# Cyber Company Profiles: Profero

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## At a Glance

- Website: [profero.io](https://profero.io)
- Profile: https://cybercompanyprofiles.com/companies/profero
- Type: Detection Response, Security Operations, Threat Intelligence
- Also known as: Segev-Magen Technologies Ltd
- Market readiness: Established (27/40)
- Defensibility: Contested (14/21)
- Founded: 2019
- Last updated: 2026-07-27

## Executive Summary

Profero sells incident response as a subscription rather than a dormant retainer: its Rapid-IR platform scores a client's environment every day, and Profero says the platform's builders are the ones who respond to incidents. Profero commits a qualified responder to triaging within 20 minutes of a client declaring an incident. BleepingComputer detailed how Profero broke DarkBit ransomware encryption and recovered a client's files without payment. Rapid7 credits Profero's investigation with identifying a zero-day in SysAid's on-premise product. Seven named customer executives vouch for the firm on its own pages. No trial, documentation portal, or outside review of Rapid-IR appears in the reviewed pages, so a buyer assesses the platform in a conversation with Profero.

## Contents

- [Executive Summary](#executive-summary)
- [Sourced Details](#sourced-details)
- [Matrix Coverage](#matrix-coverage)
- [Market Readiness](#market-readiness)
- [Strategy Deep Dive](#strategy-deep-dive)
- [Sources](#sources)
- [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)

## Sourced Details

| Detail | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Incident response company whose Rapid-IR platform scores a client's environment every day across readiness, response, discovery, and intelligence. Profero says the practitioners who built the platform are the ones who respond to client incidents. | [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| Founded | 2019 | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |
| HQ | Israel | [\[f2\]](#company-detail-sources) |

### Products

| Product | What it does |
|---|---|
| Rapid-IR | Incident response platform spanning readiness scoring, response coordination, exposure discovery, and threat intelligence, driven by the Deep Breach Focus scoring model. |
| Pre-Emptive IR | Subscription offering that pairs daily environment scoring with the Profero incident response team and a contractual 20-minute response commitment. |
| GenAI Readiness Assessment | Two-day hands-on evaluation of a client's AI code assistants, agents, and chat interfaces, and of its ability to investigate an AI incident. |

## Matrix Coverage

Mapped to the [Cyber Defense Matrix](https://cyberdefensematrix.com) [\[f1\]](#company-detail-sources):

| Asset | Identify | Protect | Detect | Respond | Recover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devices | ✓ |  |  | ✓ |  |
| Applications | ✓ |  |  | ✓ |  |
| Networks | ✓ |  |  |  |  |
| Data |  |  |  |  | ✓ |
| Users |  |  | ✓ |  |  |

Rapid-IR assesses a client's endpoints, applications, and domains for exposures and watches for leaked credentials. Profero's responders bring containment and forensic collection to compromised endpoints and applications, and BleepingComputer documented them restoring a client's encrypted files.

## Market Readiness

How well the company can compete in its security market, scored across eight dimensions against public evidence.

**Established (27/40)**

Analyzed 2026-07-27. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Problem Clarity | 3/5 |
| Capability Depth | 4/5 |
| Market Timing | 3/5 |
| Team Credibility | 4/5 |
| GTM Proof | 4/5 |
| Funding Efficiency | 3/5 |
| Category Clarity | 3/5 |
| Incumbent Defensibility | 3/5 |

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## Strategy Deep Dive

A closer look at the company's product strategy, measuring how [defensible](https://zeltser.com/scoring-security-product-strategy) it is against market forces and examining the [eight areas](https://zeltser.com/security-product-creation-framework) behind it.

### Defensibility

**Contested (14/21)**

Band guidance: reinforce or reposition. Analyzed 2026-07-27. Scope: whole company.

| Dimension | Score |
|---|---|
| Value Delivery | 3/3 |
| Switching Cost | 2/3 |
| Compliance Moat | 1/3 |
| Problem Complexity | 3/3 |
| Buyer Profile | 2/3 |
| Layer | 2/3 |
| Proprietary Data, Content, or IP | 1/3 |

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## Sources

### Company Detail Sources

Cited from the Sourced Details and Matrix Coverage rows.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | [Profero: Rapid-IR platform page](https://profero.io/rapid-ir) | official | 2026-07-27 |
| f2 | [CTech on demand for Profero's services](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3893573,00.html) | press | 2026-07-27 |

