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Subscription-based offensive cybersecurity firm delivering continuous cyber attack services with CREST STAR and CBEST accreditations from its London headquarters.

Categories
Penetration testing, Attack surface management
Based in
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2020
Size
51-200 staff
Ownership
Private
Certifications
CREST STAR, CREST STAR-FS, CREST CBEST, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, FSQS

About CovertSwarm

CovertSwarm is an offensive cybersecurity company that provides a subscription-based service called Constant Cyber Attack. It sells to organisations of all sizes, from SMEs to enterprises, including public institutions, charities, and B Corps. The service delivers continuous attacks across digital, physical, and social surfaces, using ethical hackers to find weaknesses before real attackers do. It also offers an attack surface management portal for monitoring and directing attacks. The company differentiates itself by moving away from traditional periodic testing to a constant adversarial approach. It is accredited by CREST for STAR, STAR-FS, and CBEST, and holds ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 certifications. It serves sectors such as financial services, SaaS, and crypto, and provides compliance services for UK financial sector regulations.

Products

Ownership and deals

  1. Raised fundingReport on the CovertSwarm funding round of August 2023 (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.

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Sources

  1. covertswarm.com
  2. Penetration Testing Services
  3. covertswarm.com
  4. covertswarm.com/about/attack-surface-management-platform
  5. covertswarm.com/about/attack-surface-management-platform
  6. covertswarm.com/solutions/saas
  7. covertswarm.com/solutions/crypto
  8. covertswarm.com/about/certifications