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Acalvio

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Acalvio is a deception technology platform that deploys decoys and honeypots to detect advanced threats and insider attacks.

Summary

Acalvio is a commercial deception technology that detects threats early using cyber deception technology. It is run as a platform service and is aimed at practitioners involved in active defense or identity protection. Its documentation positions it alongside other deception platforms in the network-defense space. The product was first launched in 2015.

Acalvio is a deception technology platform that deploys decoys and honeypots to detect advanced threats and insider attacks.

How Acalvio helps

Is an attacker moving through this network before they reach anything real?

plants decoy hosts, credentials and services among genuine assets, so any interaction with them is treated as a high-confidence signal of intrusion rather than something to be filtered from noise

Which of the credentials sitting on these endpoints could hand an attacker a path to a real account?

seeds lure credentials and identity artifacts alongside genuine ones, so their use flags exactly which identity path an attacker followed

Has anyone touched a system that has no legitimate business reason to be touched?

monitors decoy assets that no normal user or process ever has cause to reach, so any access to them is inherently suspicious rather than requiring a baseline of normal behavior

Where in the environment would an attacker go looking after an initial foothold, and are we watching there?

places deception assets along the paths an intruder is likely to explore next, turning post-compromise reconnaissance into an early detection point instead of a blind spot

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Features

15 capabilities

Built from Acalvio's releases, docs, README and our own runs. “Seen” marks the month we first spotted a release the vendor didn't date. Group names and tags are our labels.

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What Acalvio offers you

  • Agentless deployment2
  • SaaS deployment2
  • Extension marketplace1
  • Natural-language query1
  • Self-hosted deployment1
All capabilities 15 capabilities
AI-driven deception playbook generation shipped Accepts a plain-language security objective and automatically produces a ready-to-deploy deception playbook covering lateral movement, credential abuse, AI-driven reconnaissance, privileged identity threats, and enterprise AI infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, identity, IT/OT, and enterprise AI environments. 4 releases · 1 other source · first seen Sep 2026

Also counts toward: Natural-language query

release

  • Enables security teams to describe a security objective in natural language and automatically generate a ready-to-deploy deception playbook covering detection of lateral movement, credential abuse, AI-driven reconnaissance, privileged identity threats, and enterprise AI infrastructure. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Generates deception playbooks across on-premises infrastructure, cloud environments, identity systems, IT and OT networks, and enterprise AI infrastructure from a single platform. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds deception-based active threat hunting (Hypothesis testing) within ShadowPlex to expose latent threats using CrowdStrike endpoint telemetry. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Introduces DeceptionFarms to manage distributed deceptions across network topologies using ProjectionPoints, eliminating the need for trunk or span port access. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history

example

  • Use the ShadowPlex AI Agent in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Marketplace to turn a plain-language objective into a deployable deception playbook — no deception engineering expertise required. In the Gemini Enterprise Agent Marketplace, locate the ShadowPlex AI Agent and invoke it with a natural-language objective such as 'Detect lateral movement targeting privileged identities in our… announced · Sep 2026 · source
Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise Agent Marketplace integration shipped Publishes the ShadowPlex AI Agent to the Gemini Enterprise Agent Marketplace, enabling the tool to operate within the Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise ecosystem. 2 releases · 1 other source · first seen Sep 2026

Also counts toward: Agentless deployment, Extension marketplace, SaaS deployment

release

  • Adds the ShadowPlex AI Agent to the Gemini Enterprise Agent Marketplace, enabling integration with Google Cloud Gemini Enterprise.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Deploys as an agentless SaaS solution available on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform marketplaces. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history

example

  • Use the ShadowPlex AI Agent in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Marketplace to turn a plain-language objective into a deployable deception playbook — no deception engineering expertise required. In the Gemini Enterprise Agent Marketplace, locate the ShadowPlex AI Agent and invoke it with a natural-language objective such as 'Detect lateral movement targeting privileged identities in our… announced · Sep 2026 · source
Adversary IOA generation shipped Adds an Adversary Indicators of Attack (IOAs) View that generates IOAs based on attack TTPs collected from high-interaction decoys and compromised enterprise hosts. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Adds an Adversary Indicators of Attack (IOAs) View that generates IOAs based on attack TTPs collected from high-interaction decoys and compromised enterprise hosts. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
CrowdStrike Falcon integration shipped Integrates ShadowPlex with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform to enable Adversary Traversal Analysis, identifying hosts compromised along an attacker's path to a decoy. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Integrates ShadowPlex with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform to enable Adversary Traversal Analysis, identifying hosts compromised along an attacker's path to a decoy. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
CrowdStrike Store availability shipped Adds Acalvio ShadowPlex as an application in the CrowdStrike Store, making it available to CrowdStrike Falcon platform customers. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Adds Acalvio ShadowPlex as an application in the CrowdStrike Store, making it available to CrowdStrike Falcon platform customers.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
Deception-based active threat hunting shipped Adds deception-based active threat hunting (Hypothesis testing) within ShadowPlex to expose latent threats using CrowdStrike endpoint telemetry. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Adds deception-based active threat hunting (Hypothesis testing) within ShadowPlex to expose latent threats using CrowdStrike endpoint telemetry. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
Adversary engagement networks shipped Provides Shadow Networks for adversary engagement to capture TTPs (Tools, Techniques, and Processes) and inform response. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Provides Shadow Networks for adversary engagement to capture TTPs (Tools, Techniques, and Processes) and inform response. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
Agentless cloud deployment shipped Deploys as an agentless SaaS solution available on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform marketplaces. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

