Athenorm Intelligence, Your Security Partner

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YOUR SECURITY PARTNER.

GLOBAL CYBERSECURITY.

We identify, dismantle, and defend against sophisticated threats before, during, and after attacks. Our methodology is grounded in adversary tradecraft and threat intelligence refined across hundreds of forensic investigations, penetration assessments, and incident response engagements with financial institutions, multinationals, and government agencies.

10+ Years of Expertise

39+ Countries Served

757+ Projects Delivered

24/7 Security Monitoring

WHAT WE DO

We secure digital ecosystems end-to-end. Our methodology draws from real-world adversary tactics, refined across hundreds of engagements with enterprises, governments, and regulated industries.

OFFENSIVE TESTING

We simulate real attacks against your networks, applications, and people to expose weaknesses before adversaries find them. Our penetration testers hold OSCP, CREST, and CEH certifications.

THREAT INTELLIGENCE

Continuous monitoring of dark web channels, underground forums, and threat actor infrastructure to provide early warning of campaigns targeting your industry.

COMPLIANCE & GOVERNANCE

Navigating regulatory requirements across 16 global frameworks. We conduct gap analyses, prepare documentation, and guide your organization through certification audits.

INCIDENT RESPONSE

When a breach occurs, speed determines impact. Our incident response team deploys within hours to contain threats, preserve forensic evidence, and restore normal operations.

MANAGED SECURITY

Around-the-clock security operations center coverage staffed by experienced analysts. We monitor your SIEM, EDR, and network telemetry to detect intrusions in real time.

DIGITAL FORENSICS

Court-admissible evidence collection and analysis for security incidents, fraud investigations, and insider threat cases. Our examiners reconstruct attack timelines.

COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTION

Our approach to business cybersecurity

Athenorm helps organizations build and maintain resilient cybersecurity postures. Every engagement is tailored, considering scope, access, risk profile, and regulatory obligations.

We combine manual expert analysis with automated scanning to surface non-obvious risks in business logic, ensure critical system continuity, and reduce exposure to sophisticated threats.

~50% MTTR REDUCTION

Through 24/7 monitoring and rapid incident response.

~40% FOUND MANUALLY

Scanners miss many threats, we find them through expert analysis.

100% CONFIDENTIALITY

All data remains strictly between our team and yours under NDA.

24/7 Security Monitoring

26 Certifications

200+ Websites Protected

11M+ Attacks Blocked Daily

ENGAGEMENT MODEL

Tailored security for high-risk organizations

Each engagement is scoped to your threat profile, regulatory obligations, and operational constraints. We work in three coordinated stages, adapting tooling, depth, and cadence to the realities of your environment.

RECONNAISSANCE & ASSESSMENT

We map your external attack surface, internal architecture, and identity boundaries. Manual analysis surfaces business-logic flaws and configuration drift that scanners miss.

DETECTION & RESPONSE

Continuous monitoring across endpoints, network telemetry, and cloud workloads. Our analysts triage in minutes and contain active threats before lateral movement.

REMEDIATION & HARDENING

Root-cause remediation, system restoration, and configuration hardening. Findings are prioritized by exploitability and business impact, with executive-ready reporting.

DELIVERABLES

What you receive

Prioritized vulnerability inventory with exploitability ratings

Reproducible exploitation evidence and attack chain documentation

Executive-level risk briefings and board-ready summaries

Technical remediation guidance with verified fix validation

Compliance mapping to your applicable regulatory frameworks

24/7 response capability with defined SLAs and escalation paths

Court-admissible forensic artefacts where litigation is anticipated

Long-term retainer access to senior offensive and defensive analysts

A TAILORED APPROACH TO SECURITY

Cybersecurity for companies of any size

We work with organizations of all scales. Our engagement model adapts to each client’s risk profile, regulatory landscape, and maturity.