### Profile Analysis Sources

The sources the full Market Readiness analysis cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Profero: homepage](https://profero.io/) “Continuous readiness scoring, 20-minute guaranteed response, and proprietary AI built from real incident casework.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s2 | [Profero: Rapid-IR platform page](https://profero.io/rapid-ir) “Rapid-IR covers the full breach lifecycle across four quadrants: Readiness, Response, Discovery, and Intelligence.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s3 | [Profero: Deep Breach Focus page](https://profero.io/deep-breach-focus) “Profero's proprietary AI model, built entirely from real incident response casework.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s4 | [Profero: company page](https://profero.io/company) “Forbes 30 under 30 honoree and seasoned malware researcher.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s5 | [Profero: Pre-Emptive IR page](https://profero.io/pre-emptive-ir) “Continuous IR readiness, not emergency response. Your engagement starts before the incident.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s6 | [Profero: partner program page](https://profero.io/partners) “17 control categories. Independently audited. Live compliance dashboard at trust.profero.io.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s7 | [Profero: GenAI Readiness Assessment page](https://profero.io/genai-assessment) “Two days of hands-on-keyboard evaluation by IRT practitioners.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s8 | [Profero certification announcement](https://profero.io/blog/profero-is-now-certified-for-soc-2-and-iso-27001/) “We are pleased to announce that we have successfully been certified for the SOC-2 Type 2 and hthe ISO 27001.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s9 | [Profero privacy policy](https://profero.io/policies/privacy-policy/) “Segev-Magen Technologies Ltd. and Segev-Magen Technologies Inc.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s10 | [Profero: 20-minute guarantee page](https://profero.io/20-minute-guarantee) “A qualified IR practitioner is actively triaging your incident within 20 minutes of declaration.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s11 | [BleepingComputer on Profero cracking DarkBit ransomware](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/muddywaters-darkbit-ransomware-cracked-for-free-data-recovery/) “Cybersecurity firm Profero cracked the encryption of the DarkBit ransomware gang's encryptors, allowing them to recover a victim's files for free without paying a ransom.” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s12 | [CTech on demand for Profero's services](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3893573,00.html) “Profero is bootstrapped and isn't seeking any external investment despite plenty of interest.” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s13 | [CTech on Profero's founding year](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3893573,00.html) “Moyal founded Profero with CTO Guy Barnhart-Magen in 2019 and the company has grown significantly since” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s14 | [CTech on Profero turning clients away](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3893573,00.html) “In December, when the Pay2Key ransomware operation peaked, we turned down requests from 23 companies who wanted to hire our services” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s15 | [CTech on the founders' prior roles](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3893573,00.html) “Moyal, who is also the co-founder of Minerva Labs and the former CTO of ClearSky Cyber Security, was willing to say that Profero employs experts from across the world” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s16 | [SysAid security bulletin on CVE-2023-47246](https://www.sysaid.com/blog/service-desk/on-premise-software-security-vulnerability-notification) “We engaged Profero, a cyber security incident response company, to assist us in our investigation.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s17 | [Rapid7 advisory on the SysAid zero-day](https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/11/09/etr-cve-2023-47246-sysaid-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-by-lace-tempest/) “Updated to note that Profero conducted the investigation that identified the zero-day vulnerability” | research | 2026-07-27 |
| s18 | [SecurityWeek on the SysAid zero-day](https://www.securityweek.com/sysaid-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-by-ransomware-group/) “Incident response company Profero, which assisted SysAid in its investigation” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s19 | [SC Media on the APT27 report, with an analyst questioning the attribution](https://www.scworld.com/news/chinese-espionage-group-apt27-moves-into-ransomware) “realistically possible that APT27 or Winnti could have been responsible for the ransomware actions outlined by the Profero/Security Joes report” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s20 | [SANS Institute profile for Guy Barnhart-Magen](https://www.sans.org/profiles/guy-barnhart-magen) “As the Co-Founder and CTO of the Incident Response company Profero, his focus is making incident response fast and scalable” | other | 2026-07-27 |
| s21 | [Malpedia reference library entry for HelloKitty](https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.hellokitty) “Static unpacker and decoder for Hello Kitty Packer” | research | 2026-07-27 |
| s22 | [Profero HelloKittyUnpacker repository](https://github.com/proferosec/HelloKittyUnpacker) “A tool to assist in analysis of packed HelloKitty ransomware binaries” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s23 | [Probe of trust.profero.io and a random nonsense subdomain, 2026-07-27: the portal answered and the control subdomain did not resolve, headless render](https://trust.profero.io/) | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s24 | [Profero research on AI-induced destruction](https://profero.io/blog/new-attack-vector--ai-induced-destruction) “an AI coding assistant that had just deleted an entire production codebase” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s25 | [Profero forensic guidance for the Ivanti EPMM zero-days](https://profero.io/blog/ivanti-epmm-attacks/) “In May 2025, Profero responded to multiple security incidents stemming from the active exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s26 | [Profero: Rapid-IR platform security controls](https://profero.io/rapid-ir) “Multi-Tenant Every customer completely isolated. Zero-trust by design. Your data stays yours. Auth & Login Multi-factor authentication required. Failed login attempts trigger auto-lockout. Conditional Access Restrict access by IP address or country.” | official | 2026-07-27 |

### Deep-Dive Sources

The sources the full Strategy Deep Dive cites.

