# CYRISMA

> CYRISMA is a Rochester, New York-based cybersecurity company that builds a unified, cloud-hosted cyber risk management platform for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), MSSPs, and internal IT teams. It consolidates vulnerability and patch management, sensitive data discovery, secure configuration scanning, attack surface visibility, dark web monitoring, compliance tracking, and risk monetization into a single multi-tenant dashboard - replacing a stack of point tools with one affordable, per-endpoint-priced product. Founded in 2018, the company raised a $7M Series A in 2024 and serves thousands of organizations through partners.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Rochester, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Liam Downward (Co-founder & Chief Product Officer), Oliver Downward (Co-founder & former CEO), Mike Hoag (Co-founder), Vlad Georgiev (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~14 employees
- **Products:** Vulnerability & Patch Management, Sensitive Data Discovery, Secure Configuration / Baseline Scanning, Attack Surface Management, Dark Web Monitoring
- **Notable:** Raised $7M Series A led by Blueprint Equity in October 2024, Consolidated attack surface, vulnerability, data discovery and compliance into a single MSP-focused platform, Reported ~92% user satisfaction across software review sites

## Products & services

- **Vulnerability & Patch Management** — Continuous scanning to identify, prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities, with patch management to close gaps.
- **Sensitive Data Discovery** — Locates and classifies sensitive data across the environment so organizations know where their crown-jewel data lives.
- **Secure Configuration / Baseline Scanning** — Assesses systems against secure configuration baselines to catch misconfigurations.
- **Attack Surface Management** — Provides visibility into the organization's external and internal attack surface.
- **Dark Web Monitoring** — Surveils the dark web for leaked credentials and exposed data tied to the organization.
- **Risk Monetization** — Quantifies cyber risk in financial terms, estimating potential incident costs to support executive decisions.
- **Compliance Tracking & Risk Assessment Reporting** — Automated compliance tracking and executive score-card reporting across frameworks like HIPAA, PCI and more.

## Achievements

- Raised $7M Series A led by Blueprint Equity in October 2024
- Consolidated attack surface, vulnerability, data discovery and compliance into a single MSP-focused platform
- Reported ~92% user satisfaction across software review sites
- Partners report roughly 65% time savings from tool consolidation
- Added to the Pax8 marketplace, expanding channel distribution
- Cited as trusted by thousands of organizations

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — Closed $7M Series A financing led by Blueprint Equity with SaaS Ventures and Golden Ventures.
- **2025-01** — Mark Balovnev appointed Chief Executive Officer, joining from Vantyr.
- **2023-08** — Joined the Pax8 marketplace to offer MSPs a consolidated risk management platform.

## Links

- Website: https://cyrisma.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyrisma
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/cyrisma_usa
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyrisma
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cyrisma/

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Last updated: 2026-07-21