uber

What uber does

ÜNER is the professional portfolio and technical-innovation vehicle of Eric Ridvan Üner, an individual engineer, mathematician, and offensive cybersecurity expert with 30+ years of experience spanning defense, intelligence, healthcare, e-commerce, and consumer electronics markets. The entity is structured as a personal portfolio rather than a formal commercial company, with no disclosed headcount, revenue, or institutional investors. Its core products are the HYDRA cyber-defense platform — a hardware appliance powered by patented biomorphic algorithms derived from biological defense models and chaos theory, evaluated by the NSA as 'a paradigm shift in server technology' — and Redwall, a mobile security technology licensed to Zebra Technologies and Motorola Solutions for deployment to global warfighters and tactical users. Additional offerings include the Password Branching tool, an open-source password management utility released into the public domain.

The business model is a hybrid of technology licensing, advisory and board services, and bespoke technical consulting across embedded systems, information security, and offensive cyber operations. Distribution is achieved indirectly through OEM partnerships (Zebra, Motorola Solutions) and directly through Eric Ridvan Üner's advisory board positions and consulting relationships. The entity is supported by a strong intellectual property portfolio with multiple granted US patents (covering secure storage, random sequence algorithms, SCADA security, and wireless communication security) and pending applications, and is recognized through NSA evaluation and earned media in *Electronic Engineering Times* and *Embedded.com*. Customer concentration is high, with relationships anchored to U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, a major automotive manufacturer (10M+ vehicles affected in a prior ethical hack engagement), and tactical end users reached via Zebra and Motorola. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, consistent with the bespoke, relationship-driven nature of the business.

Name

uber

Legal name

Eric Ridvan Üner

Website

https://uner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

10,001+ employees

Short description

ÜNER is the personal portfolio of Eric Ridvan Üner, a 30+ year cybersecurity expert, offering the HYDRA cyber-defense platform, Redwall mobile security (licensed to Zebra and Motorola Solutions for tactical users), and the open-source Password Branching tool for defense, intelligence, and commercial clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity and Defense Consulting

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), National Security (928110), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Computer Communications Equipment (3576)

akta.pro primary industry

Cyber Defense & Information Security (National Security) (BPAIAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cyber Defense, Offensive Cyber & Information Operations Systems (IMABAOAC), Secure Communications, Cryptography & Key Management Systems (IMABAOAK), Fraud, Cybercrime Investigations & Brand/Dark Web Monitoring (BPAKAHAO)

Keywords

• Cyber defense platforms
• Mobile security technology
• Embedded systems security
• Offensive cyber operations
• Advisory consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Technology Licensing: Licensing of patented technologies including HYDRA algorithms and Redwall mobile security to partners such as Zebra and Motorola Solutions.
2. Advisory and Board Services: Serving on corporate and advisory boards for multiple companies offering novel solutions to cryptographic, privacy, and national defense challenges.
3. Consulting and Expert Services: Technical consulting for embedded systems, information security, and offensive cyber operations across defense, intelligence, healthcare, e-commerce, and consumer electronics markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ÜNER designs, patents, and licenses advanced cybersecurity technologies including the HYDRA cyber-defense platform built on biomorphic algorithms derived from biological defense models and chaos theory, and the Redwall mobile security solution deployed through partnerships with Zebra and Motorola Solutions for global warfighters and tactical users. The firm complements these technologies with expert consulting, advisory board services, and offensive cyber operations support to clients in defense, intelligence, healthcare, e-commerce, and consumer electronics markets.

