What does Recorded Future sell?

Recorded Future sells Cyber Operations, Digital Risk Protection, Third-Party Risk, Payment Fraud, Attack Surface Intelligence and Autonomous Threat Operations. Cyber Operations: A solution that provides intelligence to identify, hunt, detect, and respond to cyber threats. Digital Risk Protection: Monitors digital channels to protect an organization's brand and online trust. Third-Party Risk: Provides ongoing intelligence-based visibility into the security posture of suppliers and partners. Payment Fraud: Uses intelligence to identify and prevent payment fraud before losses occur.

How does CISO Tribune file Recorded Future?

CISO Tribune files Recorded Future under Threat intelligence, with Digital risk protection, Third-party risk and security ratings and External attack surface management as secondary categories.

Where is Recorded Future headquartered?

Recorded Future is headquartered in Boston, United States.

Company record · security vendor

Recorded Future

Where Recorded Future appears on the record (6)

Every page on CISO Tribune and its network that carries this company, 6 in all.

In the vendor directory (6): Threat intelligence vendors · primary category
Digital risk protection vendors · category
Third-party risk and security ratings vendors · category
External attack surface management vendors · category
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What the company sells

Recorded Future is a threat intelligence company that provides products for cyber operations, digital risk protection, third-party risk, and payment fraud prevention. Its headquarters has been located in the Boston, Massachusetts area, having moved from Somerville to downtown Boston's Post Office Square. The company was the subject of a 2024 agreement for Mastercard to acquire it from Insight Partners for $2.65 billion.^[1]

Categories: Threat intelligence (primary category)
Digital risk protection
Third-party risk and security ratings
External attack surface management
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Headquarters: Boston, United States^[2]
Founded: Not established from our sources
Ownership: Not established from our sources
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Website: recordedfuture.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.

Cyber Operations
A solution that provides intelligence to identify, hunt, detect, and respond to cyber threats.
Digital Risk Protection
Monitors digital channels to protect an organization's brand and online trust.
Third-Party Risk
Provides ongoing intelligence-based visibility into the security posture of suppliers and partners.
Payment Fraud
Uses intelligence to identify and prevent payment fraud before losses occur.
Attack Surface Intelligence
Gives visibility into an organization's external attack surface.
Autonomous Threat Operations
Automates threat operations using intelligence data.

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 Recorded Future's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.

On threat intelligence, Recorded Future competes with SOCRadar, Cyble, Flashpoint, Group-IB, Dataminr, Hold Security, LLC, Overwatch, QuoIntelligence, Cyware, EclecticIQ and 26 more.
On digital risk protection, Recorded Future competes with ZeroFox, BlackCloak, SOCRadar, Cyble, Flashpoint, Group-IB, CYPFER, Dataminr, Hold Security, LLC, iCOUNTER and 6 more.
On third-party risk and security ratings, Recorded Future competes with Bitsight, iCOUNTER, SecurityScorecard, UpGuard, Black Kite, Panorays, Prevalent, RiskRecon, Whistic, SOCRadar and 23 more.
On external attack surface management, Recorded Future competes with Censys, CyCognito, Hadrian, SOCRadar, Bitsight, Cyble, Flashpoint, Group-IB, ZeroFox, Kai and 14 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]Mastercard to acquire recorded futureRecorded Future · recordedfuture.com · published September 12, 2024 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
[2]Working in bostonRecorded Future · recordedfuture.com · published October 15, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing

Last verified November 4, 2026. Our code found the quoted passage behind each fact on its source page when the fact was recorded, and re-checks every record against its sources each month.

Recorded November 4, 2026 from the references above.

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Security leadership

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Questions CISOs ask about Recorded Future

What does Recorded Future sell?: Recorded Future sells Cyber Operations, Digital Risk Protection, Third-Party Risk, Payment Fraud, Attack Surface Intelligence and Autonomous Threat Operations. Cyber Operations: A solution that provides intelligence to identify, hunt, detect, and respond to cyber threats. Digital Risk Protection: Monitors digital channels to protect an organization's brand and online trust. Third-Party Risk: Provides ongoing intelligence-based visibility into the security posture of suppliers and partners. Payment Fraud: Uses intelligence to identify and prevent payment fraud before losses occur.
How does CISO Tribune file Recorded Future?: CISO Tribune files Recorded Future under Threat intelligence, with Digital risk protection, Third-party risk and security ratings and External attack surface management as secondary categories.
Where is Recorded Future headquartered?: Recorded Future is headquartered in Boston, United States.

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