Zero Hunt vs XM Cyber
XM Cyber mapped attack paths. Zero Hunt walks them, with proof.
XM Cyber's strength is continuous attack path visualisation — showing every theoretical chain an attacker could take from any starting position to your "crown jewels". Strong graph analytics, hybrid-cloud focus. Zero Hunt complements this with proof-of-exploit: instead of computing probability, the appliance actually executes the chain in sandbox and shows what works.
Where XM Cyber wins today
- —Attack path graph analytics: industry-leading visualisation of choke points across hybrid cloud.
- —Continuous exposure scoring with business-context weighting.
- —Mature integrations with AD, Azure AD, AWS, GCP environments.
- —Strong narrative for board-level reporting via the choke-point metaphor.
Where Zero Hunt wins
Proof of exploit, not probability
XM Cyber tells you "this path has X% likelihood given Y conditions". Zero Hunt actually walks the path with a generated exploit chain and shows the proof. CISOs report what worked, not what could have worked.
Generative exploit creation
XM Cyber's attack path engine reasons over known technique relationships. Zero Hunt writes novel exploit code per target via local LLMs and validates new skills in the AI Gym before production. Adversarial parity with AI-augmented attackers.
On-premise + air-gap
XM Cyber's analytics layer runs in vendor cloud. Zero Hunt is a self-contained appliance — relevant for utilities, defence, and any environment that cannot send identity graph metadata to a third-party cloud.
Traffic + compliance in the same appliance
XM Cyber is exposure analytics. Zero Hunt adds wire-speed AI traffic analysis (mid-encryption ransomware, in-progress exfiltration) and automatic NIS2 / DORA evidence packaging — one box instead of three.
Capability matrix
| Capability | Zero Hunt | XM Cyber |
|---|---|---|
| Attack path graph analytics | ~ | ✓ |
| Proof-of-exploit autonomous execution | ✓ | ✕ |
| AI-generated exploits per target | ✓ | ✕ |
| Self-evolving skill backtesting | ✓ | ✕ |
| Wire-speed AI traffic analysis | ✓ | ✕ |
| Compliance auto-mapping (32 frameworks) | ✓ | ~ |
| 100% on-premise, no SaaS analytics layer | ✓ | ✕ |
| Air-gap deployment | ✓ | ✕ |
| Identity graph (AD / Azure AD) deep coverage | ~ | ✓ |
| Board-level exposure scoring narrative | ✓ | ✓ |
When to pick Zero Hunt over XM Cyber
Pick Zero Hunt when you need to demonstrate what an attacker actually does — not what they could theoretically do — and you operate in an environment where SaaS analytics on your identity graph is not acceptable. XM Cyber remains strong for organisations whose primary need is exposure-management reporting to the board and whose cloud posture allows SaaS analytics.
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