What Muscope does

Muscope Cybersecurity S.r.l. is a Milan-based cybersecurity startup founded in December 2021 that builds Muscope|Risk, a Cyber Security Rating (CYSR) platform performing automated attack-perimeter assessment of companies from a criminal hacker perspective, completing analysis within a maximum of 30 minutes. The platform comprises ten integrated modules spanning Attack Perimeter analysis, Cyber Security Rating (0–100 score across five risk clusters), Cyber Risk Quantification using the Open FAIR methodology, Compliance Questionnaire (ISO Sec, DORA, NIS2, GDPR), Third-Party Risk Management, Reporting, Cybersecurity Data Analysis, Continuous Assessment, Dark Web Monitoring, and an AI for Graphs layer that applies proprietary Deep Learning for Graphs (Graph Neural Networks) to simulate attack and defense scenarios and anticipate threats. Underlying technology combines external attack surface telemetry with dark web intelligence, processing structured graph data plus multilingual reporting in English, Italian, Spanish, German, and French.

The company makes money through SaaS subscriptions on a quote-based annual pricing model with no publicly disclosed tiers, selling primarily via direct enterprise field sales supported by self-service automated assessments. Go-to-market is verticalized across Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, and Utilities & Infrastructure, with industry-specific landing pages, enterprise demo requests, and membership in Italian and European tech associations (Assintel, Assosoftware, Clusit, Confcommercio, Digital Catalonia Alliance, European Digital SMEs Alliance, Italian Tech Alliance). The company follows ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 27005:2022 standards and is GDPR-compliant, with TeamSystem S.p.A. referenced as DPO provider and trademark holder, suggesting a corporate or distribution affiliation.

Muscope raised €800,000 in seed funding in June 2023 from Primo Ventures SGR and Klecha & Co., with proceeds earmarked for product development acceleration and Italian market expansion. The team of roughly 10–15 includes four co-founders (Bruno, Gerolamo, Stefan, Maciej) each with 20+ years of network and infrastructure security experience, supported by a Chief Growth Officer, board member, marketing/brand specialists, and a development team. Operations are based in Milan with a registered address in Pesaro, Italy.

Name

Muscope

Legal name

Muscope Cybersecurity S.r.l.

Website

https://muscope.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Muscope Cybersecurity is an Italy-based cybersecurity startup that sells Muscope|Risk, a SaaS platform combining proprietary Deep Learning for Graphs with automated Cyber Security Rating, risk quantification, compliance, and third-party risk modules for enterprise customers in Finance, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, and Utilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Risk Management

NAICS

Other Computer Related Services (541519)

akta.pro primary industry

Vulnerability Intelligence & Exploit Prediction (HDADAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Third-Party & Supply Chain Exposure Monitoring (HDADAHAJ), Vulnerability Assessment & Scanning (HDADAHAA), Threat Intelligence Services (BPAEADAC)

Keywords

• Cyber security rating
• Cyber risk quantification
• Attack surface analysis
• Third-party risk management
• Cyber threat intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Milano

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Muscope|Risk platform subscription providing cybersecurity rating, risk quantification, compliance assessment, and third-party risk management services on a recurring basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Muscope offers the Muscope|Risk platform, a Cyber Security Rating (CYSR) SaaS solution that performs automated, in-depth cyber risk assessments of organizations from a criminal hacker's perspective within 30 minutes. The platform maps the external attack perimeter, dark web exposure, and vulnerabilities; assigns a 0-100 security rating; quantifies monetary annual cyber risk via Open FAIR; and supports compliance with ISO Sec, DORA, NIS2, and GDPR. It includes modules for third-party risk management, continuous monitoring, aggregated portfolio analysis, and Deep Learning for Graphs-based attack/defense simulation.

