Red Piranha

What Red Piranha does

Red Piranha Limited is an Australian-headquartered cybersecurity company founded in 2016 that engineers, manufactures, and sells the Crystal Eye unified cybersecurity platform alongside purpose-built hardware appliances. The platform consolidates extended detection and response (XDR), network detection and response (NDR), endpoint detection and response (EDR), single-vendor secure access service edge (SASE), managed firewall, hybrid mesh firewall, integrated risk management, threat detection/investigation/response (TDIR), and a managed security operations centre (CESOC) into a single solution deployable across cloud, on-premise, and endpoint environments. The underlying technology is built on the Suricata IDS/IPS engine from the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF), augmented with proprietary AI/ML-driven anomaly detection, automated response actions, and quantum-resistant SD-WAN. Red Piranha also designs and ships its own hardware — the Tactical Edge Networking Appliance (TENA), AI Servers, AI-powered Wi-Fi 7 access points, and 5G outdoor CPE devices — for defence, critical infrastructure, and sovereign on-premises deployments.

The company monetises through a combination of software subscriptions and licenses for Crystal Eye modules, one-off hardware appliance sales, recurring managed detection and response (MDR) and Augmented SOC services, and professional services spanning penetration testing, security risk assessments, GRC consulting, eCISO/vCISO advisory, security training, and digital forensics/incident response. Pricing is quote-based and products are made-to-order. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales (with a strong tilt toward Australian defence and government buyers), an MSP Partner Program, a Technology Partner Program, and an online storefront (store.redpiranha.net). The company maintains direct sales and partner presence in Australia (Melbourne HQ, Perth), Singapore, Taiwan, India, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and holds DISP clearance, ISO 27001, ISO 9001, SOC 2 Type II, CREST, and Australian Made certifications. It is the first Australian member of both the Cyber Threat Alliance and the OISF Consortium.

Primary customer segments are Australian defence and government organisations (a primary segment, supported by DISP clearance and Tactical Edge Networking Appliance for classified/field environments), the Australian and international SMB market (IDC-recognised as "a very compelling solution for the SMB market"), large enterprises with distributed multi-site networks, and critical infrastructure operators (energy, transport, water) needing OT/SCADA protection. Red Piranha differentiates through an Australian-made sovereign offering, quantum-resistant cryptography, integrated hardware-plus-software stack, threat intelligence drawn from its CTA membership and proprietary analysis of 80+ million annual security events across 110+ tracked APT campaigns, and recurring industry recognition including six consecutive years in XDR and four consecutive APT Detection wins at the Cyber Defense Magazine Global InfoSec Awards (2026).

Name

Red Piranha

Legal name

Red Piranha Limited

Website

https://redpiranha.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Red Piranha is an Australian cybersecurity vendor that builds, manufactures, and sells the Crystal Eye unified XDR platform, related security modules, and purpose-built hardware appliances for defence, government, SMB, and critical infrastructure customers globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Other Computer Related Services (541519), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed Detection & Response (MDR) & SOC Services (HDADAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Endpoint Security Managed Services (EDR/XDR) (BPAEADAH), Cybersecurity & Identity Consulting (BPAHAEAG), Security Management Platforms Integration (PSIM/SOC, Command & Control) (BPAKAGAH)

Keywords

• Unified cybersecurity platform
• Extended detection response
• Managed security services
• Network security appliances
• Secure access service edge

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Crystal Eye platform sold as software licenses and subscriptions including XDR, NDR, EDR, SASE, and CESOC modules. Products are customized and made to order for enterprise clients.
2. Hardware Appliances: Sale of cybersecurity hardware appliances including Tactical Edge Networking Appliance, AI Servers, Wi-Fi 7 access points, and 5G CPE devices. Products are shipped internationally.
3. Managed Detection and Response (MDR): 24x7 managed security services with human-machine teaming for monitoring, detection, and incident response delivered through their SOC.
4. Professional Services: Security testing (penetration testing), security assessments, security reviews, compliance consulting, eCISO advisory services, security training, and digital forensics and incident response.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Red Piranha engineers, manufactures and sells the Crystal Eye unified cybersecurity platform — an all-in-one stack combining XDR, EDR, NDR, SASE, CESOC, Integrated Risk Management and Declarative Authorisation Service — bundled with proprietary hardware appliances (TENA, AI Servers, Wi-Fi 7 APs, 5G CPE) and a managed security services portfolio (MDR, Augmented SOC, DFIR, Penetration Testing, Security Assessment, eCISO, Security Awareness Training). Offerings target defence, government, enterprise, critical infrastructure, SMB and MSP buyers across Australia-Pacific, the US, the UK and Asia.

