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HackenProof vs RAD Security

HackenProof is a security company that connects projects with verified security researchers who hunt for vulnerabilities across Web3 and Web2, and provides penetration testing services for web and mobile apps, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. RAD Security sells AI Workers that investigate, triage, and act on threats across a customer's entire stack. CISO Tribune files both under Vulnerability management. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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HackenProof vs RAD Security: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
HackenProofHackenProof is a security company that connects projects with verified security researchers who hunt for vulnerabilities across Web3 and Web2, and provides penetration testing services for web and mobile apps, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.hackenproof.comRAD SecurityRAD Security sells AI Workers that investigate, triage, and act on threats across a customer's entire stack.radsecurity.ai
What it sells
  • Bug Bounty[1][2][7]A public or private bug bounty program where the customer sets scope and rewards and HackenProof handles triage, validation, and payouts.
  • Penetration Testing[1][3]Penetration testing for web and mobile apps, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Crowdsourced Audit[1][5]An open audit contest where verified security researchers look for vulnerabilities in the customer's code.
  • CTF Platform[6]Capture the Flag events designed and run for enterprises and government agencies.
  • RAD Bot[6][7][8][9]An AI agent with direct access to a customer's live environment data.
  • RADQL[9][10][11]A SQL-like query language built for security data.
  • AgentKeeper[2][14]An open-source tool that maps a cloud identity attack surface.
  • Evidence Room[12]Aggregates vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, runtime threats, and attack paths into one prioritized view.
  • AI Insights[13]Continuously analyzes a cloud-native environment and surfaces what matters most.
  • Explore[6][10]Asset discovery and investigation across a Kubernetes environment, powered by RAD Bot.
  • Dashboards[11]Pre-built and customizable dashboards powered by RADQL.
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Who it fits
Not written yetRAD Security says RADQL lets security teams explore, analyze, and visualize cloud security data. The Evidence Room is described for people who are triaging alerts, remediating issues, or preparing for an audit. RAD Security provides audit-ready compliance documentation for CIS, HIPAA, and NSA Hardening frameworks, among others, and a weekly summary for leadership.
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November 13, 2026October 21, 2026

Where they overlap

  • HackenProof and RAD Security are both filed under Vulnerability management.

Where they differ, field by field

  • HackenProof's primary category is Bug bounty and crowdsourced testing; RAD Security's is Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP).
  • HackenProof is also filed under Penetration testing and red team services. RAD Security is also filed under Cloud workload protection and Cloud security posture management.
  • HackenProof lists Bug Bounty, Penetration Testing, Crowdsourced Audit and CTF Platform. RAD Security lists RAD Bot, RADQL, AgentKeeper, Evidence Room, AI Insights and 2 more.

What it sells: HackenProof

What Bug Bounty does[1][2][7]
Customers can launch a public or private bug bounty program on HackenProof. Built-in KYC workflows verify researcher identities for regulated industries. Rewards can be paid in stablecoins, fiat, or native tokens through HackenProof's payout management services.
What Penetration Testing does[1][3]
HackenProof offers white-box, grey-box, and black-box penetration testing. A HackenProof pentest starts within 24 hours of the customer's request.
What Crowdsourced Audit does[1][5]
A HackenProof crowdsourced audit is an open contest where thousands of verified security researchers compete to find vulnerabilities in the customer's code. HackenProof audits support languages including Solidity, Rust, Move, Go, C#, C++, Java, Python, and Cairo.
What CTF Platform does[6]
HackenProof's CTF platform designs and runs Capture the Flag (CTF) events for enterprises and government agencies. HackenProof adapts every CTF to the experience level of its participants, from beginners to experienced security professionals.

What it sells: RAD Security

What RAD Bot does[6][7][8][9]
RAD Bot queries a customer's live environment, correlates the results, and delivers findings with full source attribution. RAD Bot connects to Jira, Slack, ServiceNow, and email so users can escalate, assign, and remediate without leaving the conversation. RAD Bot workflows run multi-step investigations automatically and deliver results to an inbox, Slack, email, or ticketing system.
What RADQL does[9][10][11]
RADQL is a SQL-like query language built for security data. RADQL searches containers, correlates vulnerabilities, analyzes runtime behavior, and investigates incidents. RAD Bot can generate RADQL queries from natural language descriptions. RADQL results can be exported to CSV or JSON.
What AgentKeeper does[2][14]
AgentKeeper is RAD Security's open-source tool that maps a cloud identity attack surface. AgentKeeper visualizes IAM permissions, detects over-privileged roles, and uncovers hidden access paths.
What Evidence Room does[12]
The Evidence Room aggregates vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, runtime threats, and attack paths into a single prioritized view. Findings in the Evidence Room are automatically mapped to compliance frameworks such as CIS, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and NIST. Findings flow into existing tools so that users can create tickets, alert teams, and export to a SIEM.
What AI Insights does[13]
AI Insights continuously analyzes a cloud-native environment and surfaces what matters most. Every insight is categorized so that issues route to the right team with the right context. Rankings are based on exploitability, blast radius, business context, and attack path relevance.
What Explore does[6][10]
Explore is powered by RAD Bot and the same query engine behind every feature on the platform. RAD Security's sensors continuously discover and track every asset in a Kubernetes environment, including containers, images, workloads, network connections, and process executions.
What Dashboards does[11]
RAD Security dashboards visualize security posture, infrastructure, and compliance data with pre-built templates, flexible widgets, and real-time updates powered by RADQL. Dashboards pull from Kubernetes, cloud, runtime, and external integrations.

