SafeBreach
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cybersecurity |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Guy Bejerano (CEO) Itzik Kotler (CTO) |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Global |
| Products | Validation platform | Breach and Attack Simulation |
| Website | Official website |
SafeBreach is a cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California and Tel Aviv, Israel.[1][2][3] The company has developed a platform that simulates hacker breach methods, running continuous "war games" to identify breach scenarios across network systems.[4][5][6] SafeBreach is a pioneer in the emerging category of breach and attack simulation. The company's platform provides a “hacker's view” of an enterprise’s security posture to predict attacks, validate security controls and improve SOC analyst response. SafeBreach is funded by Sequoia Capital, Hewlett-Packard pathfinder, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and others.[1][2][7]
History[edit]
SafeBreach was founded in September 2014 by CEO Guy Bejerano and CTO Itzik Kotler in Tel Aviv.[8] Prior to founding the company, Bejerano had worked as a chief information security officer and Kotler had spent time in the Israel Defense Force's technology unit as a hacker.[1] In July 2015, the company raised $4 million in seed funding from an investor group led by angel investor, Shlomo Kramer, and Sequoia Capital.[8][9][10]
In July 2016, the company raised an additional $15 million in series A funding from existing investors along with participation from new investors Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Deutsche Telekom, and Maverick Ventures.[1][11] XZBy this time, the company was operating in both Sunnyvale, California and Tel Aviv. In May 2018, the company raised $18 million in Series B funding from six investors. In April 2020 the company raised an additional $19 million in Series C funding from six investors.
Around 70 percent of the company's personnel works at the Tel Aviv office (largely on research and development).
Products[edit]
In April 2021, Gartner VP of Research Peter Firstbrook included Breach and Attack Simulation among The Top Security & Risk Management Trends for 2021 as a tool to “provide continuous defensive posture assessments” and recommended it be used for establishing a continuous testing capability, for testing security control efficacy and prioritizing future investments, and for testing changes to security strategy.[12]
SafeBreach's primary product is a continuous security validation platform that constantly runs breach simulations on a client's network to theoretically and proactively locate and remediate security issues. The platform simulates hacker breach methods such as brute force, exploits, and malware.[4][5] Using a library of hacker breach methods called the "Hacker's Playbook,"[13] SafeBreach develops potential breach scenarios specific to a client's environment and runs simulations to identify whether or not the security defenses that are in place can defend itself. There are thousands of different possible breach scenarios depending on a client's unique network setup.[1][4][6]
In February 2020, SafeBreach announced the release of two new capabilities, Risk-based Vulnerability Management Integration and Cloud Native Container Security - designed to address problems that face Security and Development teams.[14]
In January 2021 SafeBreach announced their new Dashboards which enable security teams to aggregate data and reporting for better security visibility and more informed decision making.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Avner, Gabriel (27 July 2016). "Israeli virtual hacker SafeBreach raises $15 million Series A to put security to the test". Geektime. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ a b Sawers, Paul (26 July 2016). "SafeBreach raises $15M to test companies' cybersecurity from a hacker's perspective". VentureBeat. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Dorbian, Iris (26 July 2016). "SafeBreach grabs $15 mln Series A". PeHUB. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Stephenson, Peter (1 March 2016). "SafeBreach Continuous Security Validation Platform". SC Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ a b Korolov, Maria (12 October 2016). "Enterprises outsmarting themselves with security, while attackers easily use common techniques". CSO Online. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ a b Breeden II, John (31 October 2016). "Beat the bad guys at their own game with SafeBreach's simulated cyberattacks". Network World. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Primack, Dan (26 July 2016). "Term Sheet — Tuesday, July 26". Fortune. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ a b Weinglass, Simona (8 July 2015). "What would your enemy do? Israeli cybersecurity firm SafeBreach raises $4m". Geektime. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Goldenberg, Roy (8 July 2015). "Cyber security co SafeBreach raises $4m". Globes. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "TechNation Bezeq Launches Smart' Home Monitoring System Featuring Camera and Door Monitors". Haaretz. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "Israeli cyber security co SafeBreach raises $15m". Globes. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "The Top Security & Risk Management Trends for 2021". Gartner. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ Greene, Tim (26 January 2016). "Security startup wages continuous war games against networks". Network World. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ SafeBreach. "SafeBreach Debuts Cloud-Native Simulations and Adds Prioritization to Risk-Based Vulnerability Management". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2020-03-12.