Celerium

What Celerium does

Celerium is a privately held U.S. cybersecurity company founded in 2019 as the branded cybersecurity business unit of a parent company originally established in 2002. Headquartered in Torrance, California, with a remote-first workforce, Celerium builds cloud-based SaaS cyber defense solutions delivered through AWS (including AWS Government Cloud) that collect firewall metadata (syslog, NetFlow, OSI Layer 3) for automated threat detection, scoring, and blocking at network boundaries, with no hardware or software agents required and deployment completed in 30-60 minutes.

The company's portfolio is organized into two primary verticals: healthcare (Data Breach Defender® for hospitals and healthcare suppliers handling PHI) and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB CyberDome™ with Cyber Interceptor for individual contractor protection and the planned AI-powered Elevated Defense System for collective defense). Adjacent offerings include Compromise Defender® and Network Defender® for enterprise, government, and MSP customers. Revenue is generated primarily through annual subscriptions paid in advance, with freemium/evaluation programs and a no-cost healthcare program available through end of 2025; distribution runs through direct sales, AWS Marketplace, and channel partnerships with industry associations including AHA, NDIA, HIMSS, CHIME, Health-ISAC, and AFCEA.

Celerium sells to resource-constrained buyers—small and mid-sized DIB contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information (~68,000 addressable entities), community and rural hospitals, state/local government, and MSPs—who need CMMC 2.0 compliance facilitation and PHI breach defense without large cybersecurity teams. The 2022 acquisition of Dark Cubed added automated network defense technology and brought in Vince Crisler as Chief Strategy Officer; subsequent launches in 2026 (DIB CyberDome™, Elevated Defense System) and flagship partnerships with NDIA and AHA mark a deliberate shift from point solutions toward an association-anchored, platform-level go-to-market strategy in two regulated verticals.

Name

Celerium

Legal name

Celerium Inc.

Website

https://celerium.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Celerium provides cloud-based automated cyber defense SaaS for healthcare organizations and small/mid-sized defense industrial base contractors, collecting firewall metadata for rapid 30-60 minute agentless deployment on AWS infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Software

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Threat Intelligence Services (BPAEADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

OT/ICS & Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Services (BPAKAHAN), Vulnerability Management, Pen Testing & Attack Surface Management (ASM) (HLACAJAN), Attack Surface Management (EASM/CAASM) (HDADAHAC)

Keywords

• Cyber defense solutions
• Threat detection software
• Network security platform
• Data breach prevention
• CMMC compliance software

Headquarters

HQ city

El Segundo

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, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based SaaS: Annual subscription model with fees paid in advance for the subscription term. Solutions are provided as cloud-based services with automated updates included. Customers can subscribe via AWS Marketplace, directly from Celerium, or through resellers.
2. Pilot/Evaluation Programs: Pilot, evaluation, trial, or free program use available for qualified customers, with solutions provided 'AS IS' during evaluation periods. Intended to convert to paid subscriptions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Celerium engineers turn-key, rapid-deployment cyber defense SaaS solutions that collect firewall metadata (syslog, NetFlow, OSI Layer 3) for automated threat detection, scoring, and blocking at the network boundary. Its portfolio includes Data Breach Defender® for healthcare PHI protection and DIB CyberDome™ for Defense Industrial Base contractors, with 30-60 minute cloud-based deployment requiring no hardware or software agents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Data Breach Defender®: Healthcare-focused solution for automated prevention, detection, and containment of data breach activity. Specifically designed for busy, overloaded healthcare IT executives.
• DIB CyberDome™
• Cyber Defense Network™

Products and services

• Data Breach Defender® Automated prevention, detection, and containment of data breach activity specifically designed for healthcare organizations. Protects critical hospital systems and PHI data with advanced threat analysis and automated containment capabilities for busy, overloaded healthcare IT executives.
• DIB CyberDome™ Purpose-built cybersecurity platform for the Defense Industrial Base, designed for environments where traditional cybersecurity approaches are too complex, resource-intensive, or impractical. Includes Cyber Interceptor for individual contractor protection and the AI-powered Elevated Defense System for collective defense.
• Compromise Defender®

