Tic Defense

What Tic Defense does

TIC DEFENSE is a private cybersecurity company founded in 2016, headquartered in Hollywood, Florida, with primary operations in Mexico City and field offices across Latin America (Dominican Republic, Peru, Panama), Europe (Madrid), and claimed presence in Asia. The company targets government, financial services, manufacturing, energy, retail, and education clients with the PIGNUS platform suite — a 12-module portfolio covering cyber threat intelligence (CTI), endpoint detection and response (EDR), security information and event management (SIEM), dark web monitoring, brand protection, global exposure analysis, GRC, awareness training, incident helpdesk, lie detection, and digital footprint analysis. The PIGNUS CYBERSOC managed detection and response service is the operational layer, supported by an in-house threat intelligence corpus of 7+ million Indicators of Compromise and a claimed processing capacity of 800+ million logs per minute.

The company manufactures 65% of its cybersecurity technologies in-house and combines this with a multi-tier channel program (Added Value resellers, MSP partners, Agents, Technology Alliance Partners) and direct enterprise sales. Revenue is generated through subscription licensing of the PIGNUS suite, professional services (ethical hacking, penetration testing, red/blue/purple team operations, digital forensics), managed detection and response via CYBERSOC, and training/awareness programs through the PIGNUS DOCERE virtual university. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company holds 10+ accredited security certifications across quality, information security, risk, personal data protection, business continuity, anti-bribery, and IT governance.

Customer concentration, named logos, revenue figures, funding history, headcount, and management team are not disclosed in available sources. The company operates as a privately held entity with no disclosed external investors or parent company. Multi-modal AI/ML capabilities (anomaly detection, NLP, computer vision, predictive neural networks, deepfake detection) are embedded across the product suite, though no proprietary model architectures, research publications, or third-party benchmarks are documented.

Name

Tic Defense

Legal name

TIC DEFENSE

Website

https://ticdefense.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TIC DEFENSE is a private cybersecurity company founded in 2016 that provides the PIGNUS platform suite — including threat intelligence, EDR, SIEM, GRC, and managed detection and response — to government, financial services, manufacturing, energy, and retail clients across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity

NAICS

Other Computer Related Services (541519), Security Systems Services (56162)

akta.pro primary industry

Fraud, Cybercrime Investigations & Brand/Dark Web Monitoring (BPAKAHAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

OT Asset Discovery, Inventory & Vulnerability Management (HDADAJAE)

Keywords

• Cybersecurity platforms
• Threat intelligence
• Endpoint detection response
• Managed detection response
• Security information event management

Headquarters

HQ city

Miguel Hidalgo

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cybersecurity Platforms (PIGNUS Suite): Subscription-based licensing of proprietary cybersecurity platforms including CTI, EDR, SIEM, Dark Web Monitor, Brands protection, GEP, Awareness, Helpdesk, GRC, Lie Detection, and Fingerprint solutions.
2. Professional Cybersecurity Services: Specialized services including ethical hacking, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, digital forensics, security audits, Red Team/Blue Team/Purple Team operations, and incident response.
3. Managed Detection and Response (MDR): Cybersecurity Operations Center (CYBERSOC) providing continuous monitoring, detection, analysis, and managed response services with machine learning anomaly detection.
4. Awareness and Training Services: Organizational awareness programs, virtual university (DOCERE), specialized training, seminars, courses, workshops, diplomas, and cyber attack simulators.
5. PIGNUS DOCERE - Cybersecurity University: Virtual academy with educational cybersecurity content designed for different career plans and information security profiles across operational, tactical, and strategic levels.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tic Defense designs, manufactures, and sells the proprietary PIGNUS cybersecurity platform suite, including PIGNUS CTI, PIGNUS EDR, and PIGNUS SIEM, alongside specialized modules such as Dark Web Monitor, Brands, GEP, DOCERE, Awareness, Helpdesk, GRC, Lie Detection, and Fingerprint. The company also delivers managed detection and response (MDR) via PIGNUS CYBERSOC and professional cybersecurity services including ethical hacking, penetration testing, digital forensics, and Red/Blue/Purple Team operations for enterprise and government clients.

Product overview

Tic Defense operates as a comprehensive cybersecurity platform company offering the PIGNUS product suite with a centralized PIGNUS CYBERSOC platform. The portfolio includes core products (PIGNUS CTI for threat intelligence, PIGNUS EDR for endpoint protection, and PIGNUS SIEM for security monitoring) complemented by specialized add-on modules including Dark Web monitoring, Brand protection, Global Exposure analysis, Cybersecurity University training, Organizational awareness, Helpdesk incident management, GRC compliance, Lie Detection, and Fingerprint analysis. The CYBERSOC MDR platform integrates these capabilities into a unified Cybersecurity Operations Center delivering managed detection and response services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PIGNUS: Proprietary cybersecurity platform brand under which multiple products operate including PIGNUS CTI (Cyber Threat Intelligence), PIGNUS EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response), PIGNUS SIEM, PIGNUS DARK WEB MONITOR, PIGNUS BRANDS, PIGNUS GEP, PIGNUS CYBERSECURITY UNIVERSITY (DOCERE), PIGNUS AWARENESS, PIGNUS HELPDESK CYBERSECURITY, PIGNUS GRC (Cumplimiento Normativo), PIGNUS LIE DETECTION, and PIGNUS FINGERPRINT.

