Findings are the input. Decisions are the output.
A scanner’s job is to find issues. Antrixis’ job is to tell you which of those issues actually matter — by reasoning about how they connect into paths to things you care about.
This isn’t either/or. Antrixis orchestrates best-in-class scanners and reasons over their output. The scanner answers “what’s wrong?”; Antrixis answers “so what, and what first?”
Two different jobs
| Dimension | Vulnerability scanners | Antrixis |
|---|---|---|
| Primary output | A ranked list of findings, scored individually (e.g. CVSS). | Ranked attack paths and the few actions that break the most of them. |
| Context | Each finding is evaluated in isolation, host by host. | Findings are connected across the whole graph into multi-step chains. |
| Prioritization | By severity — an unreachable critical can outrank a reachable medium. | By reachability and business impact — what an attacker could actually do. |
| Exposures without a CVE | Often missed — no CVE, no finding. | An exposed sensitive service is itself a grounded finding and path. |
| Output for executives | A spreadsheet of findings to translate manually. | A business-language risk narrative, generated automatically. |
| Relationship | A sensor that produces findings. | The intelligence layer that orchestrates sensors and reasons over them. |
When vulnerability scanners is still the right call
We’d rather you trust us than oversell. These are the cases where the alternative genuinely fits — often alongside Antrixis, not instead of it.
Deep, signature-level detection
When you need the raw breadth and depth of a dedicated scanner’s signature database — keep it. Antrixis runs it for you.
Compliance checklists
If a framework requires a specific scanner’s report format, that tool stays in your stack. Antrixis adds reasoning on top.
Single-asset deep dives
For an exhaustive audit of one host in isolation, a focused scanner is the right instrument.
Don’t replace your scanners — give them a brain. Antrixis turns their thousands of findings into the handful of attack paths and fixes that actually move your risk.
Start freeGive your scanners a brain
Connect the dots between your findings and see the paths they form — start free.