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DeepSurface co-founders Tim Morgan, CTO, left, and James Dirksen, CEO. (DeepSurface Photos)
Portland cybersecurity startup DeepSurface was acquired this week by AttackIQ, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that helps customers evaluate security risks.
AttackIQ specializes in Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) solutions — a cybersecurity framework that continuously emulates real-world cyberattacks to test and validate an organization’s security posture.
Founded in 2017, DeepSurface was led by CEO James Dirksen, who previously sold RuleSpace to Symantec and was an executive at Formaltech, and CTO Tim Morgan, a longtime security consultant.
The startup’s software assesses potential risk and lays out a “hacker roadmap” to help prioritize the most risky vulnerabilities.
“Embedding the DeepSurface product into the AttackIQ business is a perfect fit, allowing them to extend their security control validation and breach and attack simulation business,” Dirksen said in a LinkedIn post. “We can’t wait to see the powerhouse of a product combination this will be.”
“From day one, our mission at DeepSurface has been to empower security teams with smarter, more contextualized risk analysis — helping organizations focus on what truly matters,” Morgan said in his own LinkedIn post. “Joining forces with AttackIQ, a leader in security optimization and adversary emulation, allows us to take this mission to the next level.”
DeepSurface raised $1 million in September 2020 in a seed funding round led by Cascade Seed Fund, with participation from SeaChange Fund and Voyager Capital.
Read more about the acquisition here.
