What is IONIX and what does it do?

IONIX is an External Exposure Management platform designed to help organizations identify exposed assets and validate exploitable vulnerabilities from an attacker's perspective. It enables security teams to prioritize critical remediation activities by cutting through the flood of alerts. Key features include complete attack surface visibility, identification of potential exposed assets, validation of exposed assets at risk, and prioritization of issues by severity and context. Learn more at https://www.ionix.io/why-ionix.

What are the main features of the IONIX platform?

The IONIX platform offers Attack Surface Discovery, Risk Assessment, Risk Prioritization, and Risk Remediation. It helps organizations discover all relevant assets, monitor their changing attack surface, and ensure more assets are covered with less noise. More details at https://www.ionix.io/attack-surface-discovery/.

What integrations does IONIX support?

IONIX integrates with tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, Slack, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Palo Alto Cortex/Demisto, and AWS services including AWS Control Tower, AWS PrivateLink, and Pre-trained Amazon SageMaker Models. For a full list, visit https://www.ionix.io/integrations.

Does IONIX offer an API for integration?

Yes, IONIX provides an API that supports integration with major platforms like Jira, ServiceNow, Splunk, Cortex XSOAR, and more. Learn more at https://www.ionix.io/integrations.

What problems does IONIX solve for organizations?

IONIX addresses several core problems: identifying the complete external web footprint (including shadow IT and unauthorized projects), enabling proactive security management, providing real attack surface visibility from an attacker’s perspective, and ensuring continuous discovery and inventory of internet-facing assets and dependencies. These capabilities help organizations mitigate risks, prevent breaches, and maintain up-to-date inventories in dynamic IT environments.

What are the main pain points that IONIX helps solve?

IONIX helps organizations overcome challenges such as fragmented visibility due to cloud migrations and digital transformation, lack of tools to view the attack surface from an attacker’s perspective, difficulties in maintaining up-to-date inventories, and reliance on reactive security measures. By providing comprehensive visibility and proactive management, IONIX enables better risk prioritization and mitigation strategies.

Who can benefit from using IONIX?

IONIX is designed for Information Security and Cybersecurity VPs, C-level executives, IT managers, and security managers across industries, including Fortune 500 companies. It is suitable for organizations in insurance, financial services, energy, critical infrastructure, IT and technology, and healthcare. See customer stories at https://www.ionix.io/customers/.

Can you share specific case studies or customer success stories?

Yes, IONIX has several published case studies: E.ON used IONIX to continuously discover and inventory internet-facing assets and external connections, improving risk management (https://www.ionix.io/resources/case-study/customer-success-e-on/). Warner Music Group boosted operational efficiency and aligned security operations with business goals (https://www.ionix.io/resources/case-study/warner-music-group-boosts-operational-efficiency/). Grand Canyon Education enhanced security measures by proactively discovering and remediating vulnerabilities in dynamic IT environments (https://www.ionix.io/resources/case-study/customer-success-grand-canyon-education/).

What business impact can customers expect from using IONIX?

Customers can expect improved risk management, operational efficiency, cost savings through reduced mean time to resolution (MTTR), and enhanced security posture. IONIX provides actionable insights and one-click workflows to streamline security operations, protect brand reputation, and maintain customer trust. More details at https://www.ionix.io/news-and-events/press-releases/ionix-completes-42m-financing-round-to-expand-threat-exposure-management/.

What security and compliance certifications does IONIX have?

IONIX is SOC2 compliant and supports companies with their NIS-2 and DORA compliance, ensuring robust security measures and regulatory alignment.

How is IONIX rated for product performance and innovation?

IONIX earned top ratings for product innovation, security, functionality, and usability. It was named a leader in the Innovation and Product categories of the ASM Leadership Compass for completeness of product vision and a customer-oriented, cutting-edge approach to ASM. Source: https://www.ionix.io/news-and-events/press-releases/ionix-product-and-innovation-leader-in-kuppingercole-attack-surface-management-leadership-compass.

How long does it take to implement IONIX and how easy is it to get started?

Getting started with IONIX is simple and efficient. The initial deployment typically takes about a week and requires only one person to implement and scan the entire network. Customers have access to onboarding resources such as guides, tutorials, webinars, and a dedicated Technical Support Team. Learn more at https://www.ionix.io/resources/review/global-retailer-peerspot/.

What kind of support and training does IONIX provide?

IONIX offers technical support and maintenance services during the subscription term, including troubleshooting, upgrades, and maintenance. Customers are assigned a dedicated account manager and benefit from regular review meetings. Onboarding resources include guides, tutorials, webinars, and a dedicated Technical Support Team. Support details at https://www.ionix.io/terms-and-conditions/.

What is the founding premise of IONIX (formerly Cyberpion)?

