Company:Pentera

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Pentera
IndustryCybersecurity
Founded2015 (as Pcysys)
FounderDr. Arik Liberzon, Arik Faingold
HeadquartersBoston, USA
Area served
Hamburg, Germany

London, England
Singapore
Dubai, UAE

Tel Aviv, Israel
Key people
Amitai Ratzon (CEO), Dr. Arik Liberzon (Co-founder and CTO), Ran Tamir (CPO), Aviv Cohen (CMO), Tzurit Golan (Chief People Officer)
ProductsPentera Core, Pentera Surface, Credential Exposure Module, RansomwareReady Module, Security Validation Advisory services
Number of employees
360 (January 2025)
Websitepentera.io

Pentera is an American cybersecurity software company, specializing in automated security validation solutions. Originally founded as Pcysys in 2015, the company later rebranded as Pentera in 2021. Pentera has entities in the US, Germany, UK, Israel, Dubai, and Singapore.[1][2][3][4]

Products

Pentera develops automated security validation software designed to test cybersecurity defenses against real-world attack techniques. The platform enables organizations to identify exploitable vulnerabilities, validate security controls, and prioritize remediation to reduce cyber risk.[5][6][7]

Pentera software automates testing across internal and external attack surfaces in on-premises and cloud environments, emulating techniques such as remote code execution, password cracking, and data exfiltration; it operates without endpoint agents, allowing use across typical enterprise systems and with security service providers.[8]

The Pentera platform includes the following products:

  • Pentera Core — Maps, tests, and validates the security controls of the organization’s internal network.[9][10]
  • Pentera Surface — Maps, tests and validates the security controls of the organization’s external-facing assets exposed to the internet.[11]
  • Pentera Cloud — Maps, tests, and validates the security controls across cloud-native infrastructures, emulating real-world attack techniques such as privilege escalation, credential exposure, and lateral movement to assess an organization’s cloud security posture.[12]
  • Pentera RansomwareReady — Validates the organization’s resilience against the latest known ransomware attacks by testing exploitation paths and security controls.[13][14]
  • Pentera Credentials Exposure — leverages data of real-world leaked credentials sources to identify compromised credentials from the dark web, encrypted storage, and internal sources to analyze potential attack pathways across the organization's internal and external attack surfaces.[15][16]

Security Research Divison

Pentera Labs is the company’s research division that monitors cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and attack techniques, publishes threat-intelligence findings, and feeds relevant insights into the Pentera platform; its reports are used by defenders to analyze and emulate emerging tactics.[2] The team has disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities and contributed adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.[17][3]

Examples include research on a Fortinet authentication-bypass flaw (CVE-2024-47574), an Azure Functions XSS issue, the “135 Is the New 445” lateral-movement technique, and VMware vCenter zero-days, which were reported to vendors and subsequently addressed.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Funding

Pentera relies on venture capital. To date, the company has raised $190 million in primary funding:

  • Seed funding (2015-2018): Raised $5 million.[25][26]
  • Series A (November 2019): Raised $10 million from AWZ Ventures and Blackstone Group.[25]
  • Series B (September 2020): Raised $25 million[27] from Insight Partners, AWZ Ventures, and Blackstone Group.[26][28][29]
  • Series C (January 2022): Pentera became a unicorn raising $150 million, out of which $75 million in primary, from K1 Investment Management, Evolution Equity Partners, and Insight Partners. This funding round brought Pentera's valuation to $1 billion.[30][31]
  • Series D (March 2025): Raised $60 million, led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from Farallon Capital Management.[32][33]

On October 9, 2025, Pentera acquired DevOcean, an AI-remediation management platform.[34]