Product overview

Red Piranha offers the Crystal Eye unified cybersecurity platform with multiple deployment options and add-on modules. The core Crystal Eye XDR platform provides consolidated protection, detection and response across cloud, on-premises and endpoints. The platform architecture includes XDR On-Premise for local deployments, EDR for endpoint protection, NDR for network monitoring, and XDR 360 for enhanced visibility. Complementary modules include CESOC (managed SOC), Managed Firewall, Hybrid Mesh Firewall, Integrated Risk Management, TDIR (Threat Detection, Investigation and Response), and Declarative Authorisation Service. The Single Vendor SASE offering provides integrated network and security convergence. Services include MDR (Managed Detection and Response), Augmented SOC, DFIR, penetration testing, security assessments, GRC consulting, eCISO advisory, and security training. Hardware products include Tactical Edge Networking Appliance for defence applications, AI Servers for on-premises machine learning, Wi-Fi 7 access points, and 5G outdoor CPE devices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Crystal Eye: Unified cybersecurity platform providing extended detection and response (XDR), network detection and response (NDR), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and security operations center (SOC) capabilities.
• Crystal Eye XDR
• Crystal Eye NDR
• Crystal Eye EDR
• Single Vendor SASE
• Crystal Eye CESOC
• Crystal Eye XDR 360
• Managed Firewall
• Hybrid Mesh Firewall
• Integrated Risk Management
• Threat Detection, Investigation and Response (TDIR)
• Declarative Authorisation Service
• Tactical Edge Networking Appliance (TENA)
• AI Servers
• eCISO
• Augmented SOC

Products and services

• Crystal Eye XDR Red Piranha's flagship unified cybersecurity platform combining Extended Detection and Response with endpoint, network, SASE, risk management and CESOC capabilities for SMB, enterprise, government and defence buyers.
• Crystal Eye XDR On-Premise On-premise deployment variant of the Crystal Eye XDR platform for organisations requiring data sovereignty, air-gapped operation or local control of security telemetry, including defence and government deployments.
• Single Vendor SASE Secure Access Service Edge offering delivered through the Crystal Eye platform, converging networking and security functions into a single vendor stack for distributed enterprise environments.
• Crystal Eye EDR Endpoint Detection and Response module of the Crystal Eye platform providing endpoint threat detection, investigation and response.
• Crystal Eye NDR Network Detection and Response module providing network-layer threat detection and analytics across the Crystal Eye platform.
• Crystal Eye XDR 360 360-degree threat visibility and response module within the Crystal Eye platform offering broader context across endpoints, network, cloud and identity.
• Crystal Eye CESOC Cyber Exposure Score Operations Center module delivering continuous cyber exposure scoring, prioritisation and operational remediation guidance within the Crystal Eye platform.
• Crystal Eye Managed Firewall (Next-Generation Firewall) Managed next-generation firewall capability delivered via the Crystal Eye platform for perimeter and internal network protection.
• Crystal Eye Hybrid Mesh Firewall Hybrid mesh firewall architecture within the Crystal Eye platform for distributed environments spanning on-premise and cloud workloads.
• Integrated Risk Management (IRM) Integrated Risk Management module providing risk assessment, treatment and reporting within the Crystal Eye platform to support governance, risk and compliance programmes.
• Threat Detection Intelligence and Response (TDIR) Threat detection, intelligence and response module combining Red Piranha's threat intelligence with automated detection and response workflows.
• Declarative Authorisation Service (DAS) Declarative authorisation service providing policy-driven access control across the Crystal Eye platform.
• Managed Detection and Response (MDR) 24/7 managed detection and response service backed by Red Piranha's in-house SOC, providing monitoring, threat hunting and incident response for customers.
• Augmented SOC Augmented SOC service that supplements customers' internal security operations teams with Red Piranha SOC analysts and tooling.
• Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Specialist DFIR service providing digital forensics investigation and incident response support to customers following cybersecurity incidents.
• Penetration Testing (VAPT) CREST-accredited vulnerability assessment and penetration testing service identifying explo weaknesses across infrastructure, applications and networks.
• Security Assessment (SRA) Security Risk Assessment service evaluating customer security posture and recommending remediation actions.
• Cyber Security Review (CSR) Cyber Security Review service providing structured review of an organisation's cybersecurity controls, gaps and improvement roadmap.
• GRC and ISMS Consulting (Security Compliance) Governance, Risk and Compliance and Information Security Management System consulting service helping customers implement and maintain compliance frameworks including ISO 27001.
• eCISO / Virtual CISO (vCISO) Executive-level security leadership advisory service providing fractional CISO capability to organisations that need senior security guidance without a full-time executive.
• Security Awareness Training Security awareness training service educating employees on cybersecurity risks, phishing and secure behaviour.
• Tactical Edge Networking Appliance (TENA) Proprietary Red Piranha hardware appliance designed for tactical edge networking and field deployments, including defence and government use cases, with Quantum-Resistant SD-WAN capability.
• AI Servers Red Piranha-manufactured on-premise AI server appliances that enable AI/ML inference locally for security analytics, supporting air-gapped and high-assurance deployments.
• Wi-Fi 7 Access Points Wi-Fi 7 wireless access point hardware products manufactured by Red Piranha for enterprise and tactical wireless connectivity.
• 5G Outdoor CPE 5G outdoor Customer Premises Equipment manufactured by Red Piranha to extend secure 5G connectivity to outdoor and remote sites.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 30% improved processing performance with Crystal Eye 6.0
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2022Red Piranha joined the Cyber Threat Alliance as the first member in the Australia-Pacific region. This strategic partnership delivers unparalleled cyber threat intelligence feeds into the Crystal Eye platform and provides meaningful updates back to other CTA members. The CTA is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to disrupt malicious cyber activity strategically and raise the level of cybersecurity protection.
• GlobalSigncoreTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2017Red Piranha partners with GlobalSign to provide high-grade encryption suite for Australian small and medium enterprise clients. The partnership enhances the security offerings available through the Crystal Eye platform with enterprise-grade PKI and identity management solutions.
• Open Information Security Foundation (OISF)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2017Red Piranha became the first Australian Consortium Member of the OISF. The partnership allows Red Piranha to work alongside world-class security experts and programmers dedicated to open source security. Red Piranha has been developing its core product around the Suricata IDS/IPS framework owned by OISF, a mature, fast and robust network threat detection engine.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• CrowdStrike: Leading global XDR/EDR platform vendor with the Falcon platform competing directly against Crystal Eye XDR. CrowdStrike is the public-market benchmark for next-generation endpoint and extended detection; Red Piranha competes in the same product category with similar modules (XDR, MDR-lite via Charlotte AI) and similar target outcomes of consolidated threat detection.
• Palo Alto Networks: Cortex XDR and Prisma SASE compete head-on with Crystal Eye's XDR and Single Vendor SASE offerings. Palo Alto Networks is a broad incumbent with deep enterprise reach and the Strata firewall franchise that overlaps with Red Piranha's managed firewall and hybrid mesh firewall modules.

