# Deep Instinct

> Deep Instinct sells enterprise malware prevention powered by a proprietary deep-learning engine. Its DSX platform protects files across cloud storage, network-attached storage, applications and endpoints, while DIANNA uses generative AI to explain threats for security teams.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Guy Caspi (Co-founder; Chief Product Officer and Tel Aviv General Manager), Nadav Maman (Co-founder; founding CTO), Dr. Eli David (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Data Security X (DSX), DSX for Cloud - Amazon S3, DSX for Cloud - Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, DSX for NAS, DSX for Applications
- **Notable:** Unit 221B’s 2022 assessment reported 99.78% combined detection/prevention accuracy, 100% prevention of tested unknown attacks and 96.4% prevention of custom attacks under a recommended hardened configuration., Introduced generative AI malware assistant DIANNA in 2024 and announced general availability in September 2025., Launched Amazon S3 protection on AWS Marketplace in November 2024.

## Products & services

- **Data Security X (DSX)** — Deep-learning malware prevention platform spanning cloud storage, NAS, applications and endpoints; DIANNA adds threat explanations.
- **DSX for Cloud - Amazon S3** — Scans S3 files and supports quarantine or deletion of malicious content; launched on AWS Marketplace.
- **DSX for Cloud - Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP** — Extends storage protection to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP.
- **DSX for NAS** — File protection for network-attached storage, including NetApp Vscan and Dell CAVA integration.
- **DSX for Applications** — Agentless Docker-based file scanning integrated through APIs or ICAP for middleware, custom applications and file transfers.
- **DSX for Endpoints** — Pre-execution malware protection on user devices, positioned to complement existing detection and response.
- **DSX Brain** — Proprietary deep-learning malware classification engine trained on raw data.
- **DIANNA / DSX Companion** — Deep Instinct’s Artificial Neural Network Assistant uses generative AI to explain known and unknown threats; introduced in May 2024 and announced generally available in September 2025.

## Achievements

- Unit 221B’s 2022 assessment reported 99.78% combined detection/prevention accuracy, 100% prevention of tested unknown attacks and 96.4% prevention of custom attacks under a recommended hardened configuration.
- Introduced generative AI malware assistant DIANNA in 2024 and announced general availability in September 2025.
- Launched Amazon S3 protection on AWS Marketplace in November 2024.
- Announced AWS ISV Accelerate acceptance in June 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Launched DSX for Cloud - Amazon S3 on AWS Marketplace.
- **2025-01** — Announced protection for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP.
- **2025-05** — Ctech reported around 20 layoffs following closure of certain operations, and approximately 180 employees at that time.
- **2025-06** — Announced Deployed on AWS designation and acceptance into AWS ISV Accelerate.
- **2025-09** — Announced general availability of DIANNA on September 17.
- **2026-01** — Published Jan Pohl’s cloud-storage security essay, Schrödinger’s Cloud: Both Safe and Compromised.

## Links

- Website: https://www.deepinstinct.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deep-instinct
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/DeepInstinctSec
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYerfisJf3hc9QOWmic1G9Q
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeepInstinctInc

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Last updated: 2026-10-02