Quantifiable outcome

• Deployment time: 30-60 minutes without hardware, software agents, or complex integration
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• National Defense Industry Association (NDIA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2026Strategic partnership announced May 7, 2026 to jointly support the U.S. defense industrial base on cybersecurity, CMMC 2.0 compliance, and AI-enabled cyber threats. Specifically targets small and mid-sized defense contractors facing compliance deadlines and resource constraints.
• American Hospital Association (AHA)flagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 October 2025Celerium selected as Preferred Cybersecurity Provider by AHA in October 2025. The partnership enables recommendation of Celerium's automated data breach defense solutions to AHA member hospitals and health systems for defending against cyber threats and ransomware.
• AWScoreTechnology or IntegrationCelerium partners with AWS to ensure the Cyber Defense Network suite of solutions is reliable and secure. Solutions run on AWS cloud infrastructure including AWS Government Cloud for defense applications. Procurement is available through AWS Marketplace.
• AFCEAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFCEA Sustaining Corporate Member. Partnership supports defense and cybersecurity community engagement, industry collaboration, and information sharing across government and industry.
• TES ConsultingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTES and Celerium collaboration brings uniquely personal approaches to cybersecurity to customers, enhancing cybersecurity and compliance efforts through combined expertise.
• CHIMEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStandard member of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. Partnership enables engagement with digital health leadership community to advance data breach defense in healthcare sector.
• HIMSScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiamond Corporate Member of HIMSS, the global authority advancing health through information and technology. Partnership reflects long-term commitment to strengthening cybersecurity resilience across healthcare organizations.
• Health-ISACcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHealth-ISAC Community Champion. Partnership offers Health-ISAC members a no-cost one-year subscription to Celerium's data breach defense solution with configuration on up to two firewalls, enhancing healthcare organizations' cybersecurity efforts.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Huntress: Huntress provides managed cybersecurity for SMBs and the MSP channel, overlapping directly with Celerium's Network Defender product and its emphasis on automated, easy-to-deploy protection for small IT teams and managed service providers.
• Arctic Wolf: Arctic Wolf delivers managed detection and response and security operations aimed at SMB and mid-market customers — a near-direct peer to Celerium's positioning around resource-constrained healthcare and DIB buyers needing outsourced, automated threat defense.

Broad incumbents

• CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike is a leading endpoint and cloud security platform with a growing SMB and federal practice, including healthcare and defense. Its Falcon platform competes with Celerium on AI-driven threat detection and is increasingly targeting the same agentless, fast-deploy use cases.
• Sophos: Sophos is a broad incumbent in endpoint, network, and managed security for SMB and mid-market, including healthcare and education. It competes with Celerium on ease-of-deployment and managed security, but serves a much wider customer base.
• SentinelOne: SentinelOne provides AI-driven endpoint and cloud security with a Singularity platform that targets federal and healthcare, overlapping with Celerium on automated detection and adaptive protection.
• Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks offers a broad security portfolio including next-gen firewalls, Cortex XDR, and Prisma, with strong federal and healthcare presence. It overlaps with Celerium on network boundary defense, threat blocking, and CMMC-aligned offerings for the DIB.
• Tanium: Tanium provides endpoint and converged endpoint management with deep federal and defense customers, and competes with Celerium on visibility, real-time response, and CMMC-aligned capabilities for the DIB.

Emerging players

• ReliaQuest: ReliaQuest delivers GreyMatter, a security operations platform with strong healthcare and financial-services presence that competes with Celerium's collective-defense and automated threat analysis positioning.
• Darktrace: Darktrace applies self-learning AI to network and email threat detection, similar in spirit to Celerium's automated, adaptive threat-scoring approach, and serves healthcare and industrial customers globally.
• ThreatLocker: ThreatLocker offers allowlisting, application control, and ringfencing aimed at SMB and MSPs, competing with Celerium's network defense and MSP-focused Network Defender in the same buyer segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/celeriumdefense
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/celeriumdefense

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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