Product overview

Muscope|Risk is a unified cybersecurity platform that combines 10 integrated modules to provide comprehensive cyber risk assessment and management. The core platform centers on Attack Perimeter analysis and Cyber Security Rating (CYSR), which feed into Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) for monetary risk calculation. Supporting modules include Compliance Questionnaire (covering ISO, DORA, NIS2, GDPR), Third-Party Risk Management, Reporting, Cybersecurity Data Analysis, AI for Graphs (using Deep Learning), Continuous Assessment, and Dark Web Monitoring. The platform delivers automated analysis in 30 minutes with outputs ranging from security scores to multilingual PDF reports and action plans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Muscope|Risk Platform A Cyber Security Rating (CYSR) platform that performs in-depth cyber risk assessment of organizations from a criminal hacker's perspective, automatically completing analysis within 30 minutes. It analyzes external and dark web data, identifies vulnerabilities, provides a 0-100 security rating, calculates monetary annual risk for specific attack types, and delivers detailed action plans for enterprise customers.
• Attack Perimeter Analysis Identifies company domain and locates the entire external attack surface including websites, IPs, mail servers, networks, and ASNs. Analyzes dark web presence and data leaks, and extracts detailed asset information including open ports, service types, certificate security, DNS configurations, BGP routes, and ASN connections for enterprise customers.
• Cyber Security Rating (CYSR) Provides a comprehensive 0-100 numerical evaluation of an organization's attack surface and cybersecurity posture, divided into five clusters (Bad to Excellent). Employs Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), identifies CVEs, and benchmarks results against industry standards for enterprise customers.
• Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) Provides monetary exposure analysis for cyber risk, specializing in ransomware and data breaches. Uses the Open FAIR framework to determine most likely, minimum, and maximum risk plus number of annual events, incorporating financial statement data and company size comparisons within the same industry for enterprise risk officers.
• Compliance Questionnaire Standardized questionnaire tool for assessing compliance with ISO Sec, DORA, NIS2, and GDPR. Supports multilingual assessments (Italian, English, French, Spanish, German) with proactive regulatory updates and detailed compliance reports for enterprise compliance teams.
• Third-Party Risk Management Comprehensive solution for managing third-party vendor and client security risks. Provides supplier analysis with rating and risk scoring, prioritization, customized questionnaires, continuous monitoring, and near-real-time risk exposure views for enterprise procurement and risk teams.
• Reporting and Customized Recommendations Provides multilingual PDF security reports (English, Italian, German, Spanish, French) focused on application vulnerabilities, broad risk assessments, and latest threat intelligence, with clear key insights and actionable recommendations for executive and technical stakeholders.
• Cybersecurity Data Analysis Aggregated analysis platform that analyzes rating and risk data from hundreds of companies simultaneously to identify trends and extract insights, with flexible filtering by company type, size, country, and evaluation values for portfolio-level risk management.
• AI for Graphs (In-Depth Evaluation) Advanced analytical module using Deep Learning for Graphs to process and analyze complex datasets, organizing data as graphs where nodes represent company assets and edges signify connections, enabling real-time analysis, continuous learning, and simulation of attack and defense scenarios.
• Continuous Assessment Continuous monitoring solution providing near-real-time visibility into company cyber posture, performing daily monitoring of IP addresses, websites, DNS servers, and infrastructure elements, with advanced vulnerability scanning for real-time weakness discovery.
• Dark Web Monitoring Searches for company data and credentials on the dark web, analyzes and correlates discovered information to highlight serious threats, with DPO access for cyber threat data handling, user categorization, credential management with verification status, and hidden information unveiling for company verification.

Quantifiable outcome

• Automated assessment completion in maximum 30 minutes
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Qualys: Qualys is a broad cloud security and vulnerability management platform with its own external attack-surface and TPRM extensions. It is a broader incumbent competing in the same enterprise vulnerability-rating category as Muscope.
• Recorded Future: Recorded Future is a major threat-intelligence platform whose CTI and dark-web feeds underpin Muscope's CYSR and Dark Web modules. As an incumbent intelligence vendor it is an adjacent peer for the intelligence-driven portions of Muscope's stack.
• Tenable: Tenable is the dominant vulnerability-management platform (Nessus/Tenable.sc/Tenable.io) and has expanded into external attack surface and prioritization. It competes with Muscope at the vulnerability-assessment and asset-discovery layer but operates across a much broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• Safe Security: Safe Security (SAFE) is a CRQ vendor applying the FAIR framework to deliver monetary cyber risk scoring — a near-exact functional analog to Muscope's CRQ module built on Open FAIR. Both sell into regulated enterprises seeking board-level dollar-risk views.
• UpGuard: UpGuard provides security ratings, attack surface scanning, and third-party risk management on a SaaS subscription basis with strong mid-market positioning. It overlaps closely with Muscope's attack perimeter, rating, and TPRM modules.
• SecurityScorecard: SecurityScorecard is the longest-standing pure-play security ratings and attack surface management vendor. It is a direct peer to Muscope |Risk: both score organizations 0–100 across an externally observed attack surface, both serve TPRM and enterprise GRC buyers, and both sell on annual subscriptions.
• BitSight: BitSight pioneered continuous security ratings and adjacent TPRM workflows and is the most direct functional competitor to Muscope's CYSR + TPRM bundle. Both target CISOs and procurement/risk teams at financial-services and large enterprises with portfolio-level scoring.
• Balbix: Balbix combines attack-surface inventory, vulnerability prioritization, and CRQ-style risk quantification in a single SaaS platform. It overlaps heavily with Muscope's combined perimeter-plus-CRQ thesis.
• RiskRecon: RiskRecon (now part of Mastercard) is built around data-driven third-party cybersecurity risk ratings. It is comparable to Muscope's TPRM and CYSR modules and often evaluated in the same RFPs.

Emerging players

• Hadrian: Hadrian is an emerging attack-surface management and continuous-testing startup focused on external exposure. It overlaps with Muscope's attack perimeter and continuous-assessment modules as a younger, similarly sized European-rooted competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 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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