Cyber Dacians

What Cyber Dacians does

Cyber Dacians is a privately held cybersecurity professional services firm headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, operating globally with team presence across Europe and the Americas. The firm delivers custom engagements across four pillars: Defensive services (vCISO, Code Review, Forensics Audit, Hardening, Phishing Simulation, Cloud Security, Government Consulting, Secure Configuration), Offensive services (web, mobile, network, binary, ATM penetration testing, reverse engineering, and red teaming), GRC services (audits and implementation against HIPAA, NIS/NIS2, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS, and GDPR), and General services (C-Level training, cyber intelligence, TTX/wargaming, strategic consulting, and disinformation/influence operations). The technology stack is described as a manual, expert-driven methodology augmented by modern tooling, with no AI/ML differentiation disclosed.

The firm monetizes through project-based and multi-year consulting contracts on a quote-based pricing model, sold primarily via direct enterprise field sales rather than digital marketing. Customer segments are weighted toward government agencies (Corfo, Start-Up Chile) as the primary vertical, with additional exposure to healthcare, financial services (including ATM-specific work for MDS Casinos), and a long tail of mid-market technology customers such as Airtame, Whereby, Siteimprove, and Paperpile. Distribution is direct professional services delivery with cross-Atlantic coverage.

Cyber Dacians differentiates on talent (university cybersecurity professors, international CTF players, former government officials, and PhD/Masters-level specialists) and on the breadth of its service catalog, including niche capabilities such as ATM penetration testing and disinformation strategy. It also operates a linked software product, Stageone (stageone.ai), which represents an early move toward productized tooling. The firm claims a 100% customer satisfaction rate across its global customer base, and has received a $13,000 grant from Start-Up Chile; no material venture or growth-equity funding has been disclosed.

Name

Cyber Dacians

Legal name

Cyber Dacians

Website

https://cyberdacians.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cyber Dacians is a Romania-based cybersecurity professional services firm offering custom offensive testing, defensive services, GRC compliance, and strategic consulting to governments, financial institutions, healthcare, and mid-market technology clients across Europe and the Americas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Investigation and Security Services (5616)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Penetration Testing & Red Teaming (BPAKAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Penetration Testing & Red Teaming (BPAKADAE), Digital Forensics & Malware Analysis (EDAOAIAJ)

Keywords

• Penetration testing services
• Cybersecurity consulting
• Compliance audits
• Offensive security
• GRC services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cluj-napoca

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Cybersecurity Services: Project-based consulting engagements for offensive security testing (penetration testing, red teaming, binary hacking, reverse engineering), defensive services (vCISO, code review, forensics, hardening, phishing simulation, cloud security), and GRC compliance services (HIPAA, NIS, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS, GDPR audits and implementation). Revenue generated through custom engagements tailored to client specific requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Cyber Dacians is a professional cybersecurity services firm delivering offensive security testing (penetration testing of web, mobile, network, binary and ATM systems, red teaming, reverse engineering), defensive services (vCISO, code review, forensics, hardening, phishing simulation, cloud security), and Governance, Risk & Compliance services (HIPAA, NIS/NIS2, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS, GDPR audits and implementation) to enterprise, government, healthcare, and financial clients globally.

Product overview

Cyber Dacians is a professional cybersecurity services firm offering a portfolio of defensive, offensive, Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), and general-purpose security services. The defensive services portfolio includes vCISO, Code Review, Forensics Audit, Hardening, Phishing Simulation, Cloud Security, Government Consulting, and Secure Configuration. The offensive services portfolio encompasses Web App Pentest, Mobile App Pentest, Network Pentest, Binary Hacking, Cash Machines (ATMs) Pentest, Reverse Engineering, and Red Teaming. GRC services cover HIPAA, NIS/NIS2, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI-DSS, and GDPR compliance audits and implementation, along with general diagnostic and implementation services. General services include C-Level Training, Cyber Intelligence, TTX/Wargaming, Strategic Consulting, and Disinformation and Influence Operations consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Defensive Security Services Portfolio of defensive cybersecurity services including vCISO, Code Review, Forensics Audit, Hardening, Phishing Simulation, Cloud Security, Government Consulting, and Secure Configuration. Designed for organizations seeking strategy, risk management, code-level vulnerability remediation, incident investigation, system hardening, employee awareness, cloud configuration, and compliance-aligned configuration.
• Offensive Security Services

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• StageonecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStageone (stageone.ai) is referenced as a product from Cyber Dacians, suggesting an integrated product ecosystem. The Stageone product is linked from the main Cyber Dacians website navigation, indicating a close strategic relationship between the services company and its product offering.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Offensive Security (OffSec): Provider of offensive security training, penetration testing services, and the OSCP certification — a direct competitor in offensive-security talent development and red team engagements.
• Trail of Bits: US-based security research and consulting firm focused on code review, binary analysis, and applied cryptography — closely aligned with Cyber Dacians' code review, binary hacking, and reverse engineering services.
• NetSPI: Penetration testing and attack surface management provider with both services and a platform play — comparable in core offensive testing capability and increasingly relevant as a productized competitor.
• Bishop Fox: US-based boutique cybersecurity consulting firm specializing in offensive security, penetration testing, and red teaming — directly comparable to Cyber Dacians in service mix, customer profile, and boutique scale.

Broad incumbents

• CrowdStrike Services: Endpoint security leader with a substantial professional services arm covering incident response, penetration testing, and red team assessments — a dominant incumbent competing for the same enterprise security budget.
• Rapid7: Public cybersecurity vendor (Metasploit creator) offering penetration testing services alongside its vulnerability management platform — a broader incumbent with overlapping offensive security services.
• NCC Group: Global cybersecurity consulting firm providing penetration testing, red teaming, and GRC services — a much larger incumbent offering the same offensive security and compliance capabilities as Cyber Dacians.
• Trustwave / Mandiant (Google Cloud): Major security services and incident response provider covering penetration testing, red teaming, forensics, and compliance — a scaled incumbent with overlapping offensive and defensive service lines.

Emerging players

• Securifera: Small boutique offering offensive security services including penetration testing and red teaming — an emerging specialist comparable in scale and niche focus to Cyber Dacians.

Regional players

• Pentest Ltd: European-rooted pure-play penetration testing provider — comparable service mix, with a regional (UK/Europe) footprint that overlaps Cyber Dacians' core market without directly competing in the Americas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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