What is
Wiz
?
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At a glance
Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
Primary use case | Unified code-to-cloud risk prioritization, remediation, and runtime threat protection |
Deployment type | SaaS/cloud API with agentless scanning and an eBPF runtime sensor |
Pricing model | Enterprise custom quote; no public price list |
API compatibility | Cloud-provider APIs, integration APIs, webhooks |
Supported integrations | AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, ServiceNow, KeeperPAM, FortiSOAR, Microsoft Defender |
Source type | Dual |
Cloud provider | Multi-Cloud |
Ideal team size | Medium to Large Enterprise |
Onboarding time | Minutes for initial API connection; initial cloud scanning within 24 hours |
Required skills | Cloud infrastructure administration, cloud security, API integration and configuration, CI/CD integration |
AEP branch | Tooling |
AEP category | Security Plane |
AEP subcategory | Scanning & Suites |
Profile
Scanning & Suites is Wiz’s most specific AEP level. Wiz connects code, cloud, and runtime signals in a security graph to provide context for risk prioritization, remediation, and threat response. The platform includes secure development capabilities, cloud risk prevention, and runtime protection. Wiz’s website reports that it is trusted by more than 65% of Fortune 100 companies and displays 845 reviews.
Focus
Wiz is designed for security, engineering, and operations teams working across cloud environments and the software development lifecycle. It addresses the challenge of analyzing code, cloud, and runtime security in silos by connecting these signals to identify attack paths, prioritize exploitable risks, direct fixes to the relevant owners, and support threat detection and response.
Background
The provided company background research does not specify Wiz’s founding date, company history, or funding. The wiz-sec organization page on GitHub lists 11 repositories.
Features
Unified code-to-cloud context
Connects security signals across code, cloud, identities, network, and runtime to help teams understand risk in context. Wiz uses a security graph to map assets and identify attack paths; its website reports that more than 65% of Fortune 100 companies use the platform.
Secure development
Helps teams address security issues from the IDE through CI/CD and deployment. Wiz integrates security checks into development workflows and uses code, repository, and cloud context to connect identified risks to fixes.
Cloud and attack surface risk analysis
Helps teams find exposed and exploitable risks across cloud applications and infrastructure. Wiz maps externally reachable assets and models initial access paths, then connects cloud, code, identity, and network signals to analyze lateral movement, privilege escalation, and data access chains.
Runtime threat protection
Supports real-time threat detection, investigation, and blocking of attacks in cloud environments. Wiz combines its eBPF Runtime Sensor with analysis of cloud and SaaS logs and application and code context to detect exploitation attempts, block lateral movement, and investigate events with contextual lineage.
AI-assisted security agents
Automates selected security tasks, including code fixes, attack-path discovery, and SecOps investigations. Wiz describes Green as generating code fixes and opening pull requests, Red as conducting automated penetration testing and risk discovery, and Blue as automating threat hunting and investigation.
Pros and cons
Pros
Connects code, cloud, and runtime signals in one security graph, supporting risk analysis across those environments.
Combines agentless cloud scanning with an eBPF runtime sensor, and provides workflows for remediation as well as threat detection and response.
Supports security checks in IDEs, repositories, and CI/CD pipelines alongside cloud and runtime protections.
Cons
Pricing is provided by enterprise custom quote, with no public price list, so buyers cannot compare against a published rate.
A Software Advice search result reports that initial configuration can require significant technical effort.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
What is the Wiz security graph?
Wiz’s security graph connects code, cloud, identities, network, and runtime signals to show risk in context. It maps assets and attack paths to help teams prioritize exploitable risks and identify where to make fixes.
What does Wiz runtime protection do?
Wiz runtime protection detects and can block exploitation attempts and lateral movement in cloud environments. It uses the Wiz eBPF Runtime Sensor with cloud and SaaS log analysis and application and code context to investigate events with contextual lineage.
What does Wiz integrate with?
Wiz integrates with AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, IDEs, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, ServiceNow, KeeperPAM, FortiSOAR, and Microsoft Defender.
How much does Wiz cost?
Wiz’s pricing model is Enterprise custom quote; no public price list.
What is required to set up Wiz?
Wiz requires cloud infrastructure administration, cloud security, API integration and configuration, and CI/CD integration skills. The initial API connection takes minutes, and initial cloud scanning occurs within 24 hours.
