fail a simulation are flagged so detection can be adjusted. Responses can run automatically once validated.
CIEM
Over-permissioned cloud identities are a common route to a cloud takeover. The CIEM module takes a full inventory of the permissions and policies attached to users, groups and roles, identifies unused permissions for removal, and generates new least-privilege policies that shrink the attack surface.
CSPM And CADR
The posture management module ranks posture findings and vulnerabilities by what the simulations showed an attacker could use. CADR brings runtime detection to cloud applications, finding application vulnerabilities and malicious behaviour and ranking risk by the business value of the affected asset.
How It Works
Skyhawk connects to cloud accounts without agents, through API-based integration, and runs as SaaS. Simulations run against a live digital twin of the customer’s cloud inside Skyhawk’s platform, re-evaluated as the environment changes, so there is no impact on production. Simulation conclusions feed the detection engine, least-privilege guidance and prioritisation, and alerts are scored by business value rather than flat CVSS scores. Before a response is used in production it is rehearsed in a Simulation Twin, which is what allows it to run autonomously later. Skyhawk also takes in findings from existing CNAPPs and from AWS Inspector and GuardDuty.
Identities And Systems Covered
| Cloud identities | Users, groups and roles, through the CIEM permissions inventory. |
|---|---|
| Cloud platforms | AWS, Azure and GCP, including AWS organisations. |
| Applications | Cloud applications at runtime, through CADR. |
Company Background
| Origin | Spun off from Radware; the team built the original Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category. |
|---|---|
| Leadership | Chen Burshan (CEO) and Jason Shaaf (CRO). |
| Recognition | Included as a Sample Vendor in a Gartner Emerging Tech Impact Radar on preemptive cybersecurity (2026). |
Note: This overview is compiled from Skyhawk’s publicly available information as of 4 November 2026. It is provided for information only. NHI Mgmt Group does not endorse any vendor, and nothing on this page represents the opinions of NHI Mgmt Group.