What Cybeta does

Cybeta is a U.S.-based cybersecurity data science company founded in 2019 by former U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence community professionals. The company built a predictive analytics platform that quantifies external cyber risk for organizations using a proprietary Threat Beta metric (a 0–2.0 scale inspired by financial beta), a Threat Alpha breach-loss prediction engine spanning 16 cost categories, and Cybeta Overwatch, an analyst-driven threat intelligence solution that monitors deep and dark web, open-source, and external attack surface signals. Threat Beta scores above 1.46 are stated to correlate with a cyber incident within 6–9 months, and the company claims predictive horizons extending to 12–18 months in testing, validated against 500+ use cases and 120+ data feeds. The platform is positioned for insurance underwriters, private equity firms, and enterprise risk/security teams across verticals including financial services, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing, with particular traction in cyber insurance underwriting and PE portfolio risk management.

Cybeta operated as a small (1–10 employees), bootstrapped private company based in Fishers, Indiana (with prior headquarters in Chicago), selling predictive cyber analytics through a quote-based enterprise subscription model and channel partnerships with specialty insurance brokerages. The business combined subscription recurring revenue from monitoring engagements (Threat Beta, Threat Alpha, Overwatch) with add-on modules such as Cybeta PE for private equity portfolio diligence. On May 4, 2026, global insurance broker Howden acquired Cybeta's intellectual property assets and absorbed its team into Howden's U.S. Cyber practice, converting Cybeta from an independent vendor into an embedded analytics layer inside Howden's broking and actuarial workflows for the U.S. cyber insurance market. Post-acquisition, Cybeta operates as part of Howden rather than as a standalone entity.

Name

Cybeta

Legal name

Cybeta, LLC

Website

https://cybeta.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cybeta provides predictive cybersecurity analytics — Threat Beta (risk scoring), Threat Alpha (breach loss projection), and Overwatch (threat intelligence) — to insurance underwriters, private equity firms, and enterprise risk teams, and is now part of Howden's U.S. Cyber practice following its May 2026 acquisition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Predictive Cybersecurity Analytics Software

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Risk Scoring, Fraud & Anomaly Detection (HDAAAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Threat Intelligence Services (BPAEADAC)

Keywords

• Predictive cybersecurity analytics
• Cyber risk quantification
• Threat intelligence platform
• Breach loss prediction
• External attack surface

Headquarters

HQ city

Fishers

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription-Based Analytics Services: Alternative data subscription service providing predictive cyber risk analytics including Threat Beta, Threat Alpha, and Cybeta Overwatch capabilities. Delivered as ongoing monitoring and reporting to enterprise clients for cyber risk assessment, insurance underwriting, and breach loss prediction.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cybeta provides predictive cybersecurity analytics that quantify the likelihood and financial impact of cyber events by combining machine learning, data science, and human analyst expertise drawn from former U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence community professionals. Its platform maps external infrastructure attack surfaces, scores organizations on a financial beta-inspired Threat βeta scale (0-2.0), and forecasts breach losses through Threat Alpha modeling. These capabilities are delivered as subscription analytics to insurance carriers, brokers, private equity firms, and enterprise risk managers for underwriting, due diligence, and risk quantification.

Product overview

Cybeta is a cybersecurity data science company offering a unified platform of threat intelligence products and services. The core portfolio consists of three integrated solutions: Cybeta Overwatch (near-real-time threat collection and alerting), Threat Beta (predictive cyber risk scoring), and Threat Alpha (breach loss financial impact analysis). These products work together to provide organizations with a complete picture of their external cyber risk—from probability of attack to financial consequences. An additional module, Cybeta PE, extends the platform for private equity portfolio risk management. The company was founded in 2019 by former U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence community data scientists, and was acquired by Howden in May 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cybeta Overwatch: An analyst-driven threat intelligence solution that provides continuous evaluation of external network infrastructure, deep and dark web monitoring, and actionable intelligence sourced from surface, deep and dark web, open-source intelligence, and attack surface discovery techniques.
• Threat Beta
• Threat Alpha
• Cybeta PE

Products and services

• Threat βeta™ Validated predictive cyber risk metric that quantifies the likelihood of a cyber event using a 0-2.0 financial beta-inspired scale. Provides external attack surface mapping, deep enumeration of IP addresses, open ports, and exposed technologies, weighted vulnerability scoring, and attack likelihood scoring for insurance underwriters, PE firms, enterprise risk managers, and CISOs.
• Threat Alpha™ Breach loss prediction technology that models the financial impact of cyber events by analyzing an organization's industry, revenue, attack surface, and Threat βeta risk factors. Breaks down hard and soft costs across 16 distinct categories of breach-related expenditure including breach loss distribution, hard cost breakdown, and actionable insights for remediation, legal, and compliance strategies. Targeted at executives, security teams, and insurers who need to quantify cyber risk and inform coverage and budget decisions.
• Cybeta Overwatch™ Analyst-driven threat intelligence solution providing near-real-time analysis and alerting of changes to global attack patterns matched against a client's unique business footprint. Sources include deep and dark web (hidden service communities, threat actor forums, illicit commodity markets, paste sites, IRC channels), open-source intelligence (public databases, global FTP, exposed S3 buckets, domain registries, social networks), and attack surface discovery techniques.
• Cybeta PE Analyst-driven intelligence solution for private equity portfolio risk management offering baseline enterprise cyber risk assessment, benchmarking against 20+ security benchmarks, breach calculation for VaR/ROI/insurance, vendor risk assessment, and prioritized remediation roadmaps. Includes dedicated analyst support with live readouts to CFOs, operating partners, and boards.

Quantifiable outcome

• Threat Beta scores above 1.46 correlate to a cyber incident within 6-9 months
• +3 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SecurityScorecard: Security ratings provider offering enterprise and supply chain risk scoring with insurance carrier adoption. Comparable to Cybeta's external attack surface and risk quantification products.
• BitSight: Market-leading security ratings and cyber risk scoring platform serving insurers and enterprises with continuous monitoring. Direct competitor to Threat Beta's predictive scoring and risk quantification capabilities.
• Balbix: Predictive cyber risk and exposure management platform using AI/ML to score and prioritize vulnerabilities and breach likelihood. Comparable predictive analytics positioning to Threat Beta.
• UpGuard: Third-party risk and attack surface management platform with security ratings used by enterprises and insurers. Overlaps with Cybeta Overwatch's external monitoring capabilities.
• Safe Security: Predictive breach likelihood scoring platform (SAFE) combining external telemetry, inside-out telemetry, and financial impact modeling. Most direct competitor to Threat Beta + Threat Alpha combined offering.
• RiskLens: Cyber risk quantification platform built on the FAIR methodology, translating cyber risk into financial terms for executives and insurers. Direct overlap with Threat Alpha's breach loss projection capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Recorded Future: Large-scale threat intelligence platform ingesting dark web, open-source, and technical telemetry. Overlaps with Cybeta Overwatch's deep/dark web intelligence collection capabilities at much larger scale.
• Tenable: Established vulnerability management and exposure platform (Nessus, Tenable One) with predictive exposure analytics. Broader incumbent serving many of the same enterprise and insurance customers.
• Moody's (Cyber Risk Solutions): Integrated cyber risk analytics through the Bitsight acquisition and Moody's RMS, serving insurers and financial institutions with quantified cyber risk data. Comparable insurer-facing distribution and quantification depth.

Emerging players

• Kovrr: Predictive cyber risk quantification platform focused on financial impact modeling for insurers and enterprises. Emerging peer with overlapping Threat Alpha-style breach loss projection capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Cybeta1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cybeta

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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