CYBERDEFENSE AI

What CYBERDEFENSE AI does

CYBERDEFENSE.AI is a privately held Canadian cybersecurity vendor founded in 2020 and headquartered in Québec, building an AI-native preemptive cybersecurity platform. Its flagship product, the Preemptive Cybersecurity System (PCS), unifies 11 integrated security layers — AI-WAF, DDoS Protection, Geo DNS Firewall, Advanced Geo-Fencing, Advanced Threat Protection, IDS, IPS, AI-Powered Incident Monitoring, Logs Analytics, CDN, and Automated Compliance — around a behavioral AI engine that continuously learns legitimate traffic patterns and autonomously contains deviations before exploitation completes. The platform operates without signatures, rules, or threat-intelligence feeds, and has been independently benchmarked at 98.6/100 on GoTestWaf versus 58/100 for a comparison WAF product at default configuration.

The company sells primarily through a direct enterprise field-sales motion targeted at large organizations and government agencies, supported by 30-minute live demos and on-premise or Kubernetes-native proof-of-concept deployments. Pricing is quote-based with multi-year enterprise contracts; no public price list exists. Named reference customers are concentrated in Canadian government (Quebec Government, Canadian Government Agencies), and the company's origin is tied to the 2021 Log4Shell crisis, in which its behavioral AI detected and neutralized exploits without signatures for the Quebec government. Revenue model is recurring subscription with deployment across cloud, on-premise, and Kubernetes environments, and the platform carries built-in compliance mapping for HIPAA, PCI-DSS, NIST 800-53, FIPS 140-2/140-3, and CCCS.

CYBERDEFENSE.AI is go-to-market across six vertical segments (Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Retail & E-Commerce, Manufacturing, and SaaS & Technology), distributes solely through direct and inside sales with no disclosed channel partners, and partnered with SIMNET for proprietary Points of Presence infrastructure. The company is founder-led under CEO/CTO Mickael Nadeau, has 11-50 employees, has raised no disclosed institutional funding, and was recognized in 2025 by Gartner as aligned with the future direction of preemptive cybersecurity.

Name

CYBERDEFENSE AI

Legal name

CYBERDEFENSE.AI

Website

https://cyberdefense.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CYBERDEFENSE.AI is a Canadian cybersecurity vendor offering an AI-native preemptive platform that uses behavioral AI to autonomously contain threats across 11 integrated security layers, serving enterprises and government agencies via direct subscription contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

DevSecOps, Cloud Security Automation & Policy-as-Code (HDABAHAM), Prompt Security & Injection Defense (HDAAAKAE), Cybersecurity Architecture & Security Integration (BPAEAAAL)

Keywords

• Preemptive cybersecurity
• AI threat detection
• Web application firewall
• DDoS protection
• Intrusion prevention

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cybersecurity Platform Subscription: AI-native cybersecurity platform delivered as a subscription service with deployment options including cloud-based multi-cloud deployment, on-premise deployment for enterprise clients with custom requirements using CYBERDEFENSE.AI's hosting platform or client's own infrastructure on an Enterprise plan, and Kubernetes-native deployment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CYBERDEFENSE.AI develops and sells an AI-native preemptive cybersecurity platform (Preemptive Cybersecurity System / PCS) that secures web applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure through behavioral intelligence and autonomous containment of threats before exploitation completes. The platform unifies 11 integrated security layers — including AI-WAF, DDoS protection, Geo DNS Firewall, Geo-Fencing, ATP, IDS, IPS, incident monitoring, logs analytics, CDN, and automated compliance — and is delivered as a subscription with cloud, on-premise, and Kubernetes-native deployment options for enterprise and government customers.