Also counts toward: Agentless deployment, SaaS deployment

release

  • Deploys as an agentless SaaS solution available on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform marketplaces. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
Automated decoy generation shipped Includes a data-science-driven engine that automatically generates realistic, non-fingerprintable decoys, lures, baits, and breadcrumbs blended into the real network. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Includes FluidDeception, a data-science-driven engine that automatically generates realistic, non-fingerprintable decoys, lures, baits, and breadcrumbs blended into the real network. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
Distributed deception management shipped Manages distributed deceptions across network topologies using ProjectionPoints, eliminating the need for trunk or span port access. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Introduces DeceptionFarms to manage distributed deceptions across network topologies using ProjectionPoints, eliminating the need for trunk or span port access. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
Distributed deception platform shipped Supports on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud deployment for breach and insider-threat detection. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

Also counts toward: Self-hosted deployment

release

  • Introduces ShadowPlex, a distributed deception platform supporting on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud deployment for breach and insider-threat detection.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
Honey accounts and tokens generation shipped Automatically generates honey accounts blended into Active Directory and disperses honey tokens across the enterprise network to detect credential theft and lateral movement. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Adds ShadowPlex Advanced Threat Defense, which automatically generates honey accounts blended into Active Directory and disperses honey tokens across the enterprise network to detect credential theft and lateral movement. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
Identity attack surface mapping shipped Maps identity attack surface across Microsoft Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and endpoint credential caches to surface misconfigurations, attack paths, cached credentials, and lateral movement links. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Adds ShadowPlex Identity Protection, which maps identity attack surface across Microsoft Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and endpoint credential caches to surface misconfigurations, attack paths, cached credentials, and lateral movement links.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
Security ecosystem integration shipped Integrates with EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and NAC solutions to automate deception deployment, detect decoy credential use, and trigger real-time automated responses. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Integrates with EDR, SIEM, SOAR, and NAC solutions to automate deception deployment, detect decoy credential use, and trigger real-time automated responses. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history
SIEM integration and adaptive response shipped Ships pre-built integration with major SIEM systems for threat intelligence delivery, including Adaptive Response in Splunk Enterprise Security to dynamically deploy deceptions from Splunk. 1 release · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Ships pre-built integration with major SIEM systems for threat intelligence delivery, including Adaptive Response in Splunk Enterprise Security to dynamically deploy deceptions from Splunk. announced · Sep 2026 · source · release history

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Score card

  1. Shipping velocity releases a month, last 12 months
  2. Documentation quality release-notes rubric, 0–100
  3. Breaking-change discipline how rarely a release breaks users, and notice given
  4. Maintenance risk quiet time against its own cadence, maintainers
  5. Innovation & surface new capabilities, API and MCP surface

Five scores for Acalvio, each built from the releases, notes and API history this site tracks — and, on Researcher and Business, where it stands among every measured tool in its category and how that has moved.

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How this is scored
  • Shipping velocity — releases a month over the last 12 months, on a log scale where 16 a month scores 100. Needs 3 releases in the window.
  • Documentation quality — the release-notes rubric published on the analytics page, unchanged.
  • Breaking-change discipline — the share of releases carrying a breaking change (none scores 100, half or more scores 0). Only projects that label breaking changes are measured: a clean record cannot be told from an unlabelled one.
  • Maintenance risk — quiet time measured against the tool's own release cadence (quiet longer than 90 days and three typical gaps scores 0), plus the number of active maintainers and whether contributors are growing, where known. Higher is lower risk.
  • Innovation & surface — new capabilities in the feature ledger this year, API and MCP operations added, and the share of commits that are features: the mean of whichever we hold.
  • Community health (open-source tools only) — each is a direction, not a size: contributors this year against last, the bus factor now against a year ago, and issues closed per issue opened, where steady scores 50, doubled 100 and halved 0; plus the median time to a maintainer's first reply (an hour scores about 100, a month or more 0). A commercial card has no repository and carries none of the four.
  • Documented delivery (commercial tools) — when a vendor's documented new capabilities have slowed against its own baseline, that counts against the overall standing as heavily as two low dimensions. Steady delivery, or too little history to judge, leaves the standing alone; it is never a sixth score.
  • Open-source tools are scored on repository signals; commercial tools on their published changelog. Ranks compare tools within one category and one profile and need at least five measured peers; the overall standing needs three ranked dimensions. Best-in-breed or consolidator is a shape, not a quality, and is never scored.

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Releases

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  1. September 20264

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