# Praetorian

> Praetorian is an Austin, Texas-based cybersecurity company that helps organizations prevent breaches by combining an adversarial, offensive-security mindset with automation and AI. Founded in 2010 by CEO Nathan Sportsman, the firm pairs elite red-team engineers with its flagship Chariot platform for Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) and attack surface management, plus services spanning penetration testing, cloud and product security, and adversarial emulation. Its clients include large technology, finance, healthcare, and automotive organizations, and it maintains open-source tools such as the Nosey Parker secrets scanner.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** Nathan Sportsman (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~150 employees
- **Products:** Chariot, Nosey Parker, Offensive Security Services, Application & Product Security, Cloud Security
- **Notable:** Named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies for five consecutive years, Recognized as an Inc. Best Workplace in 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, Open-sourced the Nosey Parker secrets-scanning tool (December 2022)

## Products & services

- **Chariot** — Flagship Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) and attack surface management platform that combines automation and AI with expert red-team validation. Uses outside-in (adversarial) and inside-out (cloud-integration) views to prioritize real risk and eliminate false positives. Available as both a managed service and a self-managed platform.
- **Nosey Parker** — Machine-learning and regex-based secrets scanner that detects passwords, API keys, tokens, and credentials left in source code and config files. Can scan roughly 100GB of source history in about five minutes. RegEx scanning capabilities were open-sourced in December 2022.
- **Offensive Security Services** — Advanced adversarial services including penetration testing, red team and purple team engagements, assumed-breach exercises, and threat actor emulation across enterprise assets.
- **Application & Product Security** — Security assessments and testing for software, IoT, mobile, and automotive products, including FDA testing and monitoring for medical devices.
- **Cloud Security** — Cloud penetration testing and security posture assessments across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments, with integrations such as CrowdStrike Falcon.

## Achievements

- Named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies for five consecutive years
- Recognized as an Inc. Best Workplace in 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
- Open-sourced the Nosey Parker secrets-scanning tool (December 2022)
- Finalist in the 2023 Cloud Security Awards
- Bootstrapped from 2010 to profitability, taking only a single funding round
- Added cybersecurity leader Gary Hayslip to its advisory board (November 2024)

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Announced strategic partnership with PortSwigger to integrate Burp Suite DAST into the Chariot CTEM platform.
- **2024-11** — Welcomed cybersecurity leader Gary Hayslip to its advisory board.
- **2024-07** — Unveiled an enhanced Chariot platform, adding a self-managed option and advanced attack surface detection capabilities.
- **2024-06** — Shipped Chariot Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) updates, including CrowdStrike Falcon integration and expanded secrets detection.

## Links

- Website: https://praetorian.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/praetorian
- Twitter/X: http://twitter.com/praetorianlabs
- GitHub: https://github.com/praetorian-inc
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/praetorianlabs

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