Orca Security pioneered agentless cloud security using a technology called SideScanning. Instead of installing agents inside every VM and container, Orca reads cloud workload snapshots at the block-storage level, detecting vulnerabilities, malware, misconfigurations, and lateral movement risks without any performance impact.
The platform covers the full cloud security spectrum: CSPM for configuration checks, CWPP for workload protection, CIEM for identity entitlements, and DSPM for sensitive data discovery. Everything feeds into a unified risk dashboard that prioritizes what actually matters.
Orca’s context engine correlates findings across layers. A vulnerability inside an internet-facing container that has access to a database with credit card numbers gets flagged differently than the same CVE on an isolated dev box. That context-aware prioritization cuts alert fatigue dramatically.
The company supports AWS, Azure, GCP, and Alibaba Cloud. It’s used by companies like Autodesk, Lemonade, and Fiverr. Orca raised over $600 million in funding and has consistently pushed the agentless approach as the future of cloud workload security.
