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Dataminr vs Parsons

Dataminr sells real-time, AI-powered alerts on high-impact events and critical information, delivered via a web application, mobile application, API and email. Parsons is a global solutions provider in the national security and critical infrastructure markets that delivers integrated program management solutions. CISO Tribune files both under Threat intelligence. 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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Dataminr vs Parsons: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
DataminrDataminr sells real-time, AI-powered alerts on high-impact events and critical information, delivered via a web application, mobile application, API and email.dataminr.comParsonsParsons is a global solutions provider in the national security and critical infrastructure markets that delivers integrated program management solutions.parsons.com
What it sells
  • Dataminr for Cyber Defense[1][3]An intel-driven threat and exposure solution suite.
  • First Alert[3][6]Real-time alerting for government customers, with First Alert Advanced adding Autonomous Real-Time Intelligence.
  • Dataminr for News[3][14]Real-time alerts for journalists on breaking news.
  • Cyber Fly-Away KitsKits called C-FLAK for cyber defenders.
  • Digital Overwatch[4]A suite of applications, pipelines, analytics, and visual components.
  • Dynamic Spectrum Environment Emulator (DYSE)A RF channel emulator that imitates realistic RF environments.
  • Threat Representative Environment (TReX)A software and COTS hardware-based signal and channel emulator.
  • Wireless Instrumented Streaming Platform (WISP)A portable, remotely controlled wideband RF data capture and analysis tool.
  • Tactical Edge Electro-Magnetic Sensor (TEMS)A real time situational awareness plugin for ATAK.
  • ER310 Software-Defined RadioA handheld SDR platform designed to host and execute RF applications.
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Headquarters
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Founded
2009[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
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Named customers
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Recent news
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  • January 15, 2026Parsons Corporation announced it has acquired Altamira Technologies Corporation in a transaction valued at up to $375 million.[14]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[4]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 4, 2026[2]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Dataminr sells to corporate security teams that want to protect their people, sites and operations. Dataminr also describes First Alert as deployable directly into government internal applications. Journalists in newsrooms around the world are named as users of Dataminr for News. For cyber risk work, Dataminr provides real-time risk views designed for CISOs, CFOs and board reporting. Dataminr's people safety pages cover the safety of employees, executives, customers and contractors.From its own pages, Parsons sells mainly to national security and critical infrastructure customers. Parsons says TReX supports various DoD, IC, and Defense Industrial Base partners. Parsons describes its Ares biometric software as designed for defense and law enforcement. Parsons describes LandForm X as an ISR mission management system designed for airborne law enforcement and search and rescue. Parsons describes Foundation as a cloud-native data integration platform built to address the complexities of government operations.
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October 14, 2026October 14, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Threat intelligence is the primary category of both Dataminr and Parsons.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Dataminr is also filed under Exposure prioritisation and CTEM, Cyber risk quantification and Digital risk protection. Parsons is also filed under Incident response and forensics, OT and ICS security and Vulnerability management.
  • Dataminr lists Dataminr for Cyber Defense, First Alert and Dataminr for News. Parsons lists Cyber Fly-Away Kits, Digital Overwatch, Dynamic Spectrum Environment Emulator (DYSE), Threat Representative Environment (TReX), Wireless Instrumented Streaming Platform (WISP) and 2 more.
  • Dataminr was founded in 2009.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files Dataminr under Threat intelligence, Exposure prioritisation and CTEM, Cyber risk quantification and Digital risk protection, with Threat intelligence as its primary category. CISO Tribune also files Parsons under Threat intelligence as its primary category, alongside Incident response and forensics, OT and ICS security, and Vulnerability management.

Dataminr sells real-time, AI-powered alerts delivered via a web application, mobile application, API and email. Its products include Dataminr for Cyber Defense, First Alert for government customers, and Dataminr for News for journalists. Dataminr says its cyber risk work provides real-time risk views designed for CISOs, CFOs and board reporting. Journalists in over 1,500 newsrooms use Dataminr for News.

Its catalog also includes Digital Overwatch, the RF emulator DYSE, the signal emulator TReX, the RF capture tool WISP, and the ER310 software-defined radio. Parsons says TReX supports various DoD, IC, and Defense Industrial Base partners. On January 15, 2026, Parsons Corporation announced it had acquired Altamira Technologies Corporation in a transaction valued at up to $375 million.