✓ Startups ✓ Rapidly growing companies ✓ Well-established enterprises

What we do:

✓ We simulate real cyberattacks
✓ We scan networks, services, and applications
✓ We analyze code, contracts, and binary files
✓ We check access logic and privileges
✓ We identify weak points and risks
✓ We confirm impact through exploitation
✓ We analyze logs, traffic, and anomalies
✓ We detect attacks and suspicious activity
✓ We respond to security incidents
✓ We eliminate consequences of attacks
✓ We restore systems and data
✓ We remediate vulnerabilities and root causes
✓ We provide prevention recommendations

What our clients receive:

✓ Vulnerability assessment of systems
✓ A list of prioritized risks
✓ Control of access, ports, and services
✓ Secure authentication and session logic
✓ Reduced attack surface
✓ Real security posture understanding
✓ Cyber incident management strategy
✓ 24/7 monitoring and response
✓ Defined SLAs and escalation channels
✓ Reports on assessment results
✓ Recommendations to strengthen protection
✓ Data confidentiality guarantees
✓ Security that scales with the business

CONFIRMED EXPERTISE

Our certifications

Qualifications confirmed by 26 certifications and international standards.

CEH OSCP CISSP CREST CPSA CompTIA AWS BURP INE CCD INFOSEC eWPTX PentesterLab OPSWAT

WHO OUR SOLUTIONS ARE FOR

Industries we serve

FINTECH

BANKING

E-COMMERCE

HEALTHCARE

SaaS & IT

ENERGY

BLOCKCHAIN

GOVERNMENT

KEY CYBER THREATS

Problems we help solve

01. SYSTEM VULNERABILITIES

Hidden weak points allow attackers to penetrate systems without detection.

02. DATA BREACHES

Unauthorized access devastates trust and triggers regulatory penalties.

03. MALWARE

Malicious code infiltrates, persists, and operates in attackers’ interests.

04. PHISHING

Social engineering gains access faster than technical exploits.

05. CRITICAL ATTACKS

Targeted attacks disrupt services and break key business processes.

06. OUTDATED SOFTWARE

Legacy systems harbour known vulnerabilities trivial to exploit.

07. THIRD-PARTY RISKS

Attackers penetrate via vendor integrations and contractor access.

08. CONFIG ERRORS

Improper settings expose systems to unauthorized access.

09. ACCESS CONTROL

Unmanaged permissions enable privilege escalation and lateral movement.

DEFENSE

THREAT MANAGEMENT.

We check and monitor the security of digital systems 24/7. We identify vulnerabilities before attackers do. We monitor attacks in real time. We help stop attacks and restore operations.

OUR APPROACH

We combine manual and automated methods to identify non-obvious risks, ensure critical system continuity, and minimize attack losses.

24/7 MONITORING

We check and monitor the security of digital systems around the clock, every day of the year. Our security operations center never sleeps, ensuring that anomalies are detected and investigated within minutes of occurrence.

PROACTIVE IDENTIFICATION

We identify vulnerabilities before attackers do. Through continuous scanning, manual penetration testing, and threat intelligence correlation, we maintain a real-time inventory of your exposure points.

REAL-TIME DETECTION

We monitor attacks and suspicious behavior in real time across your entire digital estate. Our detection engine correlates events from endpoints, network traffic, cloud workloads, and identity systems.

RAPID RESPONSE

We help quickly stop attacks and restore operations when incidents occur. Our response playbooks are battle-tested across hundreds of engagements, enabling containment within minutes.

CYBER THREATS WE DEFEND AGAINST

The threat landscape evolves daily. These are the primary attack categories our teams detect, analyze, and neutralize.

SYSTEM VULNERABILITIES

Unpatched software, misconfigured services, and zero-day exploits that allow unauthorized system access.

DATA BREACHES

Unauthorized access to sensitive data through SQL injection, API abuse, insider threats, or compromised credentials.

MALWARE

Ransomware, trojans, rootkits, and fileless malware that compromise endpoints and spread through networks.

PHISHING

Targeted email campaigns, business email compromise, and credential harvesting designed to trick employees.

BUSINESS-CRITICAL ATTACKS

DDoS attacks, supply chain compromises, and advanced persistent threats targeting critical operations.

OUTDATED SOFTWARE

Legacy systems running unpatched software with known CVEs that provide easy entry points for attackers.

THIRD-PARTY RISKS

Vulnerabilities introduced through vendor integrations, supply chain dependencies, and partner network connections.