Questions about HackenProof and RAD Security

What do HackenProof and RAD Security sell?
HackenProof sells Bug Bounty, Penetration Testing, Crowdsourced Audit and CTF Platform. RAD Security sells RAD Bot, RADQL, AgentKeeper, Evidence Room, AI Insights and 2 more.
Are HackenProof and RAD Security in the same category?
They share Vulnerability management. HackenProof's primary category is Bug bounty and crowdsourced testing and RAD Security's is Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP).
Who are HackenProof and RAD Security sold to?
RAD Security says RADQL lets security teams explore, analyze, and visualize cloud security data.

About HackenProof

HackenProof is a security company that connects projects with verified security researchers who hunt for vulnerabilities across Web3 and Web2, and provides penetration testing services for web and mobile apps, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. On the HackenProof platform, the customer sets the scope and rewards, and HackenProof handles triage, validation, and payouts. HackenProof researchers test targets that range from DeFi protocols to fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce.[1][3]

HackenProof customers can launch a public or private bug bounty program. HackenProof includes built-in KYC workflows that verify researcher identities and meet compliance requirements in regulated industries. HackenProof validates vulnerability reports before they reach the customer team, filtering out duplicates and low-quality submissions. HackenProof report encryption uses end-to-end encryption with the customer's own PGP keys. HackenProof uses an AI-powered triage assistant built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to help process vulnerability reports. Customers can reward hackers in stablecoins, fiat, or native tokens through HackenProof's payout management services. HackenProof connects to existing workflows through webhooks, API, MCP, and 100+ supported communication, development, cloud, and automation applications. HackenProof can stream validated vulnerability reports straight into an issue tracker, chat, and on-call rotation.[1][4]

HackenProof offers white-box, grey-box, and black-box penetration testing and delivers a report on real security risks. A HackenProof pentest starts within 24 hours of the customer's request. HackenProof assigns vetted experts with relevant experience in the customer's stack. HackenProof runs the pentest on its Vulnerability Coordination Platform, where customers review validated reports, leave comments, and discuss findings with testers directly. Once fixes are in place, HackenProof verifies them, confirms closure, and delivers a branded final report ranking all findings by severity.[1][3]

HackenProof penetration testing covers several kinds of systems. HackenProof tests web and mobile applications for authentication and session flaws, business logic abuse, and platform-specific risks on iOS and Android. HackenProof tests REST, GraphQL, and other API architectures for broken authorization, injection points, rate-limiting gaps, and data exposure. HackenProof tests AWS, GCP, Azure, and hybrid environments for misconfigurations, identity and access management weaknesses, exposed storage, and lateral movement paths between services. HackenProof assesses internal and external network infrastructure for exposed services, misconfigurations, and privilege escalation paths. HackenProof tests blockchain applications, dApps, smart contracts, bridges, and decentralized infrastructure for vulnerabilities that could impact funds, protocol functionality, or user assets. HackenProof tests AI-powered systems, from LLM applications to autonomous agents, for prompt injection, data leakage, model abuse, excessive agency, and insecure tool integrations.[3]

HackenProof describes its private audit as an expert-led security code review for projects that need strict confidentiality before a fundraise, launch, or regulatory review. A HackenProof crowdsourced audit is an open contest where thousands of verified security researchers compete to find vulnerabilities in the customer's code. HackenProof audits support languages including Solidity, Rust, Move, Go, C#, C++, Java, Python, and Cairo.[1]

HackenProof's CTF platform designs and runs Capture the Flag (CTF) events for enterprises and government agencies. A Capture The Flag event is a cybersecurity competition where participants solve hands-on challenges across web exploitation, cryptography, OSINT, reverse engineering, digital forensics, and smart contract security. HackenProof adapts every CTF to the experience level of its participants, from beginners to experienced security professionals. HackenProof combined its expertise with Hack The Box to create a specialized blockchain security CTF. HackenProof organized the National CTF in partnership with the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR). For banks and financial institutions, HackenProof runs private, invite-only CTFs.

The Security Expansion Program launched on HackenProof connects Sui ecosystem projects with researchers, bug bounty programs, and audits. HackenProof ran an audit contest for TipRun's peer-to-peer cricket prediction exchange. HackenProof carried out a private audit of WrappedCBDC's cNGN stablecoin on Canton.[3][7]

HackenProof on the record

Sources

HackenProof full record

  1. [1]hackenproof.comHackenProof · hackenproof.com · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Bug Bounty Platform Trusted by 400+ Projects | HackenProofHackenProof · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Penetration Testing Services | HackenProofHackenProof · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Integrations | HackenProofHackenProof · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Cybersecurity Audit Services for Web2 & Web3 Projects | HackenProofHackenProof · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]CTF Platform for Enterprises & Government | HackenProofHackenProof · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Sui Security Expansion Program – HackenProof & Sui FoundationHackenProof · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Customer Proof — Case Studies | HackenProofHackenProof · undated page, accessed November 13, 2026 · Tier A

RAD Security full record

  1. [1]Female foundersRAD Security · radsecurity.ai · published April 29, 2024 · Tier A
  2. [2]radsecurity.aiRAD Security · radsecurity.ai · undated page, accessed October 21, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]PressRAD Security · radsecurity.ai · undated page, accessed October 21, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]AI-Native Cloud Security Platform | RAD Security | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Stop Managing Alerts. Start Running Security. | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Explore — Asset Discovery & Investigation | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Ask RAD — AI Security Assistant | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Knowledge Base — Searchable Security Knowledge | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]RADQL — Security Query Language | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]RADQL Engine — Advanced Security Analytics | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Security Dashboards — Real-Time Visibility | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Evidence Room — Unified Security Findings | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]AI Insights — Prioritized Security Intelligence | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Exports | RAD Security | RAD SecurityRAD Security · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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