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Case Study

Aikido Delivers Developer-First Security to Regulated Teams

How Aikido brought its unified code-to-cloud security platform to federal and regulated workloads, all without a multi-year FedRAMP build.

Aikido Delivers Developer-First Security to Regulated Teams

Client Details

Industry

Security / Application Security

HQ

Worldwide: Ghent, Belgium US: Chicago, IL

Size

300 Employee

Website

Knox took the hardest part of going federal off our plate. We brought the security; they brought the proven path to authorization.

Ian Riopel

President of Security/Defense

Aikido

Aikido

Aikido Security is building self-securing software for modern development teams. Founded in 2022 in Ghent, Belgium, its unified platform secures everything developers build, ship, and run — consolidating 15+ scanners (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets detection, IaC, CSPM, and ASPM) into a single system across code, cloud, and runtime, reducing risk without slowing development.

It delivers continuous monitoring aligned to RA-5, with SBOMs and POA&M-ready output generated automatically as audit evidence. Aikido is the fastest-ever European cybersecurity company to reach unicorn status, is ISO 27001:2022 and SOC 2 Type II compliant and is trusted by over 100,000 teams.

100,000+

Teams secured by Aikido

15+

Tools consolidated with Aikido

85%

Fewer false positives

Results

How Knox Helped Aikido Security Soar

1

Challenges

Achieving FedRAMP alone meant a multi-year build

2

Phased Journey

  1. Onboard onto Knox Systems' established, proven

    authorization boundary.
  2. Inherit baseline controls and continuous-monitoring infrastructure.
  3. Keep Aikido's team focused on the security platform while Knox
    carries the compliance path.

3

Results

Faster audit readiness, near-zero manual evidence collection, and a FedRAMP Moderate path on a Q3 2026 timeline. Aikido gained the compliance posture of a federal-ready vendor without pausing product development to get it

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