CONFIGURATION ERRORS

Misconfigured cloud services, open storage buckets, exposed management interfaces, and default credentials.

ACCESS CONTROL

Broken authorization, privilege escalation paths, and inadequate identity management that allow lateral movement.

SERVICES

SECURITY SOLUTIONS.

Our service portfolio spans the full offensive-to-defensive spectrum. We simulate real cyberattacks to identify vulnerabilities and demonstrate risks.

Our portfolio spans the full offensive-to-defensive spectrum. Each capability is delivered by certified senior practitioners with field experience across financial, government, and critical-infrastructure environments.

01, OFFENSIVE TESTING

Full-scope penetration testing executed by operators holding OSCP, CREST, and CEH certifications, backed by 20+ years of cumulative attack experience. Network, application, infrastructure, mobile, API, cloud, and external/internal coverage with manual exploitation chains rather than automated scan output.

Web, mobile, API, network, cloud, and infrastructure pentests
Red teaming and full-scope adversary simulation
ARBS, automated red & blue continuous simulation
Stress and resilience testing for critical systems

02, THREAT INTELLIGENCE

Continuous monitoring of dark-web marketplaces, underground forums, and threat-actor infrastructure. We combine attribution research, brand impersonation detection, and proactive threat hunting to deliver early warning of campaigns targeting your organization, executives, or supply chain.

Dark-web and deep-web monitoring
Brand protection and counterfeit-domain takedown
Executive protection and credential exposure tracking
Threat hunting and tactical intelligence reporting

03, COMPLIANCE & GOVERNANCE

Practical guidance across 16 global frameworks, from initial gap analysis to documentation, evidence collection, and audit readiness. We translate regulatory requirements into actionable controls and engineer the supporting governance, with strategic security leadership available on demand.

ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, NIS2, DORA
SOC 2 Type II, SAMA, IRDAI, SEBI, CMMC, CMMI, DFARS, LGPD
Counterparty assessments and third-party risk reviews
vCISO, virtual Chief Information Security Officer

04, INCIDENT RESPONSE

Mobilization within hours of breach detection. Containment, eradication, and recovery executed in parallel with forensic preservation suitable for litigation. Our responders have led engagements across ransomware, business-email compromise, supply-chain intrusions, and nation-state activity.

Rapid mobilization, on-site or remote within hours
Containment, eradication, and recovery operations
Forensic preservation and litigation support
Post-incident remediation and root-cause analysis

05, MANAGED SECURITY

24/7 security operations centre with human-led threat hunting on top of automated triage. We operate your SIEM, EDR, and network telemetry under defined SLAs, mean time to respond measured in minutes, not hours.

24/7/365 SOC coverage with senior analysts
SIEM, EDR, and XDR operation and tuning
Compromise assessment and proactive threat hunting
Cyber awareness training and phishing simulations

06, DIGITAL FORENSICS

Court-admissible evidence collection and analysis for security incidents, fraud investigations, insider threat cases, and asset-tracing engagements. Our certified examiners reconstruct complete attack timelines and produce expert reports for regulatory and legal proceedings.

Endpoint, mobile, and cloud forensic acquisition
Attack-timeline reconstruction and root-cause analysis
Asset tracing and blockchain forensics
Reverse engineering and malware analysis

COMPLIANCE

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.

We assess regulatory compliance, analyze risks, and provide recommendations for audits across 16 international frameworks.

CMMC

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification for the U.S. Department of Defense supply chain. Builds on NIST SP 800-171 with third-party assessment verification.

WHO NEEDS IT: U.S. defense contractors and subcontractors handling CUI.

CMMI

Capability Maturity Model Integration for process improvement across software engineering and service delivery through five maturity levels.

WHO NEEDS IT: Software companies and IT service providers demonstrating process maturity.

DFARS

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement mandating 110 NIST SP 800-171 security controls for defense contractors handling CUI.

WHO NEEDS IT: Defense contractors and suppliers in the DoD procurement ecosystem.

DORA

Digital Operational Resilience Act establishing ICT risk management for EU financial entities including threat-led penetration testing and third-party oversight.

WHO NEEDS IT: Banks, insurers, payment processors, and ICT providers to EU finance.

