Sixgill is an Israeli B2B cyber intelligence company that analyses and monitors the

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and dark web for threat intelligence. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in

Tel Aviv, Israel Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

History

Sixgill was founded in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

, Israel, in 2014, by Avi Kasztan and Elad Lavi. The idea for Sixgill was developed by Kasztan. Soon after the company was established, it joined the Citibank accelerator program. The Sixgill platform uses algorithms and technology to create profiles and patterns of dark web users and hidden social networks. It identifies and tracks potential cyber criminals to prevent malicious activity such as hacking and data breaches. Customers of Sixgill include; global 2000 enterprises, financial services, managed security service providers (MSSPs), government and law enforcement agencies. In 2017, Sixgill was responsible for tracking

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cyber activity in relation to threats made towards Prince George and the British royal family. In 2019, Sixgill agents uncovered the money laundering activities undertaken by cyber criminals through the

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online game in Russian, Chinese, Arabic, English and Spanish. Sixgill offers autonomous threat intelligence to help organizations detect and protect against phishing, data leaks, fraud, malware and vulnerability exploitation in order to enhance cyber resilience and minimize risk exposure in real-time. The Investigative Portal provides covert access to threat intel from the deep and dark web, with context and actionable insights for remediation. Integrated into existing security systems, Darkfeed™ improves endpoint protection by preemptively blocking malicious IOCs, while CVE insights from the DVE Score™ transform vulnerability management, predicting the immediate risk of vulnerability exploitation based on threat actor intent.

Funding

In 2014, Sixgill received its initial funding of $1 million from Terra Labs. In 2016, the company raised an additional

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of $4.3 million composed of $800,000 from Terra Labs and $3.5 million from

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. In March 2022, Cybersixgill announced a $35 million

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funding round raised from seven investors, bringing the company's total investment to $56 million.

Awards and recognition

* 2019 - ''Cool Vendor in Security Operations Threat Intelligence'', by Gartner Inc.

References

External links

* {{Official, www.cybersixgill.com Security software Software companies of Israel Technology companies of Israel