Plexicus vs. Aqua

Plexicus is the AI-native Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platform with built-in Vibe Coding Security — purpose-built for the era of AI-assisted development. As developers ship more code, faster, with AI assistants like Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Windsurf, Devin, Replit, Zed, and VS Code, the volume of vulnerable code is outpacing every traditional AppSec tool. Plexicus closes that gap by replacing alert-only scanners with an autonomous remediation loop that detects, prioritizes, and fixes risks directly in the developer's Git workflow. Unlike fragmented point solutions that drown DevSecOps teams in findings, Plexicus unifies the full application risk surface — SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC, container, and AI-specific threats — and resolves them with proprietary GenAI agents that open the pull request to fix the code. The Plexicus Platform includes: 1. AI-Native ASPM — Correlates findings across SAST, SCA, secrets, IaC, and container scanners into a single prioritized risk view, then generates the PR that fixes the underlying issue. No more triage backlogs, no more swivel-chair between tools. 2. Vibe Coding Security — The industry's first security layer designed specifically for AI-generated code, with five capabilities: - IDE Guardrail — real-time security feedback inside Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Windsurf, and other AI coding tools. - MCP Security Scanner — protects Model Context Protocol integrations from prompt injection and tool abuse. - Hallucination & Slopsquatting Detector — catches non-existent or malicious packages invented by AI assistants. - Authz & Business-Logic Analyzer — surfaces the access-control and logic flaws that pattern-based scanners miss. - AI Provenance & AIBOM — tracks which code came from which AI tool, with full attestation for audits. 3. Compliance-grade evidence — SOC 2 Type II, NIS2, DORA Art. 28, CRA, and EU AI Act evidence packs out of the box. On the CPSTIC pathway. EU data residency by default.

Ensuring robust security across the complete lifecycle of containerized and serverless applications, from the CI/CD pipeline to operational settings, is crucial for organizations. Aqua provides flexible deployment options, allowing for on-premises or cloud-based solutions tailored to diverse requirements. The primary objective is to prevent security breaches proactively while also being able to manage them effectively when they arise. The Aqua Security Team Nautilus is focused on detecting new threats and attacks specifically targeting the cloud-native ecosystem. By exploring novel cloud security issues, our team strives to create cutting-edge strategies and tools that enable businesses to defend against cloud-native threats. Aqua protects applications throughout the journey from development to production, encompassing VMs, containers, and serverless workloads across the entire technology spectrum. With security automation integrated into the process, software can be released and updated swiftly to keep pace with the demands of DevOps methodologies. Early identification of vulnerabilities and malware facilitates quick remediation, ensuring that only secure artifacts progress through the CI/CD pipeline. Additionally, safeguarding cloud-native applications requires minimizing their attack surfaces and pinpointing vulnerabilities, hidden secrets, and other security challenges during development, ultimately creating a more secure environment for software deployment. This proactive approach not only enhances security but also fosters trust among users and stakeholders alike.