The startup offers a cybersecurity crowdsourcing platform that integrates a cloud-based engine with a vetted community of cybersecurity experts and data scientists. This solution provides mid-sized and larger organizations with scalable, continuous protection against cyber threats, enhancing their overall security posture.
Funding
$3.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Organizations face a constantly evolving cybersecurity landscape where cybercriminals are continuously developing new attack methods. Traditional cybersecurity training methods often fail to keep pace with these emerging threats, leaving a skills gap in the cyber workforce.
Solution
418 Intelligence offers a virtual cyber work-based learning and gamified crowdsourcing platform, DEF3NSE, that provides hands-on experience using real-time, real-world data. The platform immerses students and professionals in a dynamic environment where they can develop technical analysis, critical thinking, and teamwork skills. By plugging into real-world trending threats and alerts, users perform research on live data, receive real-time coaching and collaboration, and intuitively hunt and report threats. The platform leverages a plug-n-play architecture, gamification, and crowdsourcing to provide a scalable and intelligent solution for upskilling the cyber workforce.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes students, employers, and educational/workforce organizations seeking to improve access to high-demand cyber careers and uplevel current teams.
Features
- Gamified and incentivized learning environment
- Real-time global threat learning feeds curated from up-to-the-minute attacks
- Collaborative learning with peers, employer teams, and subject matter experts
- Plug-n-Play virtual cyber work-based learning platform
- Crowdsourced community analysis of threats and access to vetted experts
- Technology developed by US Intelligence R&D