Zafran's new approach to Risk Mitigation mobilizes existing security controls to protect organizations during critical exploitation windows. The Risk & Mitigation platform determines vulnerability exploitability, correlating control configuration, runtime, internet exposure, and threat exploit analysis. Zafran's hybrid, agentless solution automates mitigations, enabling organizations to proactively reduce threat exposure at scale. https://www.zafran.io/
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $90M
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 13.04.2024 | Penny Jar | pennyjar.c... |
| 14.08.2023 | Artisanal ... | artisanalv... |
| 13.04.2024 | CyberStart... | cyberstart... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 02.12.2025 | Series C | $60M | - |
| 29.03.2024 | - | $30M | - |
Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.08.2026 | OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack confirmed months of AI cyber warnings: ‘Pandora’s box is open’ | OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack has shown that months of warnings from the cybersecurity sector are now a reality. AI agents can evolve and adapt to accomplish their goals, and do it in unpredictable ways. Sailpoint’s tech chief said instances w... |
| 23.07.2026 | Cisco backs Israeli cyber startup led by Iranian-born security veteran | Israeli-founded startup Zafran Security, the developer of an AI-native cyber threat exposure management platform, has landed a strategic investment from US tech giant Cisco Systems Inc. The US maker of networking software and hardware has i... |
| 22.07.2026 | Zafran Receives Strategic Investment from Cisco Investments | Zafran Security, a NYC-based company which specializes in AI-native continuous threat exposure management, received a strategic investment from Cisco Investments, extending its previously announced $130M total funding. The amount of the dea... |
| 08.07.2026 | Chainguard Adds New Members to Athena Coalition as Coordinated Open Source Defense Scales | Chainguard's industry coalition reports 40,000 findings processed KIRKLAND, Wash., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainguard today announced the expansion of Athena, the industry coalition for the orchestrated defense of open source software,... |
| 08.05.2026 | Anthropic’s Mythos set off a cybersecurity ‘hysteria.’ Experts say the threat was already here | Cybersecurity experts and AI researchers tell CNBC that the perils revealed by Mythos are achievable using older models, including those from Anthropic and OpenAI. AI is accelerating how quickly vulnerabilities are found, but companies stil... |
| 25.04.2026 | CVSS scored these two Palo Alto CVEs as manageable. Chained, they gave attackers root access to 13,000 devices. | During Operation Lunar Peek in November 2024, attackers gained unauthenticated remote admin access — and eventual root — across more than 13,000 exposed Palo Alto Networks management interfaces. Palo Alto Networks scored CVE-2024-0012 at 9.... |
| 02.12.2025 | Zafran Security, a cybersecurity startup founded by former cyber spy, raises $60M to fight AI threats | Zafran Security has raised $60 million in funding as demand surges for tools that can keep up with AI-fueled cyberattacks, the company announced Tuesday. The startup is led by Sanaz Yashar, an Iranian-born former spy whose experience helped... |
| 02.12.2025 | Zafran Security Raises $60M in Series C Funding | Ben Seri (CTO), Sanaz Yashar (CEO), Snir Havdala (CPO). Credit- Eric Sultan Zafran Security, a NYC-based AI-native Threat Exposure Management company, raised $60m in Series C funding. x Please enable JavaScript Video Player is loading.Play ... |
| 21.04.2025 | Enterprises change how they manage cyber risk | A new report from Zafran Security shows that enterprise risk management is shifting from volume to value, and from patching everything to fixing what matters most. The study, carried out by Foundry MarketPulse, reveals that only one in 50,0... |
| 04.04.2024 | Zafran Revolutionizes Risk Mitigation with $30M Funding Boost | NYC-based risk and mitigation company, Zafran, secures over $30 million in funding to expand its operations and business reach. Founded in 2022 by Sanaz Yashar, Ben Seri, and Snir Havdala, Zafran provides a cutting-edge platform that mobili... |
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