Products and services

• PIGNUS CTI (Cyber Threat Intelligence) Cyber Threat Intelligence platform that enables Security Operations Centers to prevent sophisticated cyber-attacks through predictive methods, cognitive analysis, and a database of more than 7 million Indicators of Compromise, with collaboration with CERTs internationally.
• PIGNUS EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) Endpoint protection combining prevention, detection, and response in a single autonomous agent designed to stop threats in early stages including ransomware, malware, phishing, vulnerability exploits, and fileless attacks.
• PIGNUS SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) Security Information and Event Management platform that incorporates diverse data sources to eliminate blind spots, featuring predesigned anomaly detection, machine learning-based threat detection, and embedded investigation and case management.
• PIGNUS Dark Web Monitor Platform that monitors millions of Dark Web restricted channels to automate collection and alerting of information about organizations, employees, and customers.
• PIGNUS Brands Analysis platform monitoring millions of web domains, social networks, forums, commerce sites, and electronic auctions to identify possible abuses of corporate identity.
• PIGNUS GEP (Global Exposure Platform) Real-time analysis of public exposure degree to identify risks, potential threats, and vulnerabilities that organizations face from the Internet.
• PIGNUS DOCERE (Cybersecurity University) Virtual Academy with cybersecurity educational content designed for different career paths and information security profiles across operational, tactical, and strategic levels.
• PIGNUS Awareness Organizational cybersecurity awareness platform providing social engineering testing, simulations, and training for entire organizations.
• PIGNUS Helpdesk Cybersecurity Cyber Incident Management Platform for monitoring, prioritizing incident response, managing knowledge base, and generating advanced reports on cyber incidents.
• PIGNUS GRC (Governance, Risks, and Compliance) Governance, Risks, and Compliance platform centralizing corporate governance management with flexible workflows and scoreboards to reduce organizational risks and prepare response plans.
• PIGNUS Lie Detection Personal risk analysis platform for deception detection using multiple technologies including eye tracking sensor, electrodermal activity sensor, and photoplethysmography for accurate and non-invasive diagnosis.
• PIGNUS Fingerprint Digital footprint analysis platform searching open source OSINT and Dark Web for risk factors related to unethical or non-professional conduct based on organizational position profiles.
• PIGNUS CYBERSOC (Managed Detection and Response) Cybersecurity Operations Center with managed detection and response (MDR) capabilities providing continuous monitoring, analysis, and containment of cyber threats with machine learning-based anomaly detection.
• Professional Cybersecurity Services Specialized services including ethical hacking, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, digital forensics, security audits, Red Team/Blue Team/Purple Team operations, and incident response for enterprise clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 800 million logs per minute processing capacity for real-time threat analysis
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability11 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Added Value Partners and ResellerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner program providing consulting and tools to review clients' environment, assess challenges, and create solutions. Resellers take advantage of the complete portfolio of TIC Defense cybersecurity solutions.
• Managed Service Provider (MSP) PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMSP partners take full ownership of their clients while TIC Defense helps develop their business model to incorporate more security solutions and services.
• Agent PartnersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAgents receive dedicated support to sell solutions and services on behalf of TIC Defense, with employee involvement in the sales process.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Arctic Wolf: MDR-focused vendor delivering managed detection, response, and risk management as a subscription service. Direct competitor to PIGNUS CYBERSOC MDR, especially for mid-market enterprises seeking outsourced SOC capabilities.
• Darktrace: AI-based threat detection and autonomous response platform using self-learning models — conceptually parallel to PIGNUS's neural-network/ML approach. Both target anomaly detection, predictive analytics, and integrated MDR delivery, making Darktrace a close peer in capability and category.
• SentinelOne: AI-driven endpoint security and Singularity platform combining EDR, XDR, and cloud workload protection. Most direct EDR-to-platform competitor to PIGNUS EDR, particularly for autonomous-agent and ML-based threat prevention use cases.
• Rapid7: Security analytics and MDR provider with InsightIDR, InsightConnect, and managed detection services. Comparable mid-market positioning to TIC Defense, with overlapping SIEM, vulnerability management, and MDR offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Trellix: Cybersecurity platform formed from the FireEye and McAfee Enterprise merger, offering XDR, SIEM, and CTI across endpoint, network, and cloud. Broadly comparable integrated platform competing for similar enterprise and government buyers.
• Sophos: Cybersecurity vendor offering endpoint, network, email, and managed detection and response (Sophos MDR). Competes head-to-head with PIGNUS EDR/SIEM/MDR, particularly through its strong channel-first GTM — analogous to TIC Defense's MSP/reseller model.
• CrowdStrike: Leading cloud-native cybersecurity platform with the Falcon suite spanning EDR, SIEM, CTI, identity protection, and MDR (Falcon Complete). Directly comparable to the PIGNUS integrated-platform strategy but at vastly greater scale and global enterprise penetration.
• Palo Alto Networks: Broad cybersecurity incumbent offering Cortex XSIEM, XDR, and Unit 42 managed services, plus Prisma Cloud and Strata networking security. Competes across the same CTI/EDR/SIEM/MDR categories as TIC Defense and represents the integrated-platform benchmark for enterprise buyers.
• Trend Micro: Established cybersecurity vendor with Vision One platform spanning XDR, SIEM, CTI, and OT/ICS security (TXOne). Overlaps with TIC Defense's OT/IoT/IIoT specialty and broad PIGNUS suite, particularly across Latin American enterprise and manufacturing accounts.

Regional players

• Sekuritance: Latvia-based but with comparable emerging-market footprint in compliance, fraud, KYC, and transaction-monitoring cybersecurity services. Represents a regional/scale-comparable peer operating in adjacent regulatory cybersecurity niches outside the Americas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/TIC_Defense
• Facebookfacebook.com/TICDefense
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ticdefense

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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