Product overview

ÜNER is a bespoke technical innovations and special projects company led by Eric Ridvan Üner. The portfolio centers on the HYDRA cyber-defense platform—a hardware appliance with patented biological/chaos-based algorithms for defense and intelligence markets—alongside Redwall, a mobile security solution partnered with Zebra and Motorola Solutions for tactical device protection. Additional offerings include the Password Branching Tool for secure credential management. The company operates primarily in counter-terrorism, intelligence, and defense sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HYDRA Cyber-Defense Platform A cyber-defense appliance with patented algorithms derived from biological defense models and chaos theory, designed for defense and intelligence markets and evaluated in a setting involving U.S. federal agencies and integrators, where the NSA described the technology as 'a paradigm shift in server technology.'
• Redwall Mobile Security Technology Mobile security technology that delivers device protection for global warfighters and tactical users through OEM and white-label partnerships with Zebra Technologies and Motorola Solutions.
• Password Branching Tool A browser-based password utility that generates multiple unique passwords from a single seed password using a biomorphic algorithm, running locally so that passwords are never sent over networks or stored on servers.
• Advisory, Board, and Technical Consulting Services Bespoke advisory, board, and technical consulting services covering embedded systems security, information security, cryptographic and privacy solutions, and offensive cyber operations across defense, intelligence, healthcare, e-commerce, and consumer electronics markets.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully executed ethical hack affecting 10M+ vehicles
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Zebra TechnologiescoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerZebra Technologies partners with Eric Üner's Redwall mobile security technology to deliver unprecedented levels of device security for global warfighters and tactical users. Redwall provides mobile device protection integrated into Zebra's enterprise mobile computing solutions.
• Motorola SolutionscoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerMotorola Solutions partners with Redwall mobile security technology to deliver device security for global warfighters and tactical users. Eric Üner also previously held research and engineering roles at Motorola Solutions' Security and Privacy Technology Lab and digital radio development teams.
• KeySquare Labs (now Ditto)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEric Üner led a team of engineers and developers at KeySquare Labs (now Ditto), focusing on advancing communications technologies for global public safety, business, and international consumer markets.
• U.S. Federal Agencies and IntegratorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNSA evaluation involving U.S. federal agencies and integrators resulted in the NSA describing HYDRA technology as 'a paradigm shift in server technology.'

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike is a leading endpoint and cloud cybersecurity platform with a federal practice; it competes in adjacent cyber-defense categories and represents a comparable next-generation endpoint and cyber-defense vendor.
• Darktrace: Darktrace applies AI-based anomaly detection to enterprise and industrial cyber defense, overlapping with ÜNER's SCADA, embedded systems, and chaos-theory-based cyber-defense IP at the category level.

Broad incumbents

• CACI International: CACI is a large U.S. defense and intelligence contractor with a dedicated cyber, electronic warfare, and secure communications practice that competes for the same federal cyber-defense programs as ÜNER's HYDRA platform and offensive cyber consulting.
• SAIC: SAIC provides defense and intelligence customers with cyber operations, secure systems engineering, and embedded security services that overlap with ÜNER's offensive cyber expertise and HYDRA-style cyber-defense work.
• ManTech International: ManTech delivers advanced cyber, secure communications, and embedded systems engineering to defense and intelligence customers, overlapping directly with ÜNER's HYDRA cyber-defense platform and Redwall tactical mobile security offerings.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen Hamilton is a major federal consulting firm with a large cyber defense, offensive cyber, and embedded security practice that competes for similar defense/intelligence advisory and applied cyber work.
• Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks is a broad cybersecurity incumbent that, through its government business and Unit 42 services arm, competes for the same defense, intelligence, and critical-infrastructure cyber-defense spend as ÜNER's platforms.
• Leidos: Leidos is a top-tier defense technology prime that builds secure communications, cyber-defense platforms, and tactical systems, making it a directly comparable scaled counterpart to ÜNER's national-security cyber portfolio.

Others

• Zebra Technologies: Zebra is both a strategic licensing partner and a ruggedized mobile device OEM serving defense, logistics, and enterprise customers; comparable as the distribution vehicle through which Redwall mobile security reaches tactical end users.

Direct peers

• Mandiant (Google Cloud): Mandiant provides cyber forensics, incident response, and offensive cyber consulting to defense, intelligence, and enterprise customers, directly comparable to ÜNER's offensive cyber consulting, embedded security assessments, and digital forensics work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uber-com

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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