Cybersecurity startups in San Diego

ESET's North America headquarters, opened as a new 24,000-sq-ft downtown SD office in Oct 2024, supporting 200+ regional staff. ESET is a global antivirus/endpoint-security vendor protecting 100M+ devices. N...

Adam Markowitz, Daniel Marashlian & Troy Markowitz

Founded 2020 by UC San Diego alum (and ex-NASA engineer) Adam Markowitz, Drata is a security-compliance automation platform (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.). It hit unicorn status in 2021, then raised a...

Adam Pettit, Weldon Dodd, Mark Daughters & Brandon Pipkin

Founded 2018, Kandji is an Apple device-management and endpoint-security platform (customers include Canva, Notion, Allbirds). Its July 2024 $100M round (General Catalyst) lifted its valuation to $850M on ~$...

Brad Taylor & Tim McElwee

Founded 2010 in Carlsbad, Proficio is an award-winning Managed Detection and Response (MDR) / MSSP provider running 24/7 SOCs in San Diego, Barcelona and Singapore. Raised $20M+ led by Kayne Anderson Capital...

San Diego-headquartered, woman-owned cybersecurity and DevSecOps firm serving the U.S. Navy / Department of Defense and commercial customers with information-system security accreditation and advanced tech s...

Steve Bassi

San Diego-based crowdsourced threat-intelligence marketplace where security experts and detection engines compete to identify malware and emerging threats (crypto-incentivized model). Represents SD's applied...

San Diego cybersecurity and compliance advisory firm (PCI DSS, HIPAA, cyber engineering, assessments, technical/penetration testing) for regulated industries. Part of SD's cybersecurity-services depth.