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Introducing Aikido Altar: the model that makes sovereign security intelligence possible
Altar is our first open-weight AI model, and the first step toward sovereign security intelligence. It runs entirely inside a customer's own infrastructure, powering Aikido Machine's autonomous pentesting without any code ever leaving the building.

Aikido achieves AWS Security Competency for Application Security
AWS checked our homework: we're officially an AWS Security Competency Partner for Application Security.

The CVE spike across major software companies is a remediation problem
A viral chart this month showed CVEs climbing sharply across 21 major software companies, and the industry split into two camps arguing about what it means. Both are missing the number that actually determines risk: how fast the vulnerabilities that matter get fixed.
2026 State of AI in Pentesting
Our latest report captures the perspectives of 400 CISOs, CTOs, and senior engineering leaders across Europe and the US. It explores how AI is changing penetration testing, why traditional approaches are struggling to keep pace with modern software delivery, and what security leaders want from the next generation of penetration testing.

SOC 2 certification: 5 things we learned
What we learned about SOC 2 during our audit. ISO 27001 vs. SOC 2, why Type 2 makes sense, and how SOC 2 certification is essential for US customers.
Top 10 app security problems and how to protect yourself
As a developer, you don't have time for perfect app security. Let's give you the TL;DR on the biggest problems, whether you're at risk, and how to fix them.
We just raised our $17 million Series A
We've raised $17M to bring “no BS” security to devs. We’re happy to welcome Henri Tilloy from Singular.vc on board, who is again joined by Notion Capital and Connect Ventures. This round comes just 6 months after we raised $5.3M in seed funding. That’s fast.
Webhook security checklist: How to build secure webhooks
Building webhooks in your SaaS? Use this webhook security checklist to make sure you're taking the necessary steps to protect your app and user data.
The Cure For Security Alert Fatigue Syndrome
Aikido aims to cure Security Alert Fatigue Syndrome by reducing noise and false positives that waste developers' time. Learn how Aikido intelligently ignores irrelevant security alerts for you, adapts severity scores. This helps Aikido users to easily prioritize fixes for genuine threats. This win-win approach improves developer productivity and resolves security issues faster.
NIS2: Who is affected?
Is your B2B company in scope of the NIS2 Directive? Find out if you need to comply with NIS2 based on industry and size criteria. What are essential and important sectors and company size thresholds? Aikido's app has a NIS2 report feature.
ISO 27001 certification: 8 things we learned
We wished we'd known these tips before we started the ISO 27001:2022 compliance process. This is our advice to any SaaS company going for ISO 27001.
Cronos Group chooses Aikido Security to strengthen security posture for its companies and customers
The Cronos Group chooses Aikido Security to strengthen its security posture. Aikido's Partner Portal gives The Cronos Group a central overview of the companies in their group. Additionally, as a reseller, The Cronos Group will offer Aikido to its clients.
Introducing Aikido Altar: the model that makes sovereign security intelligence possible
Aikido Altar is a compressed, open-weight AI model built for sovereign security intelligence, powering Aikido Machine's on-prem, air-gapped pentesting.
Novel supplychain.local Go worm appears
"supplychain.local": malicious code found in MemTensor's npm plugin (0.1.21, 0.1.23) and PyPI's MemoryOS (2.0.34).
5 Socket security alternatives and why they are better
Socket built its name on malware detection. But detection speed alone is no longer the whole story. Here's how Aikido and four other alternatives compare on supply chain security, reachability analysis, licensing, and more.
AI Pentesting Buyer's Guide: How to evaluate AI pentesting vendors
Learn how to evaluate AI pentesting vendors with practical buying criteria, research from 1,000+ AI pentests, and a downloadable evaluation checklist.
A practical CTO security checklist to be Mythos-ready
A practical checklist for SaaS CTOs navigating a world with Mythos and agentic AI threats. Built around the defender's advantage: you have context attackers have to work to get. Covers the controls, practices, and operational habits that determine whether your team finds and fixes issues before someone else does.
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