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Cyble vs UpGuard

Cyble sells a unified threat intelligence platform covering dark web monitoring, attack surface management and brand protection. UpGuard sells tools that move third-party risk monitoring from static snapshots to continuous oversight. CISO Tribune files both under External attack surface management. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Cyble vs UpGuard: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
CybleCyble sells a unified threat intelligence platform covering dark web monitoring, attack surface management and brand protection.cyble.comUpGuardUpGuard sells tools that move third-party risk monitoring from static snapshots to continuous oversight.upguard.com
What it sells
  • Cyble Hawk[3][5][12]A proactive cybersecurity investigation partner built for Govts, LEA, and National Security.
  • Cyble Titan[5][11]An endpoint security product with AI-native threat response.
  • Cyble Blaze AI[5][11]An agentic AI engine that hunts, reasons, and acts autonomously.
  • Cyble Odin[4][12]Internet scanning of 4 Billion+ IPs.
  • Cyble Strato[5][9]Cloud security posture management.
  • User Risk[1][5][10]Human risk management that gives visibility into human risk and enables safe AI adoption.
  • Risk Automations[1][10]Risk automation that connects a risk stack to system APIs to automate discovery, notification and remediation.
  • Questionnaire AI[11]Automatically completes questionnaires using a customer's own security documentation.
Categories
Headquarters
Cupertino, United States[1]Hobart, Australia[2]
Founded
2020[1]2012[2]
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesPrivately held[2][3]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • September 21, 2026Cyble signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Cyber Security Council of the United Arab Emirates in Dubai.[16]
  • May 8, 2026Cyble was positioned as a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cyberthreat Intelligence Technologies.[6]
Not stated on its pages
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 3, 2026[7]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: listed, seen November 3, 2026[8]
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[3]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Cyble sells mainly to enterprises, governments, and critical infrastructure. Cyble describes banks, payment platforms, and digital finance providers as users. Cyble describes hospitals, health systems, and pharma enterprises as users. Cyble describes federal, state, and public institutions as users. Cyble describes enterprise SOCs and managed providers as users. Cyble says its Takedown Services scale from startups to large enterprises.Not written yet
Last verified
September 27, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Cyble and UpGuard are both filed under External attack surface management.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Cyble's primary category is Threat intelligence; UpGuard's is Third-party risk and security ratings.
  • Cyble is also filed under Digital risk protection. UpGuard is also filed under Human risk management.
  • Cyble lists Cyble Hawk, Cyble Titan, Cyble Blaze AI, Cyble Odin and Cyble Strato. UpGuard lists User Risk, Risk Automations and Questionnaire AI.
  • Cyble is headquartered in Cupertino, United States. UpGuard is headquartered in Hobart, Australia.
  • Cyble was founded in 2020. UpGuard was founded in 2012.
  • UpGuard is privately held.

What it sells: Cyble

What Cyble Hawk does[3][5][12]
Cyble Hawk is a proactive cybersecurity investigation partner built for Govts, LEA, and National Security. Cyble describes a specialized platform protecting federal bodies with advanced threat detection.
What Cyble Titan does[5][11]
Cyble Titan is an endpoint security product. Cyble describes an agent-based endpoint security platform with AI-native threat response.
What Cyble Blaze AI does[5][11]
Cyble says its AI hunts, reasons, and acts autonomously within minutes, not hours. Blaze is the agentic AI engine that powers Cyble's platform. Every incident retrains Cyble Blaze AI.

What it sells: UpGuard

What User Risk does[1][5][10]
User Risk continuously detects unsanctioned applications running across a workforce and exposes over-privileged permissions and credential leaks. User Risk nudges employees mid-workflow and redirects them to approved corporate alternatives. User Risk sits in the browser and blocks unauthorized file uploads and copy-pastes.
What Risk Automations does[1][10]
UpGuard describes risk automation that connects a risk stack to system APIs to automate discovery, notification and remediation. The offering automates discovery, notification and resolution by integrating a risk stack.
What Questionnaire AI does[11]
Questionnaire AI automatically completes questionnaires using a customer's own security documentation. Customers upload documents such as a SOC 2 report, an information security report and previously completed questionnaires.

Questions about Cyble and UpGuard

What do Cyble and UpGuard sell?
Cyble sells Cyble Hawk, Cyble Titan, Cyble Blaze AI, Cyble Odin and Cyble Strato. UpGuard sells User Risk, Risk Automations and Questionnaire AI.
Are Cyble and UpGuard in the same category?
They share External attack surface management. Cyble's primary category is Threat intelligence and UpGuard's is Third-party risk and security ratings.
Where are Cyble and UpGuard headquartered?
Cyble is headquartered in Cupertino, United States. UpGuard is headquartered in Hobart, Australia.
When were Cyble and UpGuard founded?
Cyble was founded in 2020. UpGuard was founded in 2012.
Who owns Cyble and UpGuard?
UpGuard is privately held.
Who are Cyble and UpGuard sold to?
From its own pages, Cyble sells mainly to enterprises, governments, and critical infrastructure.
What have Cyble and UpGuard announced recently?
September 21, 2026: Cyble signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Cyber Security Council of the United Arab Emirates in Dubai.

About Cyble

Cyble sells a unified threat intelligence platform covering dark web monitoring, attack surface management and brand protection. Cyble says it watches the dark web and customers' attack surfaces, defends every endpoint, and tells teams which threats are aimed at them and what to do about them. Cyble says its architecture was built AI-native from the ground up. Cyble engineered AI-native systems from the ground up, designed to think and act like a defender.[9]

Cyble says it correlates open, deep and dark sources months ahead of exploit. Cyble correlates endpoint, identity and cloud telemetry into one timeline. Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs publishes threat intelligence, vulnerability research, case studies and expert analysis.

