What BRANDEFENSE does

Brandefense is a SaaS-based external threat intelligence company founded in 2019 in Ankara, Turkey with a US regional headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware. The company sells a unified threat intelligence platform that combines External Attack Surface Management (EASM), Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), Digital Risk Protection Services (DRPS), and Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) into a single AI-powered product, replacing the fragmented point-tool stack that enterprise security operations centers (SOCs) typically assemble. The platform is powered by a proprietary Blackhole Intelligence Engine and an AI Correlation Engine that processes 220M+ signals daily across 190+ countries, ingesting data from 500+ dark web sources, 400+ intelligence feeds, and a proprietary honeypot network spanning 40+ countries, with claimed 96% threat prediction accuracy and 85% noise reduction.

Name

BRANDEFENSE

Legal name

Brandefense

Website

https://brandefense.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Brandefense is a SaaS external threat intelligence platform combining EASM, CTI, DRPS, and TPRM into a single AI-powered product, serving enterprise SOC teams, financial institutions, and government CERTs across 190+ countries with proprietary Blackhole intelligence and integrations into major SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and firewall platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

akta.pro primary industry

Threat Intelligence Services (BPAEADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spam, Fake Engagement & Content Abuse Prevention (HDADALAG), Third-Party & Supply Chain Risk Management (TPRM) (HLACAJAK), Vulnerability Management, Pen Testing & Attack Surface Management (ASM) (HLACAJAN), Third-Party & Supply Chain Exposure Monitoring (HDADAHAJ), Email & Collaboration Threat Detection/Response (ICR/CTDR) (HDADAKAI)

Keywords

• Digital risk protection
• External attack surface management
• Cyber threat intelligence
• Third-party risk management
• Unified threat intelligence platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilmington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Cloud-native SaaS platform with subscription-based access to unified threat intelligence modules (EASM, CTI, DRPS, TPRM). Most organizations fully onboarded within days with no on-premise installation required.
2. Professional Services: Onboarding and implementation services to support enterprise deployments and integration with existing security stacks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Brandefense sells a unified, AI-powered SaaS threat intelligence platform that combines External Attack Surface Management (EASM), Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), Digital Risk Protection Services (DRPS), and Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) into a single subscription product. The platform continuously monitors surface, deep, and dark web to discover external assets, detect phishing/impersonation/fraud, profile threat actors, and provide early warning of ransomware campaigns, with outputs delivered into customers' existing SIEM/SOAR/EDR/XDR stacks via STIX/TAXII and REST APIs.

Product overview

Brandefense offers a unified threat intelligence platform combining AI-driven analytics, digital risk protection, and external attack surface visibility. The platform is structured as a core platform with four main modules: External Attack Surface Management (EASM), Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), Digital Risk Protection Services (DRPS), and Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM). Supporting sub-products include Dark Web Monitoring, Ransomware Intelligence (Ransompedia), Threat Actor Landscape, Threat Search Investigation, Vulnerability Intelligence, Executive Protection, Fraudulent Ad Detection, Asset Discovery & Shadow IT, Attack Surface Reduction, and Misconfiguration Detection. The platform is powered by the proprietary Blackhole intelligence engine and includes Brandefense Academy for training. The architecture combines AI-powered correlation with human analyst validation, processing over 220M+ signals daily across 190+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blackhole Intelligence Engine: Brandefense's intelligence engine that integrates across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, and firewall platforms for real-time threat data distribution.
• Ransompedia
• BD Academy

