What Frenos Inc. does

Frenos Inc. is a cybersecurity company that builds an AI-native simulated penetration testing platform for operational technology (OT) environments. Its core product combines a digital twin of the customer's industrial environment with SAIRA, a proprietary AI reasoning agent, to model adversary behavior and continuously assess OT security posture without disrupting live operations. The platform is augmented by the Adversary Intelligence Engine, which catalogs adversary tactics and techniques across both IT and OT domains, and is sold as a subscription priced via usage metrics. Surrounding products include Optica, a rapid OT visibility service distributed through channel partners, and the Mythos Readiness Assessment, a free-tier entry point designed to feed prospects into the paid platform.

Name

Frenos Inc.

Legal name

Frenos, Inc.

Website

https://frenos.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Frenos Inc. is an AI-native cybersecurity company that provides simulated OT penetration testing, combining a digital twin of industrial environments with its SAIRA AI reasoning agent to help critical infrastructure operators assess and continuously manage security posture across 16 sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

OT Security Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Protocol Security & Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) (HDADAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Managed OT Security Services (MSSP/MDR for ICS/OT) (HDADAJAN)

Keywords

• OT security platform
• Simulated penetration testing
• Critical infrastructure cybersecurity
• AI security assessment
• Operational technology defense

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription: Subscription-based access to the Frenos Platform with Usage Metrics determining scope of access and associated fees. Billed annually in advance with multi-year contract options. Includes AI Capabilities, Digital Twin, SAIRA agent, and platform updates during the subscription term.
2. Mythos Readiness Assessment (Free Tier): Free one-day simulated penetration test offered as an on-ramp to drive conversion to paid platform subscriptions. Serves as a lead generation tool for critical infrastructure operators to obtain evidence of defensive capabilities.
3. Professional Services: Implementation, technical, consulting, training, and related services provided pursuant to Statement of Work. Includes Optica rapid visibility service deployment through partner network. Customer reimburses reasonable travel and lodging expenses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Frenos Inc. provides an AI-native simulated OT (operational technology) penetration testing platform that combines a digital twin of the customer's OT environment with an autonomous AI reasoning agent (SAIRA) to continuously simulate adversarial behavior, identify exploitable attack paths, and prioritize actual risks over theoretical vulnerabilities, all without touching production systems. The offering reduces OT security assessment time from months to minutes and serves all 16 U.S. critical infrastructure sectors as defined by CISA. Supporting offerings include Optica rapid visibility service, the Adversary Intelligence Engine, and a free Mythos Readiness Assessment.

Product overview

Frenos Inc. offers an AI-native platform portfolio for OT (operational technology) security assessment and posture management. The core offering is the Simulated OT Penetration Testing Platform, which combines a Digital Twin of the operational environment with SAIRA, an AI reasoning agent that autonomously simulates adversarial behavior to identify exploitable attack paths. The platform enables continuous security validation without touching production systems, reducing assessment times from months to minutes. Supporting modules include the Continuous OT Security Posture Management Platform for ongoing monitoring, Optica for rapid OT visibility without complete asset visibility, the Adversary Intelligence Engine for IT/OT threat intelligence cataloging, and the Mythos Readiness Assessment for defending against AI-driven vulnerability discovery. The portfolio forms an integrated system where the Digital Twin provides the simulation environment, SAIRA performs the AI-driven adversarial reasoning, Optica provides rapid visibility for onboarding, and the Adversary Intelligence Engine feeds threat intelligence into SAIRA's reasoning capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAIRA: Simulated Adversarial Intelligence Reasoning Agent - an AI reasoning agent that thinks like an adversary to reveal every attack path in OT environments
• Optica
• Mythos Readiness Assessment
• Adversary Intelligence Engine
• Frenos Platform
• Frenos Fire Fridays

Products and services

• Simulated OT Penetration Testing Platform The primary autonomous OT security assessment platform that combines a digital network twin with an AI reasoning agent (SAIRA) to continuously simulate adversary behavior and identify exploitable attack paths without impacting production systems. Reduces assessment time from months to minutes. Target users are critical infrastructure operators across 16 sectors.
• Continuous OT Security Posture Management Platform Enables continuous monitoring and tracking of OT security posture improvements over time, including measurable changes in vulnerability, visibility, segmentation, and configuration. Provides trend analysis showing posture improvements or degradation as segmentation, assets, vulnerabilities, and compensating controls change.
• Optica (OT Rapid Visibility Service) Tech-enabled rapid visibility service that enables comprehensive OT security analysis without complete asset visibility. Uses template-based modeling and virtual representations to create high-fidelity network representations without requiring active scanning or passive monitoring. Delivered through authorized OT services partners including Enaxy, Morgan Franklin Consulting, Level5Cyber, Archer, and Secure Tactics.
• Adversary Intelligence Engine IT/OT cybersecurity intelligence catalog that reveals how real-world threat actors operate across operational and information technology environments. Powers SAIRA and enables security teams to examine attack paths and assess whether threat actors can breach and move laterally through OT networks. Available as a community version.
• Mythos Readiness Assessment Free one-day simulated penetration test designed to help organizations defend against autonomous AI-driven threats. Provides evidence of defensive capabilities for boards, regulators, or insurers. Addresses the 90-day disclosure clock created by AI models that can autonomously discover zero-day vulnerabilities.
• Frenos Platform 2.0 Next major version of the OT security platform featuring SAIRA 2.0 with expanded attack path analysis, campaign concepts for emulating threat categories, consolidated OT assessment interface, redesigned mitigations prioritization interface, and new GE Orbit integration.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces OT security assessment time from months to minutes
• +4 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration19 records