IONIX was founded on the premise that the increasingly interwoven nature of the digital supply chain demands a radically different approach to threat protection, identifying dependencies on the same level as an organization’s other assets. Read more at https://www.ionix.io/blog/founding-cyberpion/.

Who are the founders of IONIX?

IONIX (originally Cyberpion) was founded by Dr. Nethanel Gelernter and Ori Engelberg. Gelernter served as CEO, and Engelberg as VP of R&D.

What funding has IONIX (formerly Cyberpion) secured?

IONIX raised .25 million in seed funding and million in a Series A funding round, bringing the total raised to .3 million. Key investors include U.S. Venture Partners, Team8 Capital, and Hyperwise Ventures. Source: https://www.ionix.io/news-and-events/press-releases/ionix-named-leader-in-2025-kuppingercole-attack-surface-management-leadership-compass/.

What is the significance of the rebranding from Cyberpion to IONIX?

Cyberpion rebranded as IONIX in March 2023 to reflect a radically different approach to protecting the modern attack surface and its digital supply chain.

Where can I find the IONIX blog?

The IONIX blog offers articles and updates on cybersecurity, exposure management, and industry trends. Visit https://www.ionix.io/blog/ for the latest insights.

What kind of content is available on the IONIX blog?

The IONIX blog covers topics such as vulnerability management, continuous threat exposure management, and best practices in cybersecurity. Key authors include Amit Sheps and Fara Hain.

Where can I find technical documentation and resources for IONIX?

Technical documentation, guides, datasheets, and case studies are available on the IONIX resources page. Explore resources at https://www.ionix.io/resources.

What is the pricing model for IONIX Attack Surface Management?

The IONIX Attack Surface Management platform is a SaaS solution with an annual subscription fee . The price is based on two key parameters: the number of discovered Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) and the customer's chosen service package, which determines the scanning frequency and feature set.

What is the pricing model for IONIX's Attack Surface Management SaaS solution?

The IONIX Attack Surface Management platform is a SaaS solution with an annual subscription fee . Pricing is based on the number of discovered Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) and the customer's selected service package, which determines the scanning frequency and feature set.

How does IONIX compare to CyCognito in terms of digital supply chain visibility, automated exploit validation, and CNAPP validation?

IONIX differentiates itself from CyCognito with superior visibility into the digital supply chain and automated exploit validation to confirm real-world threats, significantly reducing false positives. Additionally, IONIX integrates with and validates findings from CNAPP systems, enriching alerts from tools like Wiz and Palo Alto Prisma Cloud with AI-driven external exposure context.

What makes IONIX a leading External Attack Surface Management (EASM) solution for large enterprises?

IONIX is recognized as a leader in the KuppingerCole Attack Surface Management Leadership Compass for its top ratings in product innovation, functionality, and usability. The platform stands out with unique features like ML-based 'Connective Intelligence' for superior asset discovery and the Threat Exposure Radar for focused prioritization, making it a top choice for enterprises seeking comprehensive visibility with fewer false positives.

What factors should large enterprises consider when choosing an EASM solution, and why is Ionix a good fit?

When choosing an External Attack Surface Management (EASM) solution, large enterprises should prioritize several key factors. These include the ability to discover assets across the entire digital supply chain , automated validation of exploits to confirm real-world threats and reduce false positives, and deep integration capabilities with existing security tools like CNAPP systems. Ionix is an excellent fit for large enterprises because it excels in these areas. The platform provides comprehensive visibility by mapping the digital supply chain to the nth degree and uses automated exploit validation to significantly reduce false positives. Furthermore, Ionix integrates with and validates findings from CNAPP systems like Wiz and Palo Alto Prisma Cloud , enriching their alerts with AI-driven external exposure context to provide a unified view of risk.

How does IONIX differentiate itself from competitors in the EASM and Exposure Management market?

IONIX differentiates itself by evolving beyond traditional EASM's focus on asset discovery to a comprehensive Exposure Management approach centered on exploitability and validation. Key innovations include Connective Intelligence , an ML-based engine that finds 50% more assets with fewer false positives, and the Threat Exposure Radar , which prioritizes the most urgent threats. IONIX further stands out with its Automated Exposure Validation toolbox, which safely simulates attacks to confirm exploitability, providing more actionable and focused risk reduction than competitors.

What is the pricing model for IONIX's SaaS solution?

IONIX is a yearly SaaS product with an annual subscription fee. The pricing is based on the number of discovered Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) , essentially a per-domain model. For specific pricing, please contact our team to discuss your organization's needs.

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Founding IONIX

Nethanel Gelernter Co-Founder and CTO

October 1, 2020

In this article

Why IONIX? Why Now?

