EDR and XDR detect and respond to active threats on the endpoint. Spektion identifies the exploitable software conditions that make an attack possible in the first place. They sit on opposite sides of the same event, and the strongest programs run both.
EDR and XDR platforms, such as CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, detect and respond to active attacks and malware on the endpoint. This is right-of-boom security: it engages once a threat is executing. Spektion is left of boom: a lightweight sensor that observes software behavior at runtime to identify which software is exploitable before an attack occurs, and surfaces exposures (pre-CVE weaknesses, component weaknesses, stored secrets, AI agents) that EDR vulnerability add-ons do not cover. The two are complementary. EDR responds to attacks; Spektion reduces the surface that makes them possible.
New data
First-party runtime observation before the attack: what executes, at what privilege, reachable from where, with what blast radius. EDR vulnerability add-ons match installed versions against the CVE catalog; they do not observe the behavior that decides exploitability.
New outcomes
Coverage of exposures no add-on reports: pre-CVE weaknesses, vulnerable components embedded inside vendor applications, stored secrets, and ungoverned AI agents. 60 to 80 percent fewer critical CVEs pushed to remediation, and detection rules delivered into the EDR you already run.
EDR catches attacks as they happen. Spektion removes the conditions that let them happen. Same endpoint, opposite sides of the moment: EDR's domain on the left, what Spektion reduces on the right.
EDR is built for the moment of attack: watching for malicious behavior, flagging indicators of compromise, giving responders the tooling to contain and remediate. That job is essential, and Spektion doesn't do it. Spektion is built for everything before that moment.
Many EDR platforms now ship a CVE-based vulnerability add-on: the same version-matching a scanner does, with the scanner's limits. No runtime context, and no coverage of exposures that have no CVE.
What executes, at what privilege, reachable from where, with what blast radius. The goal is to shrink the attack surface so your EDR has fewer moments to catch in the first place.
Detection and response is its own discipline. If an attacker is executing on an endpoint, EDR is the right tool, and Spektion is not a replacement for it.
…you need vulnerability coverage beyond the CVE-based add-on your EDR ships, or you want runtime evidence to prioritize remediation rather than a list of installed CVEs. The two run together, and each makes the other more effective.
Each makes the other more effective. Closing exploitable surface gives your EDR fewer moments to catch; the conditions Spektion finds become detections your stack can act on.
Spektion provided us with unprecedented visibility into our software landscape. We leveraged their real-time vulnerability insights to implement a risk-based approach to managing our software inventory, allowing us to focus remediation efforts where they matter most.
No. EDR detects and responds to active attacks (right of boom). Spektion identifies exploitable software conditions before an attack occurs (left of boom). They address different phases of the security lifecycle and are designed to run together.
EDR VM add-ons are CVE-based: they match installed software versions against known vulnerabilities, the same approach as a traditional scanner. Spektion adds observed runtime exploitability and covers exposures the add-on does not, including pre-CVE weaknesses, vulnerable components embedded inside vendor applications, stored secrets, and AI agents.
CrowdStrike detects and responds to threats executing on the endpoint. Spektion observes how software behaves to determine what is exploitable before an attack, and surfaces non-CVE exposures. Spektion integrates with CrowdStrike and can deliver detection rules into it.
No. Spektion's sensor observes passively, with no code injection or process modification, at under 2% CPU overhead. It is designed to coexist with EDR agents on the same endpoint and integrates with the major EDR platforms.
The sensor is lightweight: under 2% CPU overhead and no measurable performance impact. It observes passively, with no code injection or process modification, and runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux across endpoints and servers.
First runtime data lands within minutes of deploying the sensor. A typical proof-of-value runs three weeks across 50 to 500 endpoints: deploy in week one, review findings in week two, then quantify the reduction in exploitable surface alongside your EDR in week three.
Bring a slice of your environment to a demo and see the exploitable surface your EDR is defending, reduced with runtime evidence and a lightweight sensor that runs alongside it.