Lucideus

Lucideus is a pure play Cyber Security company, providing Cyber Security platforms to enterprise and governments across the globe^[1][2]. It is empanelled in CERT India as one of the certified cyber security auditors by Government of India. The company is headquartered in New Delhi, it builds & delivers information security platform & services to secure, continuously monitor and re-actively respond to cyber threats of a company's technology stack.

Lucideus is incubated out of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and continues to have one of its research & innovation labs located at the computer science department of IIT Bombay.^[3][4][5] The company currently has offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, Palo Alto and Boston.

Lucideus is the only private company to be on-boarded as the official Knowledge Partner with Delhi University to design and co-execute a year-long postgraduate diploma course in Cyber Security.^[6]

History

In 2012, Saket Modi^{[7][8][9][10][11]} a Computer Science engineer, founded Lucideus, ^{[12][13][14][15]} along with co-founders Vidit Baxi ^[16] and Rahul Tyagi^{[17] [18]}. They gathered together a team of security professionals and started the company with the objective of providing cyber security training.^{[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]} In the beginning of 2013, Lucideus launched its range of Enterprise Cyber Security Services^[27][28][29] and the company today works actively in both the areas.^{[30][31][32][33][34][35]}

In 2017 after gaining experience in the market & understanding the need of an enterprise wide solution, Lucideus launched a Cyber Risk Assessment platform - SAFE^[36]. SAFE (Security Assessment Framework for Enterprises) integrates with the existing technology stack of an enterprise to provide a real-time cyber risk assessment score (a number between 0-5) at a macro level across the organisation that can be broken down into micro-level scoring individually for each asset.^[37][38]

Fund Raising

Lucideus has raised only angel investment from some of the most senior executives globally. The list of angel investors include:^[39][40]

Services

Lucideus is a pure-play Cyber Security services & platforms provider. It builds and delivers information security services, both generic and customised to pro actively secure, continuously monitor and re-actively respond to cyber threats to your technology stack. It is one of the very few companies with a 100% OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional) certified Delivery team & a clear focus on Cyber Security.^[41]

The Enterprise Cyber Security Services follows a Proactive, Continuous & Reactive approach to Security.^{[42][43][44][45]}

Government Engagements

SAFE

SAFE (Security Assessment Framework for Enterprise),^{[52] [53]} dejargonizes Cyber Security by providing ‘one’ number or a standard that estimates the IT health of the on-ground IT assets within a company and correspondingly the organisation as a whole. It takes into account controls across People, Process and Technology. With this Lucideus aims to make cyber risk an informed business decision such that it will allow the security team to communicate to the non tech specialists (CXOs, Business Unit Leaders and Board) about the cyber security posture of the enterprise.^[54][55]

SAFE integrates with the existing technology stack of an enterprise to provide a real-time cyber risk assessment score (a number between 0-5) at a macro level across the organisation that can be broken down into micro-level scoring individually for each asset.It backs this real-time number with cognitive learning & assessment and analysis of multiple vulnerabilities, configuration & policy controls. Basis this, SAFE gives one scorecard of assets at that time instant & gives recommendations and actionable insights to enhance the number. ^[56][57]

Awards & Recognition

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