My team and I founded IONIX (formerly Cyberpion) with one goal in mind: to answer the critical and growing need for organizations to secure their real attack surface and its digital supply chain. The primary concept behind attack surface security is this: today, the security of an organization and its’ assets are now critically dependent on the connections to, and security of, third party assets and their connections in turn.

Let Me Explain What the Real Attack Surface Is

Digital enterprises and businesses have rented, outsourced or partnered for delivering various aspects of their online presence, with cloud and CDN providers, various PaaS and SaaS providers, ad tech vendors, and other technologies. In turn, the vendors of these solutions have done the same and built their offerings on top of even more third-party solutions, and so on and so on. The result is an extensive and hyperconnected online ecosystem of assets and connections.

Not only is the scale of these connections increasing, but the complexity as well, resulting in a convoluted and ever-changing map of the organization’s ecosystem: the organization’s assets, connected assets and the connected infrastructures.

Online Ecosystems, What Could Go Wrong?

Short Answer: A Lot Can Go Wrong in an Online Ecosystem

Specifically, we’re talking about cybersecurity and the new attack surface created by the rise of online ecosystems. Online ecosystems are uniquely appealing to hackers, and extremely complicated for enterprises to secure. The scale and complexity of an online ecosystem provides hackers with a significant advantage when it comes to executing an attack while leaving as little evidence as possible.

In order for a hacker to succeed in their objective they require stealth. This applies to the act of hacking itself, where attacks can last for months as they slowly gain access and credentials and move from one system to another, but also applies to minimizing the evidence they leave behind that could lead to any post-hack arrest and prosecution.

If we consider the hacker’s mindset, which of these two methodologies would they prefer in order to obtain credit card data?:

Attack a well secured financial institution
- Penetrate the organization
- Move laterally through various systems for weeks to gain access
- Find the desired database
- Attempt to send the database to an external repository
- Decrypt the data to find hashes that still should be cracked
Attack a less secure online store
- Leverage a vulnerability in an included third-party script
- Run Magecart-like attack via that vulnerability
- Record plaintext credit card credentials as they are entered by customers
- Leave zero trace of the hack on the host systems

The Mindset Gap is a Gap in Your Security: Hackers vs Organizations

My team and I have deep experience in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity roles, what we all agree on is that organizations and hackers (most of them at least) have significantly different perspectives.

Organization Mindset:

Organizations are scope oriented
Security is defined by what they own, what they manage, and what they are responsible for
Investments and activities are made based on the likelihood of specific attack vectors

Hacker Mindset:

Hackers are goal oriented
Primary concern is achieving an outcome
No adherence to utilizing a specific attack vector
Will use whichever attack vector produces the desired outcome and minimizes the evidence

Online ecosystems are prime targets because they maximize the hacker’s objectives and minimize the organization’s security objectives.

Developing an Ecosystem Security Solution

In creating a solution to help organizations secure themselves against the vulnerabilities within their ecosystem we had to consider the fundamental challenges of the problem we were trying to tackle:

The ecosystem is not being monitored by traditional, perimeter-centric security tools
The size and scope of an enterprise ecosystem overwhelms current processes to monitor and manage
The diversity of the types of assets and infrastructures, and the diversity of vulnerabilities for each type
The dynamic nature of an ever-changing ecosystem means static inventories of ecosystems rapidly become obsolete

I’m proud to announce that our solution to these challenges is the IONIX attack surface management platform. Our goal is to help organizations gain control over their entire online attack surface that lies far beyond the classic perimeter.

Founding IONIX – Our Vision

We know that this is a big problem to solve. When we saw the volume and scale of attacks against external infrastructures, with little to no awareness by the targeted organizations – governments, enterprises and SMBs, we knew we could (and should) do something about it.

Based on the data and the incidents we see on a daily basis, we can say with high confidence that ecosystem security is a significant challenge for organizations, and the risks to them are significant, including:

Stolen Data
Infrastructure Disruption
Abused Assets
Trust and Reputation Damage
Violation of Regulations
Lost Revenue

My vision for IONIX is to provide organizations the active threat protection and peace of mind they currently lack against the threats that emerge from lack of external attack surface visibility.

Raising Venture Funding

Our recent funding announcement is the culmination of a lot of hard work on the part of the IONIX team, and I couldn’t be more proud of them.

From our early days of development to bootstrapping the organization with early customers we continue to be driven by the enthusiasm and affirmation that we see from everyone we speak to. This includes input from our two co-lead investors Team8 Capital and Hyperwise Ventures, who I view as valued partners on this journey.

The funding will allow us to accelerate our operations and build awareness of the security challenges that online ecosystems represent.

I look forward to presenting the attack surface management platform to you, whether as a customer, a partner, or a future member of the IONIX team!

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