Introduction to BloodHound
Know your adversary with BloodHound security testing.
BloodHound uses graph theory to reveal hidden and often unintended relationships within Active Directory, Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), and Microsoft Azure IaaS. Defenders (blue teams) and attackers (red teams) use BloodHound for a deeper understanding of privileged relationships in an environment.
There are two BloodHound products: BloodHound Enterprise and BloodHound Community Edition (BloodHound CE). This site documents both products.
BloodHound Enterprise vs BloodHound Community Edition
With BloodHound Enterprise, continuously monitor, prioritize, and eliminate attack path risk across your environment. | With BloodHound Community Edition, identify, test, and validate attack path risk. |
A fully-managed SaaS application for blue teams focused on risk management. | An offering for red teams focused on security testing. |
| Leverage features like scheduled data collection and data reconciliation. | |
| Manage attack paths over time with exposure measurement and remediation guidance. | |
| 24/7/365 enterprise support. | No dedicated support. |
| Get started | Get started |
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BloodHound Enterprise
BloodHound Enterprise is a fully deployed and secured SaaS offering by SpecterOps to address the need for Attack Path Management. It requires requires no additional installation or maintenance.
Attack Path Management is a framework designed to help organizations measure and remediate the risk created by attack paths.
With BloodHound Enterprise, leverage ongoing collection, data reconciliation, and analysis to manage risk following the Attack Path Management framework. It’s the only tool available that helps defenders easily identify and eliminate highly complex attack paths that would otherwise be impossible to manage.
BloodHound Community Edition
BloodHound CE is free, open-source, and focused on enabling penetration testers and red teams to rapidly evaluate attack paths within Active Directory and Entra ID (formerly Azure AD).
Need help?
BloodHound Enterprise Support
Submit a request for dedicated support or ask in the BloodHound user Slack community.
BloodHound Community Edition Support
Ask in the BloodHound user Slack community.