Question 1

What is Andesite?

Accepted Answer

Andesite builds the bionic SOC, a human-AI collaboration platform for cyber defense teams that automates triage, enrichment, and investigation across 100% of alerts while analysts oversee the workflows and own the critical decisions. Context-Aware AI aggregates data from across distributed IT environments and consolidates fragmented silos, giving analysts the context and visibility to make informed decisions in actionable output; adaptive automation streamlines workflows spanning threat intelligence to response. Analysts can extract attack techniques (TTPs) from a security bulletin and scan their environment for them in minutes rather than hours or days.

The design philosophy is explicit augmentation rather than replacement: the company argues security analysts are irreplaceable for intuitive pattern recognition and creative judgment, and its stated vision is a symbiotic relationship that elevates analysts of every skill level. Evidentiary AI makes every AI-driven decision auditable and explainable with no black boxes, and a secure AI architecture keeps sensitive data within predefined boundaries, never used to train external models.

Built-in compliance aligns to SOC 2 Type I, NIST 800-53 (High), NIST CSF, and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework for regulated environments, and the company achieved FedRAMP High In Process designation in January 2026 for public sector work. Founded by former CIA Special Activities Center director Brian Carbaugh with a leadership bench of CIA, NSA-adjacent, JPMorgan, and Salesforce security veterans, and Chris Inglis, the former US National Cyber Director, on its board, Andesite has traction in national security, financial services, and healthcare, with a growing MSSP motion. Within the AI-SOC-analyst cluster, Andesite is the analyst-augmentation entrant with the deepest national-security pedigree and an evidence-first governance story.

Question 2

How much does Andesite cost?

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No published rate card; enterprise platform sold through sales, with public sector expansion on a FedRAMP High path and a growing MSSP channel.

Question 3

What does Andesite integrate with?

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Connects disparate data sources, security tools, and platforms across the SOC ecosystem, unifying alerts and consolidating fragmented data silos so analysts stop toggling between tools and learning countless query languages. Detailed named-integration lists are not published in retrieved materials; the platform's value proposition is the unified data and investigation layer over whatever stack is present.

Question 4

Who is Andesite for?

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national security and public sector cyber defense teams, financial services and healthcare SOCs, enterprise SOC teams shifting from reactive triage to proactive hunting, MSSPs and hybrid SOC models

Question 5

What are the best alternatives to Andesite?

Accepted Answer

Based on documented capability coverage across the Agentic Index 14 point taxonomy, the closest alternatives to Andesite among security and SOC agents are Culminate, Clutch Security, Enclave, Equixly. Each is graded on the same public evidence, and no vendor pays for placement.

Question 6

Does Andesite give you tracing and observability into agent runs?

Accepted Answer

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Andesite publishes public evidence of tracing, observability and audit logging into agent runs, so a team can see what an agent did and why. Evidence basis: Evidentiary AI makes every AI-driven decision auditable and explainable with no black boxes, and there is full visibility into decisions made by the AI systems, AIM Media House and MSSP Alert coverage 2026-07-22. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Question 7

Does Andesite have SOC 2, SSO and role based access control?

Accepted Answer

Partial under the Agentic Index verification standard. Andesite publishes some public evidence of security and identity controls, but narrower than the full set of SOC 2, single sign on (SSO) and role based access control (RBAC). Evidence basis: Compliance aligned to SOC 2 Type I, NIST 800-53 (High), NIST CSF, and the NIST AI RMF, with FedRAMP High In Process (Jan 2026) and a secure AI architecture keeping data within predefined boundaries; product-level RBAC not documented, Andesi. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Question 8

Can Andesite be self hosted or run in a private VPC?

Accepted Answer

Partial under the Agentic Index verification standard. Andesite publishes some public evidence on deployment and data residency, but narrower than a documented self hosted or private VPC option. Evidence basis: Smooth deployment in regulated environments with sensitive data kept within predefined boundaries and never used to train external models, on a FedRAMP High path for public sector, Andesite press materials 2026-07-22. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Integrations & Tool Calling	Partial
Connects disparate data sources, security tools, and platforms across the SOC ecosystem, unifying alerts and eliminating tool-toggling; a detailed named-integration list was not retrieved, Andesite launch materials 2026-07-22
Workflow Orchestration	Full
Automates triage, enrichment, and investigation across 100% of alerts with agentic AI, with adaptive automation streamlining workflows from threat intelligence to response, IT-Harvest vendor profile and Andesite launch materials 2026-07-22
Knowledge Grounding & RAG	Partial
Context-Aware AI consolidates fragmented data silos across distributed environments and extracts TTPs from threat intelligence for environment scanning, Andesite launch materials 2026-07-22
Human Oversight & Guardrails	Partial
Analysts oversee the workflows and own the critical decisions while AI handles triage, enrichment, and investigation; augmentation-not-replacement is the stated design philosophy, IT-Harvest profile and Andesite materials 2026-07-22
Security, Identity & Governance	Partial
Compliance aligned to SOC 2 Type I, NIST 800-53 (High), NIST CSF, and the NIST AI RMF, with FedRAMP High In Process (Jan 2026) and a secure AI architecture keeping data within predefined boundaries; product-level RBAC not documented, Andesite press materials 2026-07-22
Observability & Auditability	Full
Evidentiary AI makes every AI-driven decision auditable and explainable with no black boxes, and there is full visibility into decisions made by the AI systems, AIM Media House and MSSP Alert coverage 2026-07-22
Memory & State Persistence	Unable to verify
No persistent environmental memory, learning store, or state retention documented in retrieved materials, Andesite materials 2026-07-22
Deployment & Data Residency	Partial
Smooth deployment in regulated environments with sensitive data kept within predefined boundaries and never used to train external models, on a FedRAMP High path for public sector, Andesite press materials 2026-07-22
Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs	Unable to verify
No prebuilt agent, template, or pack surface documented in retrieved materials, Andesite materials 2026-07-22
Triggers & Channel Coverage	Full
Covers 100% of alerts with automated triage, enrichment, and investigation, supporting both reactive alert handling and proactive threat hunting, IT-Harvest vendor profile 2026-07-22
Model Flexibility & Routing	Unable to verify
No customer-facing model choice or routing documented; the platform's AI is internal to the product, Andesite materials 2026-07-22
APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility	Unable to verify
No public API, SDK, or MCP surface documented in retrieved materials, Andesite materials 2026-07-22
Testing, Debugging & Optimization	Unable to verify
No customer-facing testing, evaluation, or optimization capability documented in retrieved materials, Andesite materials 2026-07-22
Browser & Computer Use	Unable to verify
No browser or computer-use capability documented; Andesite operates on unified alert and investigation data, Andesite materials 2026-07-22

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