AI capability9 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Robert M. Lee / Dragos Inc.flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2024Robert M. Lee, CEO and Co-founder of Dragos Inc., appointed as first Advisory Board member. Lee brings expertise in industrial cybersecurity to guide Frenos in developing security solutions for critical infrastructure. Described as bringing 'perfect combination of operator security experience and breakthrough innovation.'
• EnaxycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOT services partner for Optica rapid visibility service deployment. Founder and CEO Dennis Distler stated mission to safeguard clients' physical assets. Enables organizations to quickly identify and prioritize most critical vulnerabilities.
• Morgan Franklin ConsultingcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOT services partner for Optica rapid visibility service deployment. Brings deep operational technology expertise and established relationships with critical infrastructure operators.
• Level5CybercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOT services partner for Optica rapid visibility service deployment. CTO Greg Carrico stated vision to bring clients almost instantaneous value and quickly establish actionable plan toward risk reduction.
• ArchercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOT services partner for Optica rapid visibility service deployment. Provides hands-on expertise securing critical infrastructure.
• Secure TacticscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOT services partner for Optica rapid visibility service deployment. Provides hands-on expertise securing critical infrastructure.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Dragos: Dragos is the leading OT cybersecurity platform for industrial environments, offering asset visibility, threat detection, and vulnerability management across critical infrastructure sectors. Directly comparable to Frenos because both target the same CISA 16-sector buyer base with OT-native security capabilities, and Dragos's CEO Robert M. Lee sits on Frenos's advisory board.
• Claroty: Claroty provides OT/IoT security platforms focused on asset visibility, vulnerability management, and threat detection for critical infrastructure and industrial environments. Directly comparable to Frenos because both sell OT-native security subscriptions into the same critical infrastructure verticals and Claroty is also an integration partner feeding Frenos's digital twin.
• Nozomi Networks: Nozomi Networks delivers OT and IoT security and visibility solutions for critical infrastructure, manufacturing, and other industrial sectors. Directly comparable to Frenos because both serve the same buyer base and use case (continuous OT security posture), and Nozomi is a named Frenos integration partner.
• Armis: Armis provides an asset intelligence and cybersecurity platform specializing in OT/IoT device visibility and security for enterprises including critical infrastructure operators. Directly comparable to Frenos because Armis competes in OT asset visibility and risk prioritization against Frenos's Optica and platform offerings in the same verticals.
• Industrial Defender: Industrial Defender delivers OT security operations and asset management solutions purpose-built for critical infrastructure and industrial control system environments. Directly comparable to Frenos because both are OT-native platforms targeting the same critical infrastructure security buyers, and Industrial Defender is a Frenos technology integration partner.
• Forescout: Forescout provides device visibility and control across IT, OT, and IoT environments for enterprises and critical infrastructure operators. Directly comparable to Frenos because Forescout competes in OT visibility and continuous monitoring and is a named Frenos integration partner feeding asset data into the digital twin.
• Verve Industrial Protection: Verve Industrial Protection (formerly RKNeal Engineering) provides OT cybersecurity and asset visibility solutions focused on industrial control system environments for critical infrastructure operators. Directly comparable to Frenos as a smaller, OT-native vendor competing on risk-based vulnerability management and continuous assessment for industrial buyers.
• Mission Secure: Mission Secure provides OT cybersecurity solutions including visibility, monitoring, and protection for industrial control systems in critical infrastructure sectors. Directly comparable to Frenos as an OT-focused competitor offering continuous security posture management and threat defense to similar industrial customers.

Broad incumbents

• Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a broad cybersecurity incumbent whose OT Security portfolio (via Industrial Defender acquisition history and Cortex) addresses asset visibility and threat prevention in industrial environments. Comparable to Frenos because PANW offers an alternative OT security stack that large enterprises may prefer as a single-vendor solution, and PANW is a Frenos integration partner.
• Tenable: Tenable provides vulnerability management and exposure analytics, including Tenable.ot for OT/IoT environments used by critical infrastructure operators. Comparable to Frenos as a broad incumbent offering vulnerability prioritization that competes at the IT/OT boundary, and Tenable is a Frenos integration partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors4 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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