Use Cases

What Strix tests and how security teams use it

Continuous pentesting for code, APIs, and cloud: each surface has its own failure modes and its own test discipline.

Use Case 01

Replacing the Quarterly Pentest

Annual or quarterly penetration tests produce findings that are stale by the time the report is read. Your code ships continuously. Your security coverage should too.

Strix scans every deployment and tracks how your attack surface changes between engagements. Security engineers get a live view of risk, not a PDF from six weeks ago.

  • Continuous coverage across all three attack surfaces
  • Findings correlated to specific commits and PRs
  • Risk delta view: what changed since the last scan
  • Audit-ready output for compliance evidence
CVE-to-Exploitation Window
12 days
Median time from CVE public disclosure to active exploitation in the wild. Most quarterly pentests run 90+ days apart.
Use Case 02

DevSecOps and Shift-Left Security

The later a vulnerability is found, the more expensive it is to fix. Strix integrates into the CI/CD pipeline and catches exploitable paths before code reaches production.

Engineering teams receive findings in context: the PR that introduced the issue, the dependency that created the chain, the service boundary that needs authorization enforcement.

  • PR-level scan results surfaced in GitHub or GitLab
  • Configurable merge blocks for critical findings
  • Developer-facing remediation guidance per finding
  • Noise reduction: only findings with chain potential are surfaced
Fix Cost Ratio
30x cheaper
Finding a vulnerability in development versus finding it post-production. Source: NIST Software Development Framework cost model.
Use Case 03

Compliance and Audit Evidence

SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001 all require evidence of regular penetration testing. Strix produces structured, timestamped reports that satisfy auditor requirements while providing far more security value than a once-per-year engagement.

Every scan is logged with scope, findings, severity ratings, and remediation status. Compliance reports are exportable on demand.

  • SOC 2 Type II-compatible pentest evidence
  • PCI DSS scope documentation support
  • Timestamped finding records with remediation tracking
  • Audit-ready report export in PDF and JSON
Compliance Frameworks
SOC 2 / PCI / ISO
Strix findings output maps to the technical controls required by the three most common security compliance frameworks.
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