Direct peers

• SentinelOne: Singularity platform delivers AI-powered XDR/EDR with autonomous response capabilities, directly overlapping Crystal Eye XDR's automated blocking, quarantine, and credential revocation. Both companies target similar mid-market and enterprise customers with machine-speed threat response and unified endpoint/network/cloud telemetry.
• Sophos: Sophos is the closest direct peer given its SMB-first positioning, Intercept X endpoint platform, and MDR service offering. Both Red Piranha and Sophos target the underserved SMB and mid-market with consolidated security platforms, partner-led distribution, and quote-based enterprise pricing.
• Arctic Wolf: Arctic Wolf's MDR and Managed Security Awareness offerings directly overlap with Red Piranha's MDR, Augmented SOC, and eCISO services. Both target SMB and mid-market customers that need outsourced security operations with a human-machine teaming model, and both rely heavily on channel partner distribution.
• Trellix: Formed from the merger of FireEye and McAfee enterprise business, Trellix offers an XDR platform with broad threat detection, analytics, and managed services that overlap with Crystal Eye's full product suite. Both compete in mid-market and enterprise security operations consolidation deals.
• ESET: ESET is an EU-based cybersecurity vendor with strong SMB and mid-market presence via endpoint protection, EDR, and MDR services. ESET's partner-led distribution model and consolidated platform strategy closely mirror Red Piranha's SMB-first go-to-market and Crystal Eye unified architecture.
• Secureworks: Secureworks provides MDR, XDR (via Taegis platform), and security consulting services directly comparable to Red Piranha's Crystal Eye XDR, MDR, and GRC offerings. Both target mid-market and enterprise customers with managed security services backed by a unified platform.

Regional players

• Tesserent: Australian-headquartered cybersecurity provider (now part of Thales) that is the most direct regional competitor to Red Piranha in Australia. Tesserent offers similar managed security, advisory, and platform services targeting Australian government, defence, and enterprise customers under the same sovereignty narrative.
• CyberCX: Australia and New Zealand's largest cybersecurity services firm, offering MDR, advisory, and managed security services that overlap heavily with Red Piranha's services portfolio. Both compete for Australian government and critical infrastructure contracts and share the Australian sovereign cybersecurity positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RedPiranhaSec
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@RedPiranhaSec
• Facebookfacebook.com/RedPiranhaSec
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/redpiranha

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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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