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation establishing comprehensive data privacy rights for individuals in the European Economic Area. Penalties up to 4% of global revenue.

WHO NEEDS IT: Any organization processing personal data of EU/EEA individuals.

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protecting electronic protected health information through administrative, physical, and technical safeguards.

WHO NEEDS IT: Healthcare providers, health plans, and business associates handling ePHI.

IRDAI

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India cybersecurity framework mandating CISO appointment, SOC capabilities, and annual VAPT assessments.

WHO NEEDS IT: Insurance companies, reinsurers, and brokers regulated by IRDAI.

ISO 27001

International standard for information security management systems (ISMS) requiring systematic risk assessment and Annex A control implementation.

WHO NEEDS IT: Any organization seeking to demonstrate information security maturity.

LGPD

Brazil's General Data Protection Law governing personal data processing across all sectors with ten lawful processing bases and data subject rights.

WHO NEEDS IT: Organizations processing personal data of individuals in Brazil.

NCA ECC

Saudi Arabia's National Cybersecurity Authority Essential Cybersecurity Controls defining 114 mandatory controls across five security domains.

WHO NEEDS IT: Government agencies and critical infrastructure operators in Saudi Arabia.

NIS2

Network and Information Security Directive 2 expanding EU cybersecurity obligations with supply chain security and 24-hour incident reporting requirements.

WHO NEEDS IT: Essential and important entities across EU member states.

PCI DSS

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard covering network segmentation, encryption, access control, and penetration testing for cardholder data environments.

WHO NEEDS IT: Merchants, payment processors, and service providers handling card data.

PDPL (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law regulating collection, processing, and transfer of personal data with consent requirements and breach notification.

WHO NEEDS IT: Organizations processing personal data of individuals in Saudi Arabia.

SAMA

Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority cybersecurity framework covering security governance, asset management, access control, and business continuity for financial institutions.

WHO NEEDS IT: Banks, insurers, and payment providers regulated by SAMA.

SEBI

Securities and Exchange Board of India cyber resilience framework governing market infrastructure institutions with dedicated SOC and real-time threat detection.

WHO NEEDS IT: Stock exchanges, depositories, and securities intermediaries in India.

SOC 2 TYPE II

Control Architecture & Advisory and Compliance

We architect and operationalize SOC 2 Type II-aligned environments, enabling clients to meet audit expectations with structured controls, governance, and evidence frameworks.

WHO NEEDS IT: SaaS, fintech, cloud, and enterprise-facing platforms.

CLIENTS

PARTNERS & CLIENTS.

Since 2016, we have delivered security engagements for multinational enterprises, government agencies, and critical infrastructure across five continents.

BARCLAYS

UBS

RTA DUBAI

GOVT. OF DUBAI

SHELL

TEXACO

BUSINESS OF BARBADOS

PICTET

LVMH

ADIDAS

SAMA HOLDING

DBS BANK

HSBC

INTERFIELD

GOOGLE

IBM SECURITY

NESTLÉ

SINGAPORE AIRPORT

HEATHROW

BARCELONA AIRPORT

BITPAY

PAYPAL

BINANCE

LONDON POST OFFICE

BOOKING.COM

INTERPOL

EUROPOL

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

DUBAI AIRPORTS

MITSUI & CO.

BARCLAYS

UBS

RTA DUBAI

GOVT. OF DUBAI

SHELL

TEXACO

BUSINESS OF BARBADOS

PICTET

LVMH

ADIDAS

SAMA HOLDING

DBS BANK

HSBC

INTERFIELD

GOOGLE

IBM SECURITY

NESTLÉ

SINGAPORE AIRPORT

HEATHROW

BARCELONA AIRPORT

BITPAY

PAYPAL

BINANCE

LONDON POST OFFICE

BOOKING.COM

INTERPOL

EUROPOL

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

DUBAI AIRPORTS

MITSUI & CO.

INDUSTRY VERTICALS

We specialize across high-regulation, high-stakes industries where security failures have material consequences.

FINTECH

Payment platforms, neobanks, lending services, and financial APIs. PCI DSS and PSD2 compliance expertise.

