Who is Rad Security?
Rad Security is a cybersecurity company that provides automated attack surface management and continuous security testing for modern application environments.
- Automated external attack surface discovery and monitoring (attack surface management)
- Continuous security testing for web applications, APIs, and cloud-exposed assets
- Risk prioritization workflows focused on exploitable exposures and attack paths
- Integration with developer and DevOps toolchains for remediation and ticketing
- Security analytics and reporting for security, engineering, and compliance teams
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More About Rad Security
Rad Security focuses on identifying and managing externally exposed assets and vulnerabilities so that enterprises can reduce exposure to internet-facing attacks. Its platform is designed for security, engineering, and DevOps teams that manage complex cloud-native and hybrid infrastructures, including web applications, APIs, and services deployed across multiple cloud providers. The offering falls into the enterprise categories of external attack surface management (EASM) and continuous security testing, with capabilities aimed at aligning Security Operations (SecOps) with development workflows.
The Rad Security platform typically operates by continuously discovering internet-exposed assets associated with an organization, such as domains, subdomains, IP addresses, open ports, and services. It then runs automated tests against these assets to identify misconfigurations, common vulnerabilities, and insecure exposures. The system aggregates results and groups them into issues that are actionable for engineering teams, providing metadata such as severity levels, exploitability indicators, and affected components to support triage and remediation decisions.
Architecturally, Rad Security aligns with common patterns used in cloud-native security tooling. Discovery engines scan Domain Name System (DNS) records, IP ranges, and certificate data, while testing engines apply web application and Application Programming Interface (API) security techniques that are compatible with HTTP(S) protocols and common web technology stacks. The platform integrates with development and operations ecosystems, such as issue trackers, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and communication tools, allowing findings to flow into existing workflows rather than requiring manual copying of reports.
From a marketplace taxonomy perspective, Rad Security can be categorized under external attack surface management (security operations), Application Security Testing (AST) (AppSec), and security posture management for internet-facing assets. It is used by security teams to maintain a current inventory of publicly reachable systems, by DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to monitor configuration drift or newly exposed services, and by compliance stakeholders to track remediation progress against policy requirements. The product is positioned as a layer that complements vulnerability scanners, penetration tests, and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools by focusing specifically on what is visible and reachable from the outside world.
For enterprises with dynamic microservices architectures, frequent deployments, and multiple engineering teams, Rad Security provides a centralized view of external exposure that updates as infrastructure and code change. Its emphasis on continuous monitoring and integration with engineering tools is structured to help organizations align security findings with ownership, routing issues to the responsible teams and enabling measurable reduction of exploitable attack surface over time.
Our description of Rad Security. Updated December 2025.
