What Olfeo does

Olfeo is a French cybersecurity vendor founded in 2003 that develops Security Service Edge (SSE) and Secure Web Gateway (SWG) solutions for organizations operating under European data-sovereignty constraints. Its platform combines proxy-based web filtering, CASB for SaaS visibility and Shadow IT detection, DNS filtering, SSL/TLS decryption, and an exclusive Zero Trust Internet Access (ZTIA) layer that proactively blocks unknown and unverified URLs. The core technical asset is a proprietary database of more than 22 million domains classified into 100 categories across 9 themes, alongside a catalog of 6,000+ B2B SaaS applications, both maintained via AI-assisted pre-classification combined with human validation and supported by a co-developed algorithm with France's DGA. The product portfolio spans OLFEO SSE (cloud), OLFEO On-Premise (self-hosted), and OLFEO OEM (white-label URL and SaaS databases licensed to other security vendors).

Olfeo monetizes through three streams: SaaS subscriptions for the SSE platform, perpetual on-premise licenses with maintenance, and OEM database licensing on annual subscription. The company sells primarily through a tiered certified partner network of 100+ integrators and operators across France, supplemented by direct enterprise sales. Its 500+ customer base is concentrated in French healthcare (150+ facilities including CHU de Poitiers and CHU de Martinique), local authorities (200+ municipalities such as Marseille, Carcassonne, Val d'Oise), and mid-to-large enterprises (Monoprix, Leclerc, Champagnes Roederer), with the French Army label and more than 10 years of France Cybersecurity certification reinforcing public-sector positioning.

Since June 2025, Olfeo has operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ekinops S.A. (Euronext Paris: EKIN) under the brand "Olfeo by Ekinops," combining its SSE stack with Ekinops' SD-WAN to deliver a 100% European SASE offering. Olfeo's revenue flows into Ekinops' Software & Services segment, which grew 27% year-over-year in FY 2025 against €105.0 million of group revenue. The combined group has continued to invest in Zero Trust capabilities, including the March 2026 acquisition of French cybersecurity startup Chimere to extend ZTNA.

Name

Olfeo

Legal name

Olfeo

Website

https://olfeo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Olfeo is a French cybersecurity vendor founded in 2003 that provides Security Service Edge and Secure Web Gateway solutions, combining proprietary URL and SaaS classification databases with exclusive Zero Trust Internet Access technology for European-sovereign deployments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Network Security Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (513210), Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Secure Web Gateways (SWG) Appliances (HDAFAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Network Security Services (Firewall/VPN/ZTNA/SASE Integration) (BPAEAEAG), Data Security & Privacy Managed Services (DLP/Encryption) (BPAEADAL), Web Application Security (WAF, RASP) (HDADACAA)

Keywords

• Secure web gateway
• URL filtering
• Cloud access security broker
• DNS filtering
• Security service edge

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Subscriptions (SaaS): Olfeo offers its SSE platform as a SaaS solution with subscription-based pricing. The company reports Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) as a key metric. Olfeo's Software & Services revenue contributed to Ekinops' 27% growth in this segment in 2025.
2. On-Premise Licenses: Olfeo offers on-premise solutions for organizations requiring complete data control. Revenue generated through software licenses and related services.
3. OEM Database Licensing: White-label URL and SaaS application databases licensed to software publishers (cybersecurity and network software vendors) who wish to enrich their products with Olfeo's categorization data.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Olfeo develops and sells web security and content filtering software, centered on a Security Service Edge (SSE) platform that combines Secure Web Gateway (SWG), CASB, DNS filtering, DLP, and an exclusive Zero Trust Internet Access (ZTIA) technology. The portfolio is delivered as cloud-based SaaS (OLFEO SSE), self-hosted on-premise software (OLFEO On-Premise Secure Web Gateway), or white-label OEM databases (URL and SaaS application databases) for software publishers.

