Company record · security vendor
Coalfire
What the company sells
Coalfire sells cyber advisory, compliance assessment and cybersecurity services, including FedRAMP and CMMC compliance work, penetration testing through its DivisionHex team, and managed security services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and describes itself as a global services and solutions company.[1]
- Categories
- Headquarters
- Chicago, United States[2]
- Founded
- Not established from our sources
- Ownership
- Not established from our sources
- CISO on record
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- Website
- coalfire.com
Products and services
Product names as the company writes them; what each does, in our words, from the company's own product pages. Never how well it does it.
Advisory[1]
Advisory services covering FedRAMP, CMMC, global compliance, cloud engineering and healthcare risk.
Assessment[1]
A compliance automation platform and audit services for managing multiple compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, CSA STAR and HITRUST.
Security (DivisionHex)
Offensive, defensive and managed cybersecurity services including penetration testing and threat-focused assessments.
Federal[1]
CMMC advisory and assessment services delivered by Coalfire Federal as a C3PAO.
Managed and Transformation Services[2]
A business unit providing recurring managed security services covering posture management, remediation governance, vulnerability management and operational reporting.
Competitors and alternatives
The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of Coalfire's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.
On security consulting and advisory, Coalfire competes with Atos, DXC Technology, GuidePoint Security, I-TRACING, IANS, ICF, SAIC, Accenture, Airbus, BSI and 37 more.
On penetration testing and red team services, Coalfire competes with Millennium Corporation, Bishop Fox, Cobalt, REDLattice, Inversion6, Tenfold Security, UnderDefense, AccessIT Group, Blue Mantis, CISO Global and 12 more.
On compliance automation, Coalfire competes with Copla, Apptega, Drata, Hyperproof, RegScale, Secureframe, Sprinto, Thoropass, UnderDefense, DefenseStorm and 12 more.
On mdr and managed soc, Coalfire competes with Inversion6, Tenfold Security, UnderDefense, DefenseStorm, Kyndryl, Leonardo, Quorum Cyber, UltraViolet Cyber, Agile Defense, Arctic Wolf and 32 more.
References
Every fact above cites one of these by number. Tier A is the company itself, a regulator or a filing; tier B is trade or business press.
- [1]coalfire.comCoalfire · coalfire.com · undated page, accessed November 2, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
- [2]Coalfires managed and transformation services will deliver security at scaleCoalfire · coalfire.com · published August 4, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
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