ShadowPlex

Advanced Threat Defense

ShadowPlex Advanced Threat Defense combines breakthrough Deception Technology with Advanced AI for early detection of APT-style cyber threats with precision and speed.

Early Intrusion Detection

Advanced attackers rely on stealth. An Advanced Threat Defense exposes their tactics early.

Detect APTs, AI-driven attacks, and advanced threat tactics—early and accurately. ShadowPlex Advanced Threat Defense uses AI-powered deception to surface stealthy attacker behavior during reconnaissance, lateral movement, and privilege escalation—before they can escalate into breaches.

Four Pillars of ShadowPlex Advanced Threat Defense

Detect Early APT and AI Reconnaissance

Surface stealthy recon, credential harvesting, and access staging.
Detect early indicators of APT and AI-driven attacks

Detect Lateral Movement and Privilege Abuse

Expose credential misuse, escalation, and traversal across complex infrastructures.
Detect Living-off-the-Land tactics used by advanced threat actors.

Disrupt AI-Driven Attack Chains

Adapt deception to evolving APT and AI-driven attacker behavior.
Break kill chains before attackers reach critical systems.

Map Early Threat Activity to MITRE ATT&CK

Align early-stage detections to MITRE ATT&CK TTPs for faster response.
Prioritize defenses based on real attacker progression.

Detect Early APT and AI Reconnaissance

Detect asset discovery and scanning activities against IT, cloud, and OT environments.
Surface credential harvesting attempts targeting Active Directory and cloud identity stores.
Identify early privilege probing and access escalation attempts.
Expose reconnaissance by both human-led APTs and AI-driven automation.

Detect Lateral Movement and Privilege Abuse

Expose credential misuse during lateral traversal across hybrid infrastructures.
Detect stealthy movement leveraging PsExec, RDP, WMI, and SMB protocols.
Identify unauthorized access to privileged accounts and sensitive systems.
Surface multi-stage escalation attempts before they reach critical assets.

Disrupt AI-Driven Attack Chains

Deploy adaptive deception assets that evolve based on attacker behavior.
Force AI-driven attacks to engage false targets and reveal tactics.
Break automated lateral movement and escalation paths mid-chain.
Slow attacker operations and increase uncertainty inside the network.

Map Early Threat Activity to MITRE ATT&CK

Correlate detected behaviors to MITRE ATT&CK TTPs for rapid investigation.
Expose progression across initial access, discovery, lateral movement, and escalation techniques.
Enable faster tuning of defenses aligned to adversary behaviors.
Prioritize mitigation actions based on real-world attack progression, not theoretical risks.

Comprehensive Deception for Modern Threats

Leverage 350+ prebuilt deceptions tailored for IT, OT, and cloud environments. Deploy decoys, breadcrumbs, and baits to lure attackers, reveal credential misuse, and surface lateral movement, exfiltration, and evasion attempts.

Operationalizing Deception with AI

Modern APTs and AI-driven threats adapt faster than traditional defenses can react.ShadowPlex integrates AI into every phase of deception—from network discovery to adversary analysis—enabling dynamic, scalable, and precise early threat detection.

By automating discovery, deployment, triage, and response mapping, ShadowPlex transforms deception from a static tool into an adaptive, high-speed countermeasure against evolving attacks.

Frequently Asked Questions

ShadowPlex uses adaptive deception to surface early attacker behaviors like reconnaissance, credential harvesting, and lateral movement—before they escalate into breaches. Detection focuses on behavior, not static signatures.

Yes. ShadowPlex detects attacker intent and early-stage behaviors that align with MITRE ATT&CK TTPs, even if the specific exploit or malware is new or AI-generated.

No. ShadowPlex operates agentlessly and invisibly across IT, cloud, and OT environments—deploying deception assets without interfering with production traffic or operations.

Detected activities are mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, enabling faster triage, investigation, and prioritized defensive improvements based on actual adversary behavior.

ShadowPlex uses AI to dynamically evolve deception coverage during live operations, forcing attackers to reveal tactics and slowing or breaking their kill chains.

Built for Advanced Threats. Focused on Preemptive Defense.

Expose Advanced Threats Early

Detect stealthy APT and AI-driven attacks during recon and movement.
Surface attacker behaviors missed by traditional detection tools.

Disrupt Evolving Attack Chains

Break lateral movement and escalation paths dynamically.
Force attackers—human or AI—into early detection traps.

Strengthen Defenses Without Operational Disruption

Deploy agentless deception seamlessly across IT, cloud, and OT.
Map detections to MITRE ATT&CK for prioritized, real-world defensive tuning.

The ShadowPlex Portfolio of Products

Acalvio is the leader in Cyber Deception technology, built on over 25 issued patents in Autonomous Deception and advanced AI. The Acalvio Active Defense Platform provides robust Identity Protection, Advanced Threat Defense, and Threat Hunting products. Attackers Don’t Stop at the Edge. Neither Should You.