Product overview

Olfeo (now Olfeo by Ekinops) is a French cybersecurity company specializing in Secure Web Security since 2003. The product portfolio centers on three main lines: OLFEO SSE (cloud-based Security Service Edge), OLFEO On-Premise (on-premise Secure Web Gateway), and OLFEO OEM (white-label URL and SaaS application databases). The SSE platform combines SWG, CASB, DNS filtering, DLP, and exclusive Zero Trust Internet Access (ZTIA) technology. The OEM databases provide URL categorization (25M+ domains) and SaaS application intelligence (6,000+ apps) for software publishers. Acquired by Ekinops in June 2025, Olfeo now forms part of a unified SASE offering combining SD-WAN connectivity with SSE cybersecurity for European sovereignty.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OLFEO SSE Cloud-based Security Service Edge (SSE) platform providing comprehensive web security including Secure Web Gateway (SWG), CASB for SaaS visibility, DNS filtering, and DLP. First European SSE offering a 100% sovereign SaaS solution not subject to extraterritorial laws such as the U.S. Cloud Act. Includes exclusive Zero Trust Internet Access technology and connectors to SIEM/XDR and ZTNA solutions.
• OLFEO On-Premise (Secure Web Gateway) On-premise Secure Web Gateway deployed within customer IT infrastructure. Provides proxy, web filtering, web antivirus, DNS filtering, and SSL/TLS decryption with fine-grained configuration and high granularity of outgoing flow filtering. Designed for organizations requiring complete data control and sovereignty.
• OLFEO OEM URL Database White-label URL and domain database for cybersecurity and network software publishers. Contains 20+ million domains classified across 9 themes and 100 categories, with AI-based pre-classification and human validation ensuring 99%+ reliability. Provided as weekly-updated LMDB files (approximately 2.5GB) or via API access.
• OLFEO OEM SaaS Application Database White-label SaaS application database for software publishers. Contains 6,000+ B2B SaaS applications with metadata including IPv4/IPv6 addresses and domain information, covering 90%+ of usages. Enables Shadow IT detection, CASB functionality, and network performance monitoring integration. Provided as JSON files under 30MB, updated weekly.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deployment in less than an hour with Cloud Native approach
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• SekoiacoreTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2025Integration with Sekoia.io allows information and data from Olfeo's Secure Web Gateway (SWG) to be fed directly into the Sekoia.io platform, optimizing security processes. Browsing data and domain categorization are synchronized to improve security alert management and incident response orchestration.
• SplunkcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2025Integration of Olfeo Secure Web Gateway with Splunk's SIEM provides Splunk users with greater visibility into web traffic security. Enables sending browsing logs to Splunk for centralized security monitoring.
• WallixcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2025Implementation of Wallix Trustelem identity solution with Olfeo SaaS product. Wallix Trustelem acts as an IDP providing SSO and centralized identity management. An Olfeo application is available in the Wallix catalog.
• EkinopsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2025In June 2025, Ekinops acquired Olfeo, a French cybersecurity company specializing in secure Internet access through its SSE platform since 2003. This alliance created a leading European SASE provider that unifies connectivity, network security, and access control. Olfeo is now branded as 'Olfeo by Ekinops'.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Forcepoint: Direct SWG and DLP competitor with enterprise web security products targeting similar regulated and government verticals as Olfeo.
• Netskope: SSE/SASE platform offering cloud SWG, CASB, and DLP with a focus on SaaS visibility and Shadow IT detection — the same core use cases as Olfeo SSE and Olfeo's OEM SaaS app database.
• Zscaler: Global SSE/SASE leader whose Zscaler Internet Access is the canonical cloud-native Secure Web Gateway. Direct overlap with Olfeo SSE on SWG, CASB, ZTNA, and cloud-delivered web security.
• Skyhigh Security: Cloud-native SSE/SWG platform spun out of McAfee Enterprise, focused on data-aware web security and CASB — directly overlapping Olfeo's SSE + DLP + CASB stack.

Emerging players

• Wallix: European cybersecurity vendor specializing in PAM and identity (Trustelem SSO), already an integration partner of Olfeo. Adjacent in identity-driven zero-trust security for European enterprises.
• Cato Networks: SASE pioneer combining SD-WAN with cloud-native SWG, ZTNA, and FWaaS — same converged SASE positioning that Ekinops is building with Olfeo.

Regional players

• Stormshield: French/European cybersecurity vendor (subsidiary of Airbus) with sovereign endpoint, network, and data security products. Comparable to Olfeo on sovereign European positioning for French public-sector and OIV buyers.

Others

• Sekoia: French XDR/SIEM platform and Olfeo technology integration partner. Comparable as a French sovereign cybersecurity vendor serving public sector and OIV segments, though operating in a different product category (XDR vs. SSE).

Broad incumbents

• Cisco Secure Access (Umbrella): Cisco Umbrella is a leading cloud-delivered Secure Web Gateway, now part of Cisco Secure Access. Broad incumbent competing with Olfeo for enterprise and public-sector web security budgets in Europe.
• Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access: Broad incumbent cybersecurity vendor with Prisma Access as its cloud-delivered SASE/SSE offering. Competes with Olfeo on enterprise web security and increasingly on sovereign European deployments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/EkinopsSA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ekinops

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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