What it sells: Dataminr

What Dataminr for Cyber Defense does[1][3]
Dataminr for Cyber Defense assembles and operationalizes real-time, client-tailored intelligence. CTTI maps fast-breaking threats to the customer's assets and exposure automatically. Agentic TI Ops builds on Client-Tailored Threat Intelligence and adds an operational layer.
What Dataminr for News does[3][14]
Journalists in over 1,500 newsrooms around the world use Dataminr for News to discover indications of breaking news. Dataminr for News detects global events by processing billions of public data inputs per day in a wide range of formats.

What it sells: Parsons

What Cyber Fly-Away Kits does
Parsons calls these products Cyber-Fly-Away Kits (C-FLAK). Parsons says the kits have everything a cyber defender needs to efficiently achieve mission success.
What Digital Overwatch does[4]
Digital Overwatch is a suite of applications, pipelines, analytics, and visual components. Parsons says the suite enables successful mission execution.
What Dynamic Spectrum Environment Emulator (DYSE) does
DYSE is a RF channel emulator that seeks to imitate realistic RF environments, including congested and contested conditions. RF paths in DYSE can be individually programmable and emulate the impact of real-world operational conditions in a lab environment.
What Threat Representative Environment (TReX) does
TReX is a software and COTS hardware-based signal and channel emulator. Parsons describes TReX as a way to experiment, train, and plan SIGINT and EW operations. Parsons says TReX can be deployed anywhere from a laboratory to austere environments.
What Wireless Instrumented Streaming Platform (WISP) does
WISP is a portable, remotely controlled wideband RF data capture and analysis tool. WISP uses include wireless signal capture, an arbitrary signal generator, and frequency translation for both R&D and field-based operations.
What Tactical Edge Electro-Magnetic Sensor (TEMS) does
TEMS is a real time situational awareness plugin for Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK). TEMS detects RF spectrum energy in the user's environment and can be controlled using a smart phone.
What ER310 Software-Defined Radio does
The ER310 software-defined radio is a handheld SDR platform designed to host and execute RF applications. Parsons says it supports missions including assured PNT, RF situational awareness support, electronic warfare, and communications.

Questions about Dataminr and Parsons

What do Dataminr and Parsons sell?
Dataminr sells Dataminr for Cyber Defense, First Alert and Dataminr for News. Parsons sells Cyber Fly-Away Kits, Digital Overwatch, Dynamic Spectrum Environment Emulator (DYSE), Threat Representative Environment (TReX), Wireless Instrumented Streaming Platform (WISP) and 2 more.
Are Dataminr and Parsons in the same category?
Yes. Threat intelligence is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
When were Dataminr and Parsons founded?
Dataminr was founded in 2009.
Who are Dataminr and Parsons sold to?
From its own pages, Dataminr sells to corporate security teams that want to protect their people, sites and operations. From its own pages, Parsons sells mainly to national security and critical infrastructure customers.
What have Dataminr and Parsons announced recently?
January 15, 2026: Parsons Corporation announced it has acquired Altamira Technologies Corporation in a transaction valued at up to $375 million.

About Dataminr

Dataminr sells real-time, AI-powered alerts on high-impact events and critical information, delivered via a web application, mobile application, API and email. Dataminr describes its platform as using Multi-Modal Fusion AI for discovery, Generative AI for description and Agentic AI for context. Dataminr operates more than 60 purpose-built, specialized LLMs, trained on a proprietary 10+ year archive of historical event data. Dataminr synthesizes text in 150 languages, image, video, audio and sensor signals across 1M+ public data sources.[1][5]

Dataminr for Cyber Defense is an intel-driven threat and exposure solution suite that assembles and operationalizes real-time, client-tailored intelligence. CTTI maps fast-breaking threats to the customer's assets and exposure automatically. Dataminr surfaces intelligence via Investigation Insights over existing workflows. Agentic TI Ops builds on Client-Tailored Threat Intelligence and adds an operational layer. Dataminr Intel Agents collect, enrich, correlate and structure intelligence, then route it into detection, prevention and response across 200+ integrations. Dataminr Intel Agents process 43+ TB daily across 1M+ sources.[1][7][8]

