What DigiFors does

DigiFors GmbH is a Leipzig-based German IT security and digital forensics services firm founded in 2011, targeting small and medium enterprises (KMU), government agencies (Behörden), and law firms (Kanzleien) that lack the internal resources to operate dedicated cybersecurity functions. The company is BSI-accredited as an APT-Response service provider and ISO/IEC 27001 certified, and holds Wazuh Platinum Partner status, anchoring its service portfolio in recognized regulatory and vendor credentials.

The company's offerings span the full security lifecycle: prevention through penetration testing (including a specialized AI penetration testing practice covering LLM systems, RAG architectures, and agentic AI); detection through a 24/7 managed SOC built on the open-source Wazuh SIEM platform and threat hunting powered by Binalyze AIR; and response and analysis through 24/7 incident response with a 30-minute initial assessment guarantee, IT forensics, 3D laser-scanning digital crime-scene forensics, and audio forensics. Adjacent services include CISO-as-a-Service, Wazuh consulting and implementation, cyber crisis simulation, and whistleblower protection compliance. Technology choices emphasize open-source and best-of-breed tools (Wazuh, Binalyze AIR, Burp AI) rather than proprietary platforms.

DigiFors operates a direct, consultative B2B/B2G sales model across Germany, with no self-serve or marketplace distribution. Revenue is generated primarily through subscription managed SOC contracts (~EUR 20,000 setup plus ~EUR 45,000/year for 24/7 operations) and project-based professional services across incident response, pentesting, forensics, and consulting engagements. The company is founder/management-owned with no disclosed external institutional investment, led by Managing Director Nico Mueller.

Name

DigiFors

Legal name

DigiFors GmbH

Website

https://digifors.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DigiFors GmbH is a Leipzig-based German cybersecurity and IT forensics services firm founded in 2011, serving SMEs, government agencies, and law firms with managed SOC, incident response, penetration testing, AI red teaming, and digital forensics. It is BSI-accredited and a Wazuh Platinum Partner.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Leipzig

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Managed SOC / SOC as a Service: 24/7 monitoring and response service delivered via Wazuh platform. Typically billed on a recurring subscription basis (annual/monthly). Customers receive continuous security monitoring, incident detection, and structured response as an outsourced SOC function.
2. Incident Response Services: Emergency cybersecurity incident response available 24/7 with guaranteed 30-minute initial assessment. Includes remote and on-site support, forensic evidence preservation, and post-incident analysis. May be standalone or bundled with managed SOC contracts.
3. Penetration Testing (incl. AI Pentesting): Security testing services including network penetration tests, web application tests, AI/LLM penetration tests, and red teaming. Typically project-based engagements with defined scope.
4. IT Forensics & Digital Forensics Consulting: Digital forensics services including forensic data recovery, IT expert opinions (gerichtsverwertbare Gutachten), digital crime scene forensics (3D laser scanning), and audio forensics. Delivered as professional services engagements.
5. CISO-as-a-Service / Cybersecurity Consulting: External CISO advisory service providing strategic security consulting, security concept development, and compliance advisory (DSGVO, ISO 27001, NIS2, DORA, CRA). Delivered as consulting engagements or retainer.
6. Wazuh Consulting & Implementation: Wazuh platform consulting including architecture design, implementation, integration into existing security architectures, and ongoing operational management. As Wazuh Platinum Partner, provides enterprise-level Wazuh deployment services.
7. Cyber Krisensimulation & Training: Crisis simulation exercises and tabletop training for cybersecurity incident response readiness. Includes workshop-based IR training and NIST-aligned crisis management exercises.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DigiFors is a German cybersecurity services firm that delivers outsourced Security Operations Center operations (SOC as a Service) built on the Wazuh open-source SIEM platform, alongside 24/7 incident response with a 30-minute initial assessment guarantee. Its portfolio also covers penetration testing (including specialized AI/LLM and agentic AI red teaming), IT forensics, digital crime-scene forensics (3D laser scanning), audio forensics, threat hunting on Binalyze AIR, cybersecurity consulting and CISO-as-a-Service, and NIST-aligned cyber crisis simulation workshops. The company is BSI-accredited as an APT-Response provider and ISO/IEC 27001 certified.

