Picus Security: Company Research Report
Company Overview
- Name: Picus Security
- Mission: Picus Security is dedicated to reducing cyber risk through security validation, helping organizations to improve their cyber resilience and defense capabilities.
- Founded: 2013
- Founders:
- H. Alper Memis, Co-Founder and CEO
- Volkan Ertürk, Co-Founder and CTO
- Dr. Süleyman Özarslan, Co-Founder and VP of Picus Labs
- Key People:
- H. Alper Memis - Co-Founder and CEO
- Volkan Ertürk - Co-Founder and CTO
- Dr. Süleyman Özarslan - Co-Founder and VP of Picus Labs
- Hakan Terzioğlu - VP of Corporate Growth
- Chad Kite - VP of Sales, Americas
- Megan Scofield - VP of Marketing
- Tiffanny Jackson-Davey - VP of People & Culture
- Osman Nuri Osmanlı - VP of Engineering
- Emre Köker, CFA - VP of Finance & Operations
- Tarek Kuzbari - VP of Sales, EMEA
- Headquarters: No information is available on the exact headquarters location.
- Number of Employees: No information is available.
- Revenue: No information is available.
- Known For: Picus Security is known for pioneering Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) technology and advancing cybersecurity practices with its Security Validation Platform.
Products
Security Validation Platform
Picus Security offers a comprehensive platform that integrates Breach and Attack Simulation with other functionalities to ensure firm cyber defenses.
- Key Features:
- Security Control Validation: Automatically and continuously validates effectiveness of prevention and detection controls.
- Attack Surface Validation: Enhances visibility of internal and external assets and risks.
- Cloud Security Validation: Identifies common cloud misconfigurations and overly permissive IAM policies.
- Attack Path Validation: Discovers, visualizes, and assesses exploitable high-risk attack paths.
- Detection Rule Validation: Ensures optimal performance of SIEM detection rules using real-world simulations.
- Use Cases:
- Breach and Attack Simulation
- Automated Penetration Testing
- Adversarial Exposure Validation
Recent Developments
- Series C Funding: In September 2024, Picus Security secured a $45 million Series C growth investment led by Riverwood Capital, with ongoing support from Bek Ventures. This raised its total investments to $80 million, fortifying Picus' leadership in Adversarial Exposure Validation.
- Strategic Partnerships:
- Better Together: Picus has partnered with Mastercard’s Cyber Front, allowing customers to globally enhance their cybersecurity resilience using Picus technology.
- Product Updates:
- Picus launched the Red Report 2025, detailing a 3X surge in Infostealer threats with new threat simulations offering protection strategies.
- Improved functionalities in cloud security validations and enriched integration options remain focal updates to Picus' offerings.
Conclusion
Picus Security continues to leverage its pioneering BAS technologies and innovative security validation methods to fortify organizations against evolving cyber threats, investing in strategic partnerships and maintaining a strong emphasis on product innovation and growth.