CCM ingests real-time signals from endpoint, network, identity and cloud controls to measure enforcement across critical assets. Dataminr's AI quantifies probable financial loss by mapping MITRE ATT&CK TTPs to control effectiveness and asset criticality. CCM w/ RQ produces Findings, which are evidence-backed control gaps tied to specific assets, mapped to attacker behavior and ranked by financial impact. RQ integrates with the tools a customer already uses to assess control effectiveness, identify coverage gaps and quantify risk, and it has more than 100 integrations across the security stack. Dataminr provides real-time risk views designed for CISOs, CFOs and board reporting.[1][9]

Dataminr Advanced for Corporate Security can be deployed from headquarters to the field via web, mobile and email applications. Dataminr's AI models predict potential evolutions of how an event may unfold over the coming hours, based on historical event patterns in Dataminr's 10+ year event archive. Dataminr offers Agentic Search, Real-Time Brief Builder, Watchlist Agent, ReGenAI Tailored Live Briefs and Advanced Custom Alerts as Agentic AI capabilities.

First Alert can be deployed via web, mobile and email applications, and directly into government internal applications. Dataminr's AI models continuously describe an event's evolution and its potential impact on a customer's organization. Dataminr Pulse gives indications of high-impact events along with visual context. Dataminr delivers real-time hyperlocal alerts in 195+ countries across 1+ million public data sources. Dataminr lets customers monitor events close to employees' work locations and residences by integrating employee data from HR systems.[11][12]

Dataminr Pulse for Cyber Risk gives visibility into the full lifecycle of vulnerabilities to support patch prioritization. Dataminr tells customers when exploits that could impact their tech stack are advertised or posted. Dataminr shows which vulnerabilities are widely discussed and when scanners are pointed at vulnerabilities that concern an organization. Journalists in over 1,500 newsrooms around the world use Dataminr for News to discover indications of breaking news. Dataminr for News detects global events by processing billions of public data inputs per day in a wide range of formats. Dataminr delivers real-time alerts through a web-based dashboard, email, mobile app, Slack and TweetDeck.[5][13]

Dataminr embeds Security by Design, Privacy by Design and Responsible AI throughout its Systems and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Dataminr supports SAML 2.0 for customers to integrate their preferred Single Sign-On solution. Dataminr encrypts customer data at rest using AES-256 and in motion using TLS 1.2 or higher.[5][12]

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Dataminr full record

  1. [1]Cyber defenseDataminr · dataminr.com · undated page, accessed October 14, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Dataminr ranked fastest growing companyDataminr · dataminr.com · published November 17, 2021 · Tier A
  3. [3]AI-Powered Real-Time Event, Threat & Risk Intelligence - DataminrDataminr · undated page, accessed November 1, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Dataminr Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed November 1, 2026 · Tier C
  5. [5]Trust Services | DataminrDataminr · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Dataminr First Alert - DataminrDataminr · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Dataminr for Cyber Defense - DataminrDataminr · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Agentic TI Ops - DataminrDataminr · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Continuous Control Monitoring with Risk Quantification - DataminrDataminr · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Dataminr Advanced for Corporate SecurityDataminr · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Request A Pulse Demo - DataminrDataminr · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Dataminr Pulse for Corporate Security > Improve People Safety - DataminrDataminr · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Receive Vulnerability Intelligence With Dataminr Pulse for Cyber Risk - DataminrDataminr · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Dataminr for News - Real-time AI Solution for NewsroomsDataminr · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

Parsons full record

  1. [1]CyberParsons Corporation · parsons.com · undated page, accessed October 14, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Parsons Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2G2 · undated page, accessed November 2, 2026 · Tier C
  3. [3]Parsons CorporationParsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Products | Parsons CorporationParsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]RF Channel Emulator | DYSEParsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]SIGINT And Electronic Warfare Channel Emulator | TReX®Parsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Wideband RF Data Capture | WISP™Parsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Assured Positioning, Navigation And Timing (APNT) | APSParsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Software-Defined Radio | ER310™Parsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Tactical Edge Electro-Magnetic Sensor | TEMS™Parsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Asset Management Solution | Paradim®Parsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Full-Lifecycle Flight-Dynamics Capabilities | SatFlyer™Parsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Space Access | Parsons ProductsParsons · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Parsons Acquires Altamira Technologies CorporationParsons Corporation · published January 15, 2026 · Tier A

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