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IONIX vs Wiz ASM
Wiz starts in your cloud. IONIX starts where attackers do.
Wiz built its platform inside the cloud accounts you connect to it. IONIX maps your entire organization from the outside in, including on-prem, subsidiaries, and supply chain, then validates which exposures an attacker can actually exploit and mitigates them.
97% drop in false positives. 90% reduction in MTTR for external exposures.
Feature comparisonIONIX vs Wiz at a glance
A side-by-side look at how the two platforms handle external attack surface management.
Capability 
External-first discoveryFinds internet-facing assets without cloud connectors ✓Agentless, external-first ~Strongest in connected cloud Organizational entity mappingVerified model of who you are, beyond cloud ✓Connective Intelligence ✕Cloud account scope Coverage beyond the cloudOn-prem, SaaS, subsidiaries, shadow IT ✓Whole external surface ~Cloud-centric Validated external exploitabilityConfirms what an external attacker can exploit ✓Non-intrusive simulation ~Policy and context severity Cloud posture and CNAPP depthDeep cloud config, IAM, and workload context ~External exposure focus ✓Core strength Supply chain and subsidiary exposureExposure through third parties and acquisitions ✓Exposure by Association ✕Cloud-owned assets Zero-day mitigationCVE to validated, mitigated exposure in 12 hours ✓Live Exposure Defense, 12-hour SLA ~Detects, no external SLA Active mitigationStop takeovers, not just detect them ✓Active Protection ✕Not supported External-firstSee your whole surface, not just your cloud accounts
Wiz is anchored in the cloud accounts you connect to it. Inside those accounts it is strong, but an attacker does not stop at your cloud boundary. On-prem systems, forgotten subsidiaries, SaaS, and shadow IT sit outside the connectors and outside Wiz's view.
IONIX starts from the internet, the way an attacker does. It maps your organizational entity model first, then discovers and attributes assets across cloud, on-prem, subsidiaries, and supply chain, including the ones no connector reaches. Most organizations are aware of only about 62% of their real external attack surface.
Validated, not assumedConfirm external exploitability, not policy severity
Wiz rates findings against cloud policy and best practice. A security group open to the world looks critical, but policy alone cannot always tell whether your cloud network architecture actually exposes that resource to the internet. Teams inherit a long list of violations to triage.
IONIX runs non-intrusive exploit simulation from the outside to confirm whether each exposure is reachable and exploitable. Findings are validated, not theoretical, which cuts false positives by 97% and focuses the team on what an attacker can actually reach.
Exposure by associationMap the risk you inherit, across the whole org
Wiz secures the cloud accounts it connects to. The breaches that matter most often come through a subsidiary, an acquisition, or a third-party dependency that never had a connector installed. That exposure stays invisible to a cloud-account-scoped tool.
IONIX maps your organizational entity model first, then traces and validates exposure across subsidiaries, acquisitions, and digital supply chain. You see the full attack surface you are connected to, not just the accounts you onboarded.
Mitigation, not managementMitigate exposures, do not just surface them
Wiz surfaces and prioritizes cloud findings. Closing an external exposure still falls to your team, and attackers exploit new CVEs within hours of disclosure. Surfacing the issue is not the same as shutting it.
IONIX closes the loop. Live Exposure Defense puts a 12-hour SLA on the path from CVE publication to validated, exploitable exposure, then recommends specific WAF rules ready to deploy through Akamai, Cloudflare, AWS, Azure, and other supported vendors. Active Protection goes further, automatically claiming dangling domains and abandoned cloud assets before attackers reach them. Humans govern, agents operate.
See the external exposure your cloud tool cannot reach, and mitigate it.
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