SpecterOps Launches BloodHound Scentry to Accelerate the Practice of Identity Attack Path Management
Summary
SpecterOps has introduced BloodHound Scentry, a managed service that pairs BloodHound Enterprise with SpecterOps’ red‑team tradecraft to help organisations accelerate their identity Attack Path Management (APM) practice and reduce identity risk. The service offers tailored attack‑path remediation, monthly expert analysis, privilege zone design, support for BloodHound OpenGraph extensions and customised reporting. SpecterOps says organisations can move from no APM (Level 0) to a well‑defined practice (Level 3) in about six months.
Key Points
- BloodHound Scentry combines BloodHound Enterprise tooling with SpecterOps practitioners to deliver hands‑on APM support.
- Core services include attack path remediation, monthly expert analysis of trends and threats, and privilege zone design for critical assets.
- Support for BloodHound OpenGraph lets teams extend attack path coverage to custom apps and repositories.
- Customized reporting links remediation progress to operational and executive outcomes, with hygiene reports and quarterly executive packages.
- The launch responds to the growing identity threat: Verizon’s 2024 DBIR notes ~80% of breaches involve compromised credentials, and SpecterOps survey data shows broad interest in identity‑focused controls.
Context and Relevance
Identity is now the dominant attack vector for many breaches, so solutions that prioritise and remediate attack paths are becoming core to defensive programmes. SpecterOps — the team behind the widely used open‑source BloodHound tool — is packaging expertise and tooling into a managed offering aimed at organisations that lack in‑house APM maturity or need to scale faster. This is relevant to security operations, identity teams, and CISOs seeking measurable ways to reduce privilege‑related risk.
Author’s take
Punchy and plain: SpecterOps invented this space and BloodHound is already a go‑to for many pen testers. Scentry is effectively a shortcut to that expertise — useful if you want to stop credentials being the hole attackers walk through.
Why should I read this?
If you care about preventing attackers using valid logins to move around your estate, this is worth five minutes. SpecterOps’ new service is a fast way to get proven tooling plus expert prioritisation and fixes — not just another product you must learn to operate. If your organisation is low on APM maturity, Scentry promises a quicker route to meaningful reductions in identity risk.