Products and services

• Unified Threat Intelligence Platform Comprehensive AI-powered external threat intelligence platform combining Digital Risk Protection (DRPS), External Attack Surface Management (EASM), Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), and Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) to detect, analyze, and respond to external cyber threats from a single unified dashboard. Built for enterprise security teams, CISOs, and SOC operators.
• External Attack Surface Management (EASM) Continuously discovers, analyzes, and predicts risks across an enterprise's entire internet-facing infrastructure, including shadow IT, forgotten subdomains, cloud misconfigurations, and exposed services, using an AI-powered external visibility engine. Used by enterprise security teams to shrink external attack surface.
• Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Continuously monitors the global cybercrime ecosystem, turning underground messages, posts, and announcements into actionable intelligence signals using AI-powered cross-domain correlation and real-time dark web surveillance. Used by SOC teams, threat intelligence analysts, and CERT teams.
• Digital Risk Protection Services (DRPS) Protects brand, customers, and executives against phishing, impersonation, fraud, and digital abuse across open, deep, and dark web, with AI-powered digital risk intelligence and autonomous mitigation workflows, including a 98% phishing detection rate. Used by enterprise brand protection, fraud, and security teams.
• Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Continuously discovers, monitors, and scores an enterprise's entire third-party vendor ecosystem, mapping vendor attack surfaces and monitoring dark web signals for early breach indicators, with AI-powered dynamic risk scoring. DORA and NIS2 compliance-ready, used by enterprise third-party risk and procurement teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• 73% average reduction in exposed assets
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability11 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SplunkcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Splunk's SIEM platform for real-time insights and threat detection. Intelligence and alerts flow directly into Splunk for event correlation and security operations workflows.
• Microsoft (Azure Sentinel, Cortex XDR, Cortex XSOAR)coreTechnology or IntegrationMultiple integrations with Microsoft security portfolio: Azure Sentinel (cloud-native SIEM/SOAR), Cortex XDR (endpoint detection), and Cortex XSOAR (security orchestration). Delivers intelligence and automated response workflows.
• IBM QRadarcoreTechnology or IntegrationTAXII integration with IBM QRadar for advanced security intelligence, threat detection, and real-time incident response. Supports standardized STIX/TAXII intelligence sharing.
• Palo Alto NetworkscoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Palo Alto Networks Firewall for next-generation network security and automated threat prevention. IOC feeds and playbooks integrate with PAN platforms.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Recorded Future: The largest independent threat intelligence platform, now owned by Mastercard. Offers a comparable combination of CTI, EASM, and DRPS modules and competes directly with Brandefense's unified platform value proposition, but at vastly greater scale and with deeper enterprise penetration.
• Mandiant (Google Cloud): Now part of Google Cloud, Mandiant Threat Intelligence provides industry-leading CTI with deep attribution expertise and breach response. Competes with Brandefense's CTI module but at the highest end of the enterprise market with vastly more resources.
• CrowdStrike: Endpoint security leader whose Falcon platform has expanded into EASM, threat intelligence (Charlotte AI), and identity protection. Competes with Brandefense as a platform incumbent that increasingly bundles DRPS-adjacent capabilities into its enterprise suite.

Direct peers

• ZeroFox: Direct competitor in Digital Risk Protection Services (DRPS), specializing in external threat detection, brand protection, executive protection, and dark web monitoring — overlapping closely with Brandefense's DRPS module and Fraudulent Ad Detection / Executive Protection sub-products.
• Digital Shadows (Fortra): Direct DRPS competitor offering SearchLight for external digital risk protection, dark web monitoring, and brand impersonation detection. Closely comparable to Brandefense's DRPS and EASM modules in target customer and use case.
• Flashpoint: Cyber threat intelligence platform combining dark web data, vulnerability intelligence, and ransomware tracking (including Ignyte ransomware reporting) — directly comparable to Brandefense's CTI module and Ransompedia offering, with similar buyer profile of SOC teams and CISOs.
• Group-IB: Threat intelligence and fraud prevention company offering CTI, DRPS, attack surface management, and anti-fraud capabilities. Overlaps with Brandefense's CTI and DRPS modules and serves similar enterprise and MSSP customers globally.
• CyberInt (Check Point): DRPS-focused competitor offering external attack surface monitoring, dark web intelligence, and brand protection — directly comparable to Brandefense's DRPS module, now part of Check Point Software's security platform.
• LookingGlass Cyber Solutions: External threat intelligence and attack surface management company offering scoutShield for DRPS and Threat Intelligence services. Comparable product mix to Brandefense's CTI and EASM modules, targeting similar enterprise and government customers.

Emerging players

• Cyble: Fast-growing threat intelligence platform with EASM, DRPS, dark web monitoring, and TPRM modules — directly comparable product mix to Brandefense, but with significantly more venture funding and US-market traction, making it a key emerging competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/brandefense
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brandefense

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors9 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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