Product overview

CYBERDEFENSE.AI is an AI-native preemptive cybersecurity platform built in Canada, offering a unified Preemptive Cybersecurity System (PCS) with 11 integrated layers of protection. The core platform centers on behavioral AI that continuously learns legitimate traffic patterns to detect and autonomously contain threats before exploitation completes. The portfolio includes AI-Powered Web Application Firewall (AI-WAF), AI-Powered DDoS Protection, Geo DNS Firewall, AI-Driven Advanced Geo-Fencing, Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Intrusion Detection System (IDS), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), AI-Powered Incident Monitoring, Logs Analytics System, Content Delivery Network (CDN), and Automated Compliance. All capabilities share a behavioral AI engine, unified management console, and single telemetry layer, delivering protection without signatures, rules, or manual intervention across cloud, on-premise, and Kubernetes deployments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Preemptive Cybersecurity System (PCS) AI-native preemptive cybersecurity platform that secures web applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure through behavioral intelligence, intent-driven analysis, and policy-governed autonomous containment before threats become breaches. Sold to enterprise and government customers as a unified subscription.
• AI-Powered Web Application Firewall (AI-WAF) Application-layer security solution that analyzes web traffic behavior using machine learning algorithms to detect and block zero-day exploits, injection attempts, and session abuse before reaching applications, with minimal latency impact. Achieved 98.6/100 on the GoTestWaf benchmark.
• AI-Powered DDoS Protection Real-time DDoS mitigation that distinguishes legitimate traffic from malicious floods across layers 3–7 using machine learning models, maintaining 99.99% uptime during multi-vector attack campaigns.
• Geo DNS Firewall Geolocation-aware DNS resolution combined with intelligent firewall controls that blocks malicious sources and unauthorized regions before connections are established, providing low-latency first-line defense.
• AI-Driven Advanced Geo-Fencing Geographic access control solution using AI risk-scoring per region with dynamic policy updates in real-time, delivering zero-false-block precision across 200+ countries and territories.
• Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Multi-layered threat protection operating across network, endpoint, web, and cloud layers that uses behavioral AI to identify advanced persistent threats and zero-day exploits with accelerated response times, including MITRE ATT&CK framework integration.
• Intrusion Detection System (IDS) AI-enhanced network monitoring system that establishes behavioral baselines of normal activity and identifies deviations indicating intrusion attempts, including novel attack techniques without known signatures.
• Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Active threat blocking system that automatically stops attacks in real-time without human intervention, dropping malicious packets, blocking connections, and enforcing security policies within milliseconds of detection.
• AI-Powered Incident Monitoring Continuous AI-driven monitoring that aggregates signals from the entire security ecosystem, delivering unified incident view with intelligent prioritization and context for swift response around the clock, with SIEM and ticketing integration.
• Logs Analytics System Centralized log analytics that transforms raw event data from network devices, servers, applications, and security tools into actionable security intelligence using AI correlation for faster investigations and proactive threat hunting.
• Content Delivery Network (CDN) Global content delivery network with AI-optimized smart routing that serves content from edge nodes closest to users, reducing latency to sub-25ms while maintaining security at every CDN node.
• Automated Compliance Built-in compliance monitoring that continuously maps security controls to regulatory frameworks including HIPAA, PCI-DSS, NIST, CCCS, and FIPS 140-2/140-3, generating audit-ready documentation automatically.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98.6/100 GoTestWaf Benchmark score vs 58/100 for alternative WAF products at default configuration
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability11 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SIMNETcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInfrastructure partner providing world-class technology, hands-on accountability, and top-tier support meeting data sovereignty, security, and compliance requirements with a global presence. Partnership enabled migration from cloud to Points of Presence (PoP) infrastructure in 2023.
• Québec Government / RCGTcoreOthersProvincial government support and RCGT (likely a government funding or advisory body) supported the launch of the Platform-as-a-Service in 2022 after a year of scaling with initial customers.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cloudflare: Cloudflare offers WAF, DDoS protection, CDN, bot management, and Zero Trust services that directly overlap with CYBERDEFENSE.AI's AI-WAF, DDoS, Geo-Fencing, and CDN products. Both deliver cloud-native security infrastructure with performance SLAs as a subscription, making it the closest incumbent peer.
• Darktrace: Darktrace uses self-learning AI to model normal behavior across network, email, cloud, and OT environments and autonomously responds to deviations. This mirrors CYBERDEFENSE.AI's behavioral AI engine and preemptive autonomous containment approach, making it a direct AI-behavioral peer.
• Vectra AI: Vectra AI applies behavioral machine learning to detect attacker behaviors in network and cloud workloads, prioritizing threats and enabling faster response. Its AI-driven threat detection and response approach is closely comparable to CYBERDEFENSE.AI's anomaly detection and AI-driven incident monitoring capabilities.
• Arctic Wolf: Arctic Wolf delivers AI-enhanced managed detection and response plus security operations services to mid-market and enterprise customers. Its combination of managed security and AI-driven monitoring parallels CYBERDEFENSE.AI's incident monitoring and managed security services positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Zscaler: Zscaler provides cloud-delivered security including Zscaler Web Firewall, DDoS protection, and Zero Trust networking. Its subscription-based cloud security platform overlaps with CYBERDEFENSE.AI's web application and network security stack at much larger enterprise scale.
• CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike's Falcon platform delivers AI-native endpoint, identity, cloud, and log management security to enterprises globally. While broader than CYBERDEFENSE.AI's network/app focus, CrowdStrike competes for the same CISO budgets with AI-driven threat prevention at much larger scale.
• SentinelOne: SentinelOne's Singularity Platform uses AI for autonomous endpoint, cloud, and identity threat prevention and response. Like CYBERDEFENSE.AI, it emphasizes autonomous, behavior-based protection without signatures, making it a comparable AI-native security philosophy peer.
• Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks offers Prisma Cloud, Cortex XSIAM, and Strata Network Security, providing AI-driven threat prevention across network, cloud, and SOC operations. Its Prisma Web Application Firewall and Advanced Threat Prevention compete head-to-head with CYBERDEFENSE.AI's WAF and ATP products in enterprise deals.
• Akamai (Guardicore / App & API Protector): Akamai provides WAF, bot management, DDoS protection, and API security at massive global CDN scale. Its App & API Protector and Prolexic DDoS services compete directly with CYBERDEFENSE.AI's AI-WAF, DDoS, and CDN offerings for enterprise and government customers.

Emerging players

• Lacework: Lacework applies AI-driven behavioral analytics to cloud security posture, workload protection, and compliance. As an AI-native cloud security platform with compliance automation, it shares CYBERDEFENSE.AI's architectural philosophy in a narrower cloud-focused segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cyberdefenseai
• Facebookfacebook.com/CYBERDEFENSEAI
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cyberdefense-ai

Compliance5 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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