# Illusive

> Illusive is an enterprise cybersecurity company founded in 2014 by Ofer Israeli with Team8. Its agentless deception and identity risk tools help security teams discover exposed credentials, remove unnecessary attack paths and detect lateral movement. Acquired by Proofpoint in December 2022, its technology continues through Proofpoint Spotlight and Shadow.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Tel Aviv, Israel; historical dual presence in New York, United States
- **Founders:** Ofer Israeli (Founder; initially VP of R&D, later CEO), Team8 (Co-founding company builder)
- **Products:** Deceptions Everywhere / Attack Detection System, Attack Surface Manager, Attack Intelligence System, Illusive Spotlight, Illusive Shadow
- **Notable:** Team8’s first launched company., Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Security Intelligence in 2015, as reported in its funding announcement., RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox top-10 finalist in 2016.

## Products & services

- **Deceptions Everywhere / Attack Detection System** — Agentless distribution of convincing false credentials, connections and resource information to expose intruders when they use it.
- **Attack Surface Manager** — Historical expansion into identifying and removing unnecessary credentials and connections that support lateral movement.
- **Attack Intelligence System** — Historical forensic and high-interaction decoy capabilities for investigating human attackers.
- **Illusive Spotlight** — Continuous discovery and remediation of privileged identity risks, exposed credentials, directory misconfigurations and PAM gaps; now offered under Proofpoint.
- **Illusive Shadow** — Deception-based detection and protection for residual identity risks, with attack evidence collection; now offered under Proofpoint.
- **Identity Risk Assessment** — An assessment of exploitable credentials and privileges; Illusive promoted a complimentary assessment in 2022.

## Achievements

- Team8’s first launched company.
- Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Security Intelligence in 2015, as reported in its funding announcement.
- RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox top-10 finalist in 2016.
- Selected by Merck KGaA in 2017.
- Reported 228% growth in new annual recurring revenues over 12 months in October 2020; an absolute revenue figure was not provided.
- Proofpoint completed its acquisition in December 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2022-02** — Launched Illusive Spotlight and Illusive Shadow alongside AIR 2022 identity risk research.
- **2022-12** — Proofpoint announced the acquisition agreement on December 12 and reported completion on December 28.
- **2024-05** — UK G-Cloud 14 pricing documents list Proofpoint Spotlight and the combined Spotlight/Shadow bundle with annual per-endpoint volume tiers.

## Links

- Website: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/illusive-is-now-proofpoint
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/illusive/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/illusivenw
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/illusivenetworks/

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