References

  1. ↑ "Pentera Launches The Industry's First Unified Testing Platform" (in en-US). 2022-02-11. https://www.itsecuritydemand.com/news/security-news/pentera-launches-the-industrys-first-unified-testing-platform/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Martin, Noga. "Pcysys rebrands as Pentera, unveils automated attack module". https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/06/16/pcysys-rebrands-as-pentera-unveils-automated-attack-module/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pentera ups ante in penetration testing | Computer Weekly" (in en). https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537504/Pentera-ups-ante-in-penetration-testing. 
  4. ↑ "Netpoleon partners with Pentera for APAC". 12 July 2023. https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/707996/netpoleon-partners-pentera-apac/. 
  5. ↑ "Pentera Redefines Cybersecurity Market with Unified Testing Platform – AI-TechPark" (in en-US). 2022-01-24. https://ai-techpark.com/pentera-redefines-cybersecurity-market-with-unified-testing-platform/. 
  6. ↑ "Pentera redefines the cybersecurity validation market with the industry's first unified testing platform for insider and outsider threats" (in en-US). 2022-01-24. https://itsecuritywire.com/news/pentera-redefines-the-cybersecurity-validation-market-with-the-industrys-first-unified-testing-platform-for-insider-and-outsider-threats/. 
  7. ↑ "Arik Liberzon, Pentera: "we must ensure that security is proactive and preventative and not simply responsive"". 2023-11-15. https://cybernews.com/security/arik-liberzon-pentera-we-must-ensure-that-security-is-proactive-and-preventative-and-not-simply-responsive/. 
  8. ↑ "Pentera Redefines Cybersecurity Market with Unified Testing Platform - AI-TechPark" (in en-US). 2022-01-24. https://ai-techpark.com/pentera-redefines-cybersecurity-market-with-unified-testing-platform/. 
  9. ↑ "Pentera redefines the cybersecurity validation market with the industry's first unified testing platform for insider and outsider threats" (in en-US). 2022-01-24. https://itsecuritywire.com/news/pentera-redefines-the-cybersecurity-validation-market-with-the-industrys-first-unified-testing-platform-for-insider-and-outsider-threats/. 
  10. ↑ "Pentera Launches The Industry's First Unified Testing Platform" (in en-US). 2022-02-11. https://www.itsecuritydemand.com/news/security-news/pentera-launches-the-industrys-first-unified-testing-platform/. 
  11. ↑ "Pentera ups ante in penetration testing | Computer Weekly" (in en). https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537504/Pentera-ups-ante-in-penetration-testing. 
  12. ↑ "Pentera Cloud empowers security teams to reduce exposure to cloud-native attacks" (in en-US). 2024-03-06. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/03/06/pentera-cloud/. 
  13. ↑ Noga, Martin. "Pcysys rebrands as Pentera, unveils automated attack module". https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/06/16/pcysys-rebrands-as-pentera-unveils-automated-attack-module/. 
  14. ↑ "Fast Company Names Pentera In Top 10 Most Innovative Security Companies for 2023" (in en-US). 2023-03-13. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fast-company-names-pentera-top-130000489.html. 
  15. ↑ "Arik Liberzon, Pentera: "we must ensure that security is proactive and preventative and not simply responsive"". 21 March 2023. https://cybernews.com/security/arik-liberzon-pentera-we-must-ensure-that-security-is-proactive-and-preventative-and-not-simply-responsive/. 
  16. ↑ Kovacs, Eduard (12 August 2022). "Black Hat USA 2022 – Announcements Summary". https://www.securityweek.com/black-hat-usa-2022-announcements-summary/. 
  17. ↑ Shemer, Simona (2022-06-12). "Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Pentera Launches Cyber Research Arm" (in en-US). https://nocamels.com/2022/06/pentera-cybersecurity-research/. 
  18. ↑ Pentera. "Pentera Labs Researchers Discover Zero-Day CVE in Fortinet's FortiClient VPN Service" (in en). https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pentera-labs-researchers-discover-zero-day-cve-in-fortinets-forticlient-vpn-service-302305595.html. 
  19. ↑ "NewsBites Volume XXVI – Issue 89 | SANS NewsBites". https://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/xxvi-89/. 
  20. ↑ "PSIRT | FortiGuard Labs" (in en). FortiGuard Labs. https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-199. 
  21. ↑ "High-severity Fortinet VPN flaw allows privilege escalation" (in en). https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/fortinet_vpn_authentication_bypass_bug/. 
  22. ↑ "Who Stole My Cookies? XSS Vulnerability in Azure | CSA". https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/blog/2023/01/11/who-stole-my-cookies-xss-vulnerability-in-microsoft-azure-functions/. 
  23. ↑ "New PsExec spinoff lets hackers bypass network security defenses" (in en-us). https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-psexec-spinoff-lets-hackers-bypass-network-security-defenses/. 
  24. ↑ Kovacs, Eduard (2022-03-29). "VMware vCenter Server Vulnerability Can Facilitate Attacks on Many Organizations" (in en-US). https://www.securityweek.com/vmware-vcenter-server-vulnerability-can-facilitate-attacks-many-organizations/. 
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Ravet, Hagar (2019-11-13). "Cybersecurity Startup Pcysys Raises $10 Million". https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3773627,00.html. 
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Pcysys raises $25 million for automated cybersecurity testing" (in en-US). 2020-09-09. https://venturebeat.com/ai/pcysys-raises-25-million-for-automated-cybersecurity-testing/. 
  27. ↑ "Pentera: מגינים על העולם, נשארים בישראל". TheMarker. https://www.themarker.com/labels/technologies/2021-10-06/ty-article-labels/00000180-8db7-d5fa-a9c2-cdb73b330000. 
  28. ↑ "Israeli cybersecurity co Pcysys raises $25m" (in en). Globes. 2020-09-09. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-cybersecurity-co-pcysys-raises-25m-1001342180. 
  29. ↑ "Penetration testing startup Pcysys raises $25M to develop its technology" (in en-US). 2020-09-09. https://siliconangle.com/2020/09/09/penetration-testing-startup-pcysys-raises-25m-develop-technology/. 
  30. ↑ Hu, Krystal (2022-01-11). "Israeli security startup Pentera raises $150 mln in funding round, eyes IPO" (in en). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/israeli-security-startup-pentera-raises-150-mln-funding-round-eyes-ipo-2022-01-11/. 
  31. ↑ Orbach, Meir (2022-01-11). "Pentera becomes Israel's latest cybersecurity unicorn with $150 million Series C". https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3926960,00.html. 
  32. ↑ dwillis (2025-03-13). "Pentera bags $60m in Series D to transform automated security validation" (in en-GB). https://fintech.global/2025/03/13/pentera-bags-60m-in-series-d-to-transform-automated-security-validation/. 
  33. ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem" (in en-US). https://www.techinasia.com/cybersecurity-firm-pentera-secures-60m-series-d. 
  34. ↑ "Pentera buys AI remediation co Dev Ocean". https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-pentera-buys-ai-remediation-co-dev-ocean-1001523459. 



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