| Id | Source | Tier | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | [Profero: homepage](https://profero.io/) “Continuous readiness scoring, 20-minute guaranteed response, and proprietary AI built from real incident casework.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s2 | [Profero: Rapid-IR platform page](https://profero.io/rapid-ir) “Rapid-IR covers the full breach lifecycle across four quadrants: Readiness, Response, Discovery, and Intelligence.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s3 | [Profero: Deep Breach Focus page](https://profero.io/deep-breach-focus) “Profero's proprietary AI model, built entirely from real incident response casework.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s4 | [Profero: company page](https://profero.io/company) “Forbes 30 under 30 honoree and seasoned malware researcher.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s5 | [Profero: Pre-Emptive IR page](https://profero.io/pre-emptive-ir) “Continuous IR readiness, not emergency response. Your engagement starts before the incident.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s6 | [Profero: partner program page](https://profero.io/partners) “17 control categories. Independently audited. Live compliance dashboard at trust.profero.io.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s7 | [Profero: GenAI Readiness Assessment page](https://profero.io/genai-assessment) “Two days of hands-on-keyboard evaluation by IRT practitioners.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s8 | [Profero certification announcement](https://profero.io/blog/profero-is-now-certified-for-soc-2-and-iso-27001/) “We are pleased to announce that we have successfully been certified for the SOC-2 Type 2 and hthe ISO 27001.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s9 | [Profero privacy policy](https://profero.io/policies/privacy-policy/) “Segev-Magen Technologies Ltd. and Segev-Magen Technologies Inc.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s10 | [Profero: 20-minute guarantee page](https://profero.io/20-minute-guarantee) “A qualified IR practitioner is actively triaging your incident within 20 minutes of declaration.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s11 | [BleepingComputer on Profero cracking DarkBit ransomware](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/muddywaters-darkbit-ransomware-cracked-for-free-data-recovery/) “Cybersecurity firm Profero cracked the encryption of the DarkBit ransomware gang's encryptors, allowing them to recover a victim's files for free without paying a ransom.” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s12 | [CTech on demand for Profero's services](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3893573,00.html) “Profero is bootstrapped and isn't seeking any external investment despite plenty of interest.” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s13 | [CTech on Profero's founding year](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3893573,00.html) “Moyal founded Profero with CTO Guy Barnhart-Magen in 2019 and the company has grown significantly since” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s14 | [CTech on Profero turning clients away](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3893573,00.html) “In December, when the Pay2Key ransomware operation peaked, we turned down requests from 23 companies who wanted to hire our services” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s15 | [CTech on the founders' prior roles](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3893573,00.html) “Moyal, who is also the co-founder of Minerva Labs and the former CTO of ClearSky Cyber Security, was willing to say that Profero employs experts from across the world” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s16 | [SysAid security bulletin on CVE-2023-47246](https://www.sysaid.com/blog/service-desk/on-premise-software-security-vulnerability-notification) “We engaged Profero, a cyber security incident response company, to assist us in our investigation.” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s17 | [Rapid7 advisory on the SysAid zero-day](https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/11/09/etr-cve-2023-47246-sysaid-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-by-lace-tempest/) “Updated to note that Profero conducted the investigation that identified the zero-day vulnerability” | research | 2026-07-27 |
| s18 | [SecurityWeek on the SysAid zero-day](https://www.securityweek.com/sysaid-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-by-ransomware-group/) “Incident response company Profero, which assisted SysAid in its investigation” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s19 | [SC Media on the APT27 report, with an analyst questioning the attribution](https://www.scworld.com/news/chinese-espionage-group-apt27-moves-into-ransomware) “realistically possible that APT27 or Winnti could have been responsible for the ransomware actions outlined by the Profero/Security Joes report” | press | 2026-07-27 |
| s20 | [SANS Institute profile for Guy Barnhart-Magen](https://www.sans.org/profiles/guy-barnhart-magen) “As the Co-Founder and CTO of the Incident Response company Profero, his focus is making incident response fast and scalable” | other | 2026-07-27 |
| s21 | [Malpedia reference library entry for HelloKitty](https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.hellokitty) “Static unpacker and decoder for Hello Kitty Packer” | research | 2026-07-27 |
| s22 | [Profero HelloKittyUnpacker repository](https://github.com/proferosec/HelloKittyUnpacker) “A tool to assist in analysis of packed HelloKitty ransomware binaries” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s23 | [Probe of trust.profero.io and a random nonsense subdomain, 2026-07-27: the portal answered and the control subdomain did not resolve, headless render](https://trust.profero.io/) | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s24 | [Profero research on AI-induced destruction](https://profero.io/blog/new-attack-vector--ai-induced-destruction) “an AI coding assistant that had just deleted an entire production codebase” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s25 | [Profero forensic guidance for the Ivanti EPMM zero-days](https://profero.io/blog/ivanti-epmm-attacks/) “In May 2025, Profero responded to multiple security incidents stemming from the active exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)” | official | 2026-07-27 |
| s26 | [Profero: Rapid-IR platform security controls](https://profero.io/rapid-ir) “Multi-Tenant Every customer completely isolated. Zero-trust by design. Your data stays yours. Auth & Login Multi-factor authentication required. Failed login attempts trigger auto-lockout. Conditional Access Restrict access by IP address or country.” | official | 2026-07-27 |

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