BANKING

Traditional banks, investment firms, and central banking infrastructure. SWIFT CSP, SAMA, RBI, and DORA frameworks.

E-COMMERCE

Online retail platforms, marketplace operators, and payment processing systems.

HEALTHCARE

Hospitals, pharma, medical devices, and health-tech platforms. HIPAA compliance focus.

SAAS / IT

Cloud-native SaaS, managed service providers, and technology companies.

ENERGY

Oil/gas operators, power grids, renewables. OT/ICS and SCADA security.

GOVERNMENT

National and municipal agencies, defense, and public infrastructure operators.

BLOCKCHAIN

Exchanges and wallet providers. Smart contract auditing.

157 Vulnerabilities / Case

80% Attack Resilience Increase

113M DDoS Requests Blocked / 30min

GLOBAL PRESENCE

Active engagements across five continents, from Silicon Valley and Toronto to Sydney, with offices and clients in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.

EXPERTISE

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE.

Our qualifications are confirmed by 26 certifications and international standards. Every engagement benefits from collective expertise across critical infrastructure and financial systems worldwide.

CERTIFICATIONS

Our team members hold certifications from leading cybersecurity organizations worldwide.

CEH

Certified Ethical Hacker from EC-Council.

OSCP

Offensive Security Certified Professional.

CISSP

Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

CREST CPSA

CREST Practitioner Security Analyst.

COMPTIA

Security+, PenTest+, and CySA+ certifications.

AWS SECURITY

AWS Certified Security Specialty.

BURP SUITE

PortSwigger Certified Practitioner.

INE / eJPT

INE Security eJPT and eCPPT certifications.

CCD

Certified Cyber Defender, blue team operations.

INFOSEC

Malware analysis and reverse engineering.

eWPTX

eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester eXtreme.

PENTESTERLAB

PentesterLab Pro certifications.

OPSWAT

OPSWAT Critical Infrastructure Protection.

WHAT WE DELIVER

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

Comprehensive identification and classification of security weaknesses across your entire technology stack.

PRIORITIZED RISKS

Risk-ranked findings with business impact analysis and exploitation likelihood scoring.

ACCESS CONTROL

Systematic evaluation of authorization, RBAC, session management, and multi-tenant isolation.

SECURE AUTHENTICATION

Review and hardening of authentication mechanisms, MFA, and credential management.

ATTACK SURFACE REDUCTION

Identification and closure of unnecessary exposure points across networks and applications.

24/7 MONITORING

Continuous threat detection, incident strategy, reports, recommendations, and NDA confidentiality guarantees.

CAREERS

JOIN THE OPERATION.

We hire security professionals who think like hackers. Based in Europe, the Middle East, and fully remote.

OPEN POSITIONS

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> Senior Penetration Tester, Manual testing across web, mobile, and infrastructure. OSCP or equivalent required. Remote or on-site.

> Red Team Operator, Full-scope adversary simulation including physical, social, and technical vectors. CRTO or equivalent.

> Cryptologist, Cryptographic protocol analysis, key management assessment, and encryption implementation review.

> Blockchain Security Researcher, Smart contract auditing, DeFi protocol security review. Solidity, Rust, or Move required.

> Malware Analyst, Reverse engineering, detection signature development, and threat actor attribution. IDA Pro proficiency required.

> Threat Intelligence Analyst, OSINT frameworks, dark web monitoring, and threat actor tracking. Language skills in Russian, Mandarin, or Arabic a plus.

RESEARCH TIME

Dedicated time for personal security research, tool development, and conference preparation.

FLAT HIERARCHY

Technical ability determines influence, not job titles. Ideas evaluated on merit.

GLOBAL TEAM

Work from offices in Europe and the Middle East, or fully remote. Flexibility built into how we work.

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OFFICES

LISBON, PORTUGAL

European headquarters and primary operations center for EU-focused engagements and compliance advisory.

DUBAI, UAE

MENA regional office specializing in SAMA, NCA ECC, and PDPL compliance for the GCC financial sector.

FREEHOLD, NJ, USA

North American operations for CMMC, HIPAA, DFARS compliance, and FedRAMP readiness.

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