Product overview

DigiFors is a German cybersecurity services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of security services rather than a single unified software product. The core offerings center on managed SOC services (SOC as a Service using Wazuh), incident response, penetration testing (including specialized AI penetration testing), IT forensics, and threat hunting. These services are delivered through specialized teams and tools including Binalyze AIR for threat hunting, and are supported by consulting, crisis simulation, and IR planning services. The company operates as Wazuh Platinum Partner and BSI-accredited APT response provider, integrating the Wazuh open-source security platform into customer environments for SIEM and SOC operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SOC as a Service (Managed SOC) Outsourced 24/7 Security Operations Center service that continuously monitors customer IT systems, detects cyber threats, and orchestrates response using the Wazuh open-source SIEM platform; targeted at German SMEs and public-sector clients without an internal SOC.
• Incident Response Service 24/7 emergency cyber-incident response providing a 30-minute initial assessment, remote and on-site support, digital evidence preservation, and root-cause analysis to contain incidents and prevent recurrence.
• Penetration Testing (Penetrationstests) Project-based penetration tests simulating real attackers against customer IT environments, including web application testing, network perimeter testing, and AI-system assessments to identify exploitable vulnerabilities before adversaries can.
• AI Penetration Testing (KI Penetrationstest) Specialized red-team engagements against AI/LLM systems that examine prompt and context isolation, indirect prompt injection, data exfiltration via model output, excessive agency in agentic AI, and alignment issues.
• Threat Hunting Proactive threat-hunting engagements that use indicator-based, data-driven, and hypothesis-based methodologies on the Binalyze AIR platform to surface malware, compromise indicators, and APT activity that conventional EDR/XDR tools miss.
• IT Forensics (IT-Forensik) Digital forensics services for organizations, law firms, and government agencies, including forensic data recovery, IT expert opinions (gerichtsverwertbare Gutachten), image forensics, and virtual reconstructions producing court-admissible evidence under DIN ISO 27037.
• Digital Crime Scene Forensics (Digitale Tatortforensik) Crime-scene forensics using 3D laser scanning, image forensics, and virtual reconstructions to analyze physical and digital scenes and produce court-admissible evidence for complex investigations.
• Audio Forensics (Audioforensik) Precision analysis of audio recordings for speaker identification, manipulation detection, and intelligibility improvement, used in investigations, court proceedings, and technical examinations.
• Cybersecurity Consulting (CISO-as-a-Service) Strategic cybersecurity consulting (CISO-as-a-Service) including security assessments, vulnerability identification, remediation roadmaps, and implementation of firewalls, antivirus, intrusion detection, and encryption technologies, plus regulatory compliance advisory.
• Cyber Crisis Simulation (Tabletop Exercises) Realistic, NIST-aligned crisis simulation workshops and tabletop exercises that rehearse incident command, communications, and decision-making under public-exposure, compliance-violation, IT-security-incident, and outage scenarios.
• Incident Response Plan and Workshop Incident response planning services, including custom IR plan development, onboarding with 24/7 or business-hours coverage options, and tabletop exercises based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Wazuh Consulting and Implementation As the Wazuh Platinum Partner, DigiFors provides architecture, implementation, integration, and operational services for the Wazuh SIEM and SOC platform inside customer security environments.
• Whistleblower Protection System (Hinweisgeberschutz) A whistleblower protection system compliant with the German Whistleblower Protection Act (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz), providing a secure and anonymous reporting channel for compliance violations and misconduct.

Quantifiable outcome

• Managed SOC pricing at ~65,000 EUR/year total (vs. 435,000–620,000 EUR for internal SOC) delivers cost savings of up to ~550,000 EUR annually for mid-sized enterprises with 500+ systems monitored.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability9 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• WazuhcoreTechnology or IntegrationDigiFors is the Wazuh Platinum Partner — the highest official partnership tier. As a Platinum Partner, DigiFors provides professional consulting, clean implementation, and enterprise-level operation of Wazuh SIEM and SOC solutions, from initial architecture design to ongoing managed services. The partnership enables DigiFors to deliver cost-efficient managed SOC services without proprietary licensing costs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cure53: Berlin-based boutique security firm specializing in penetration testing, code audits, and security research. Comparable to DigiFors's specialized penetration testing practice and emerging AI/LLM security assessments.
• secunet Security Networks AG: Leading German cybersecurity firm with strong public-sector and government footprint. Comparable to DigiFors in targeting German authorities with accredited security and forensics services, but operating at significantly larger scale with broader product portfolio.
• HiSolutions AG: German IT security consulting and managed security services provider offering SOC, penetration testing, and incident response to enterprises and public-sector clients — directly overlapping DigiFors's core service mix and German SME/government customer segments.
• G Data CyberDefense AG: Established German cybersecurity vendor serving SMEs and consumers with antivirus, endpoint, and managed security offerings. Comparable as a German-headquartered security services provider competing for the same SME customer base.
• SySS GmbH: German penetration testing and IT security consulting firm serving enterprise and government clients. Directly comparable to DigiFors's pentesting, red teaming, and security consulting offerings within the same German market.

Broad incumbents

• Allgeier Group: German IT services group with a cybersecurity practice spanning managed security, consulting, and SOC services. Comparable as a broader German incumbent offering overlapping capabilities, but operating as a much larger diversified IT services business.
• Arctic Wolf Networks: Global MDR/SOC provider delivering 24/7 managed detection and response through a partner channel. Comparable as a managed SOC competitor targeting SMEs and mid-market, though at global scale and with proprietary technology stack.
• CrowdStrike Holdings: Global cybersecurity leader offering Falcon MDR/SOC, incident response, and threat intelligence. Comparable as a managed SOC and IR competitor, with substantially broader product portfolio, geographic reach, and enterprise customer base.

Emerging players

• SoSafe GmbH: German cybersecurity awareness and human risk management platform. Comparable as a German-headquartered emerging cybersecurity vendor targeting SMEs, though focused on awareness training rather than SOC/forensics.

Regional players

• SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH: German IT system integrator with security services portfolio including SOC consulting, SIEM implementation, and compliance. Comparable in serving German enterprises with managed security services, but with broader infrastructure focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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