Acalvio Technology Advantage
Acalvio Preemptive Cybersecurity platform is built on a wide range of innovations such as: using deception to detect malicious network activities, network intrusion diversion, tunneling for deception traffic, network infrastructure obfuscation, methods for detecting and tracking adversary trajectory, threat engagement, & deception engagement, context-aware knowledge systems for deception deployment, among many others.
Acalvio is the only vendor in the deception space to have received 25+ issued patents for seminal inventions in the last five years.
The continuous innovation enables Acalvio to provide a unique feature set for ShadowPlex Identity Protection, Advanced Threat Defense and Threat Hunting products. The differentiated and robust features help enterprises in adopting an active cyber defense strategy across a diverse environment covering IT, IoT, and OT, and on-premises and cloud workloads.
The most comprehensive ”Cloud-First” Distributed Deception Platform for organizations looking to deploy Deceptions at Enterprise Scale
- Complete Deception Palette
- Extendable
- Authentic
- Autonomous
- Autonomous
- Deception Farms Architecture
- Patented Fluid Deception Technology
- Agent-less
- Unbreakable Attack Containment
- Endpoint Attack Surface
- Attack Paths
- AD InSights
- Network Insights
- Securely Engage
- Threat Hunting
- Advanced Analytics
AI-Powered Deception
Acalvio operationalized enterprise-scale deception by integrating AI into every step of the deployment and management of deception. Acalvio pioneered innovative use of AI in security – use of pattern recognition and clustering algorithms to automatically detect each network neighborhood, recommendation engines for configuring deception appropriate to each subnet and each endpoint, automatically triaging multiple alerts to generate only high-fidelity events and analyzing attacker activity to generate TTPs (tactics, techniques and procedures). Acalvio also patented multiple AI techniques to speed up SOC investigation.
Recently Acalvio introduced Copilot, our LLM powered AI engine for decoy naming and content that is industry-specific and contextually relevant.
Acalvio Preemptive Cybersecurity platform has two main components: The Acalvio Deception Center (ADC) and the Projection Sensors. The ADC can be deployed on-premises or in the Cloud. It is the centralized server that hosts, projects and manages the Deceptions. Sensors are light-weight components that are installed in the enterprise network, both on-premises & in cloud workloads, and enable decoy projection from the ADC.
Traditional deception offerings are plagued with a conundrum — do you deploy lots of inexpensive low interaction decoys that provide breadth and coverage but no depth; OR a few high interaction decoys that provide depth and detail but are expensive. Through our Fluid Deception technology, ShadowPlex delivers the best of both worlds. The result is cost-effective deceptions at scale.
ShadowPlex leverages AI at every step resulting in significant reduction in the effort to deploy deceptions and increase detection efficacy. They include:
- Determine deception strategy customized to every subnet
- Configure non-fingerprintable blended deception
- Generate personalized endpoint deception, unique and relevant
- Keep deception dynamic to match network changes
- Automate Alert Triage
Frequently Asked Questions
Deception-Based Preemptive Cybersecurity is a proactive defense strategy that uses deceptive artifacts—such as decoys, honeytokens, and fake credentials—to detect attackers already inside the network. These deception layers operate across endpoints, identity systems, and cloud workloads. Because the decoys have no business value, any interaction is a reliable indicator of malicious activity, enabling early, accurate detection and timely response—before adversaries reach their objectives.
Traditional tools often rely on known signatures or behavior tied to real assets—limiting their effectiveness against unknown threats, insider activity, or credential misuse. Preemptive Cybersecurity adds a new dimension of defense by detecting early-stage attacker activity through interaction with deceptive assets. It provides high-fidelity alerts, improves lateral movement visibility, and reduces dwell time—enabling defenders to act earlier and with greater precision.
Honeytokens are deceptive credentials and data artifacts embedded in legitimate systems, such as OS caches or cloud workloads. Honeytoken accounts are fake user or service accounts. Any interaction with these assets is a high-fidelity indicator of malicious activity—making them essential tools for detecting identity threats like lateral movement and credential misuse.