Swascan

What Swascan does

Swascan operates today as Tinexta Cyber S.p.A., a privately held Italian cybersecurity and system integration firm headquartered at Piazzale Flaminio 1/B, Rome (with an additional presence in Cassina De' Pecchi). The company positions itself as one of the principal Italian players in cybersecurity, providing integrated advisory, implementation, and managed security services to enterprises and public institutions across Italy and the broader European market. Its customer base is horizontal — enterprises and institutions needing proactive cybersecurity protection, digital ecosystem resilience, and operational continuity.

The firm's product and service portfolio is organized into three interconnected lines: (1) a Cyber Competence Center delivering advanced cybersecurity solutions and strategic consulting; (2) Innovazione Digitale (Digital Innovation), which implements solutions to support clients' digital growth and operational improvement; and (3) Digital Products, covering risk management, activity monitoring, and financial process optimization. The technical core is professional services and system integration rather than a packaged SaaS platform; pricing is not publicly disclosed and the firm does not offer a documented public API. The competitive position is reinforced by an unusually dense regulatory certifications stack — ISO 9001 (quality, August 2025), ISO/IEC 27001 (information security, August 2025), ISO/IEC 27701 (privacy, August 2025), ISO 37001 (anti-bribery, August 2025), ISO 22301 (business continuity, February 2026), and UNI/PdR 125:2022 (gender equality) — which materially supports eligibility for regulated Italian enterprise and public-sector work.

Swascan / Tinexta Cyber is incorporated as a public limited company under Italian law (S.p.A.) with a share capital of €1,000,000 and operates under the direction and coordination of its listed parent, Tinexta S.p.A. (Euronext Milan: TNXT), a diversified Italian digital services group. The original Swascan brand was bootstrapped in 2016 with a Key Capital seed round of approximately $690K, followed by participation in the Startupbootcamp FinTech & CyberSecurity accelerator in 2018 and a 2019 round with iStarter. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales complemented by content marketing (a blog covering threat intelligence and compliance topics) and industry events/webinars, with no disclosed channel partnerships. Headquarters staff scale is reported in the 1-10 band, though Tinexta group affiliation implies broader reach via shared delivery resources.

Name

Swascan

Legal name

Tinexta Cyber S.p.A.

Website

https://swascan.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Swascan (operating as Tinexta Cyber S.p.A.) is an Italian cybersecurity and system integration consultancy serving enterprises and public institutions with advisory, digital innovation, and risk-management services as a subsidiary of listed Tinexta S.p.A.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Cybersecurity & Identity Consulting (BPAHAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Vulnerability Management & Penetration Testing Services (BPAEADAD)

Keywords

• Cybersecurity consulting
• System integration services
• Cyber threat management
• Information security advisory
• Digital innovation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Cassina De' Pecchi

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Tinexta Cyber delivers cybersecurity consulting and system integration services to enterprises and institutions. The portfolio is organized into three lines: a Cyber Competence Center providing advanced cybersecurity solutions and strategic consulting for proactive protection; an Innovazione Digitale (Digital Innovation) practice implementing solutions that support clients' digital growth and improve business operations; and Digital Products offering advanced solutions for risk management, activity monitoring, and optimization of financial processes.

Product overview

Tinexta Cyber operates as a unified platform offering three interconnected service/product lines: (1) Cyber Competence Center — providing advanced cybersecurity solutions and strategic consulting for proactive protection; (2) Innovazione Digitale (Digital Innovation) — implementing solutions to support digital growth and operational improvement; and (3) Digital Products — offering solutions for risk management, activity monitoring, and financial process optimization. The portfolio follows an integrated approach combining technological expertise, security, and innovation to help businesses and institutions build secure, resilient, and performing digital ecosystems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cyber Competence Center Advanced solutions and strategic consulting to ensure solid and proactive cybersecurity protection for enterprises and institutions.
• Innovazione Digitale (Digital Innovation) Implementation of advanced solutions that support clients' digital growth and improve business operations.
• Digital Products Advanced solutions for risk management, activity monitoring, and optimization of financial processes.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Strike (Cybersecurity, Italy): Italian cybersecurity boutique offering offensive security, red teaming, and managed security to enterprise clients; comparable in size, geography, and technical-service focus.
• Cybaze: Italian cybersecurity company providing cyber threat intelligence, incident response, and SOC services to enterprises and public-sector organizations; closely comparable niche and customer base.
• Sorint.lab: Italian IT and cybersecurity services firm serving enterprises with cloud, DevSecOps, and managed security offerings; comparable in services mix and Italian enterprise focus.
• Yoroi (DefensX): Italian cybersecurity firm offering managed security services, threat intelligence, and offensive security consulting to enterprise and government clients; directly comparable in size, geography, and service mix to Swascan.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Security: Global consulting leader with a large cybersecurity practice covering strategy, managed security, and identity; competes for the same Italian enterprise cyber budgets from a much larger base.
• IBM Security Services: Global incumbent providing cybersecurity consulting, managed SOC, and identity services; competes for large Italian enterprise and public-sector contracts that Swascan also targets.
• Engineering Group (Engineering D.HUB Cybersecurity): Large Italian IT services and system integration group with a cybersecurity practice; broader portfolio but overlapping enterprise/government client base and system-integration offering.
• Exprivia (Italtel cyber practice): Italian-listed IT services group with a cybersecurity and digital-trust practice serving enterprises, finance, and public sector; broader portfolio but directly overlapping services.
• Deloitte Cyber (Italy): Big Four advisory with a dedicated cyber risk practice in Italy covering GRC, incident response, and managed detection; competes directly for enterprise and regulated-industry mandates.
• KPMG Cyber Security Services (Italy): Big Four advisory with a cyber practice spanning GRC, technical security, and managed services; direct competitor in Italian enterprise cyber advisory engagements.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tinexta-cyber-spa
• Xx.com/swascan
• Facebookfacebook.com/swascan

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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