Brandefense
Brandefense provides threat intelligence, digital risk protection and attack surface management to organisations.
- Categories
- Threat intelligence, OSINT tools, Digital risk and brand protection, Attack surface management
- Based in
- Wilmington, United States
- Founded
- 2019
- Ownership
- Private
About Brandefense
Brandefense sells an AI-driven threat intelligence platform that combines three products in one view. Cyber Threat Intelligence watches underground forums, markets and channels for what attackers say about a customer's domains, brands and people. Digital Risk Protection finds phishing domains, fake apps, fake accounts and scam ads, then helps get them removed. External Attack Surface Management discovers internet-facing assets, shadow IT and misconfigurations, including those of vendors. The company sells to security teams and executives, naming CISOs, SOC teams, fraud teams, risk and compliance functions, MSSPs and government bodies. Its Blackhole engine collects from more than 100,000 sources, enriches each item with threat actor context, matches signals to the customer's assets and has analysts verify critical findings before they reach a queue. It says its data is its own rather than resold feeds, and it offers a managed takedown service.
Products
- Cyber Threat IntelligenceMonitors deep and dark web sources, profiles threat actors and tracks campaigns and emerging threats.
- Digital Risk ProtectionDetects phishing domains, brand impersonation, fake apps, fraudulent ads and leaked data, and supports takedowns.
- External Attack Surface ManagementContinuously discovers internet-facing assets, shadow IT and misconfigurations, and scores exposure risk.
- BlackholeThe intelligence engine that collects from over 100,000 sources, enriches and correlates signals, and delivers findings in real time.
- RansomfeedA project that keeps clients informed about ransomware attacks.
Ownership and deals
- Raised $2.8m in a seed roundInvestor Sabancı VenturesReport on the Brandefense funding round of December 2023 (opens in a new tab)
- Raised $600k in a seed roundReport on the Brandefense funding round of February 2022 (opens in a new tab)
Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.