Cyble delivers attack surface management inside Cyble Vision, its AI-powered threat intelligence platform. Cyble Vision combines advanced monitoring, Agentic AI, and integration with Cyble Blaze AI to deliver actionable insights across the surface, deep, and dark web. Cyble Vision is designed for enterprises, governments, and critical infrastructure. Cyble Vision is used by organizations that require contextual external threat intelligence to stay ahead of evolving risk. Cyble offers vulnerability management with advanced scanning, risk evaluation, and efficient remediation strategies for a real-time view of exploitable vulnerabilities. Cyble offers third-party risk management that identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks arising from interactions with third parties.[2]

Cyble's discovery runs on ODIN, its scanning engine covering the full IPv4 and IPv6 space. Cyble's discovery maps web and mobile apps, cloud environments, domains, email servers, IoT devices and public code repositories, with real-time and historical views. Cyble says AI and natural language processing analyze underground forums, marketplaces, and leak sites for customer assets, credentials, and data. Cyble findings arrive ranked by asset-level risk and threat activity, with recommended actions and automated alerts. Cyble says continuous monitoring supports CTEM and Zero Trust programs and maps to requirements such as NIS2 Article 21, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.

Cyble says its AI hunts, reasons, and acts autonomously within minutes, not hours. Blaze is the agentic AI engine that powers Cyble's platform. Blaze predicts, hunts, and automates response through its dual-memory architecture. Blaze has native integrations with SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and cloud systems. Every incident retrains Cyble Blaze AI. Cyble says incident response agents act in seconds under human-in-the-loop policy guards.[9]

Cyble Hawk is a proactive cybersecurity investigation partner built for Govts, LEA, and National Security. Cyble describes a specialized platform protecting federal bodies with advanced threat detection. Cyble Titan is an endpoint security product. Cyble describes an agent-based endpoint security platform with AI-native threat response. Cyble Odin scans 4 Billion+ IPs on the internet. Cyble Strato is cloud security posture management with AI-driven misconfiguration detection. Cyble offers proactive risk detection and compliance across cloud and on-prem environments.[9][12]

Cyble offers Takedown Services built to eliminate online threats across diverse platforms and regions. Cyble removes impersonations, phishing sites, and malicious domains. Cyble works with hosting providers, domain registrars, and social platforms using verified takedown requests and automated workflows. Continuous monitoring in Takedown Services is powered by Cyble Vision threat intelligence. Cyble provides 24/7 monitoring and expert response. Cyble says Takedown Services scale from startups to large enterprises. Cyble says businesses, government agencies, financial institutions, and healthcare providers rely on cyber takedown and disruption services.[3][13]

Cyble describes banks, payment platforms, and digital finance providers as monitoring phishing, brand abuse, and exposed credentials. Cyble describes hospitals, health systems, and pharma enterprises as detecting patient data leaks and ransomware signals. Cyble describes industrial and infrastructure operators as tracking supply chain exposure and threat actor activity. Cyble describes global brands and online marketplaces as identifying impersonation domains and fraud campaigns. Cyble describes federal, state, and public institutions as monitoring hacktivist and geopolitical threats. Cyble describes enterprise SOCs and managed providers as enriching investigations and accelerating response. Cyble describes a major pharmaceutical company in the biotechnology sector that used Cyble's Darkweb Monitoring capabilities to protect its sensitive R&D data and intellectual property. Cyble describes a major mutual fund company that deployed Cyble's Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform to detect and counteract phishing attacks.[4][14][15]

Cyble on the record

Sources

Cyble full record

  1. [1]About usCyble · cyble.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Cyble visionCyble · cyble.com · published September 1, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Cyble hawkCyble · cyble.com · published April 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]ProductsCyble · cyble.com · published August 13, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]AI Native Threat Intelligence Company & ProductsCyble · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Cyble Positioned as a Challenger in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cyberthreat Intelligence TechnologiesBusiness Wire · published May 8, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Cyble Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier C
  8. [8]Cyble Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer InsightsGartner Peer Insights · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier C
  9. [9]Agentic AI Cybersecurity | Next-Gen Defense For BusinessesCyble · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Top 10 Attack Surface Management Services & CompaniesCyble · published October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Threat Intelligence Product – Cyble Vision (AI-Native)Cyble · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]AI Powered Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence ProductsCyble · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Takedown Services | Phishing & Brand Protection | CybleCyble · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Protecting R&D Innovations With Cyble For Biotech LeaderCyble · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Restoring Investor Trust: Cyble's Impact On Mutual FundsCyble · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Cyble Joins the UAE’s National Cybersecurity Strategy to Strengthen Intelligence-Led DefenseGlobeNewswire · published September 21, 2026 · Tier A

UpGuard full record

  1. [1]upguard.comUpGuard · upguard.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Upguard raises 75m in series c funding to accelerate market leadership in cyber risk posture managementUpGuard · upguard.com · published February 26, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]UpGuard Vendor Risk Reviews & Product DetailsG2 · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier C
  4. [4]Continuous Third-Party Risk Monitoring | UpGuardUpGuard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]The #1 Cyber Risk Posture Management Platform | UpGuardUpGuard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Pricing For The UpGuard CRPM Platform | UpGuardUpGuard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Third-party Risk Assessment Software | UpGuardUpGuard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Lucid Security Rating & Data Breaches | UpGuardUpGuard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]GiftPay Security Rating & Data Breaches | UpGuardUpGuard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]User Risk: A Human Risk Management Platform | UpGuardUpGuard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Free AI-Powered Security Questionnaires Done in MinutesUpGuard · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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