USE CASES
Where companies use Vantuz,
and what it catches.
Nine situations, from a leaked cloud key to a security questionnaire from your biggest customer. Each one with the problem in plain terms, what Vantuz does about it, and what you get.
KNOW THE MOMENT A STOLEN KEY IS USED
Leaked credentials
The problem. Keys end up in repositories, CI logs, laptops and old backups. When one leaks, the attacker logs in like an employee and nothing looks wrong. Most companies find out from their cloud bill.
What Vantuz does. Vantuz places decoy AWS keys, database credentials and API tokens next to the real ones, in the places attackers search first. A decoy has no legitimate use, so the first attempt to use it is a certain signal, with the source, the technique and a risk score.
CATCH A ROGUE OR HOSTILE AGENT
AI agents and LLM pipelines
The problem. Your assistants read your knowledge base and act on your systems. So can an attacker's agent, and so can one of your own that wandered too far. Agents try hundreds of paths in minutes; no rule keeps up.
What Vantuz does. RAG canaries live inside the knowledge base; decoy OpenAI and Anthropic keys sit in agent configs. An agent that reads or uses one gives itself away, and Vantuz classifies the actor as human, script or autonomous agent so you know what you are dealing with.
SEE A POISONED PIPELINE BEFORE IT SHIPS
CI/CD and supply chain
The problem. Build runners hold every secret you have. A compromised dependency, a poisoned cache or a typosquatted package runs with the same permissions as your release. It looks like a normal build.
What Vantuz does. Pipeline canaries sit in workflow files and runner environments; a decoy package lives under your npm namespace. Anything that reads the canary outside a legitimate build, or installs the package from a host that is not yours, fires.
AN EARLY WARNING WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME
Ransomware and data theft
The problem. Ransomware crews spend days inside before they encrypt: reading, copying, looking for the files that hurt most. That quiet phase is your only window, and it is invisible to most tools.
What Vantuz does. Decoy contracts, board decks and HR files sit on the shared drives an intruder reads first, alongside decoy database credentials in backup scripts. Opening one is the signal; Vantuz can challenge the source at the edge while you respond.
ACCESS THAT WAS GRANTED, USED WHERE IT SHOULD NOT BE
Insiders and contractors
The problem. Former employees, contractors and over-curious staff already have valid access. They do not break in; they open the wrong folder. No password rule, no firewall, no EDR sees that.
What Vantuz does. Document trackers and URL beacons in the folders and wikis nobody has a reason to open. When they are opened, you know by whom and from where. The Exposure Sonar also flags former employees' accounts that are still active.
CLOSE THE DEAL THAT ASKED HOW YOU DETECT INTRUSIONS
Enterprise security reviews
The problem. A large customer sends the security questionnaire. 'How would you know if you were breached?' 'What is your incident response?' A blank is a lost deal, and a security hire is not in the budget.
What Vantuz does. Vantuz gives a small company a real answer: tripwires across credentials, documents, pipelines and AI systems; automatic investigation; a response that runs on rules you set; an evidence dossier for every incident. All in plain English, from day one.
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS STARTS WHEN YOU BECOME AWARE
NIS2 incident evidence
The problem. NIS2 asks in-scope organisations for an early warning within 24 hours of becoming aware of a significant incident. Without trustworthy detection you cannot say when that clock started, let alone what happened.
What Vantuz does. A tripwire firing is high-confidence awareness with a timestamp. Vantuz assembles the timeline, the source, the technique and every response action into an evidence dossier your team, your counsel and your regulator will ask for, in the order they will ask.
FIND THE OPEN DOOR BEFORE SOMEONE WALKS THROUGH IT
What you expose to the internet
The problem. A configuration file left on the web server. A database reachable from the internet. An admin account without two-step verification. Email from your domain that anyone can forge. Attackers scan for these every hour.
What Vantuz does. The Exposure Sonar checks your domains and accounts from the outside, read-only, and turns each finding into a plain-English fix with the steps and a message for your IT provider. It marks a finding fixed only when a later check confirms it. Where you cannot fix it yet, it plants a tripwire on the spot.
OFFER ACTIVE DEFENSE TO EVERY CLIENT, WITHOUT A SOC
MSPs and IT providers
The problem. Your clients ask for security you cannot staff. They will not accept a stranger planting things in their environment, but they trust you. You need a layer you can deploy in an afternoon and explain in a sentence.
What Vantuz does. Vantuz is agentless and workspace-isolated: one client per workspace, tripwires placed in minutes, findings written for owners, a response that runs on rules. You stay the trusted adviser; Vantuz does the watching.
SEE IT LIVE
Watch it catch an attack.
Then decide.
Thirty minutes, your environment. We plant a tripwire, trigger it on purpose,
and you watch the whole response happen. No slides.
Which use case should I start with?
Leaked credentials. A decoy AWS key or API token in your repository takes two minutes to place and covers the most common way small companies are breached. The Exposure Sonar will tell you what to do next.
Do these need different products?
No. Every use case runs on the same workspace: the same tripwires, the same investigation, the same response rules. The Exposure Sonar is included while it is in early access.
Can I use Vantuz for something not listed here?
Probably. If there is a place an intruder would look, a tripwire can live there. Tell us what you are protecting and we will say honestly whether it fits.