# SEWORKS

> SEWORKS is a San Francisco cybersecurity company founded in 2013 by white-hat hackers that turns offensive-security expertise into AI-powered products. Its platform helps organizations see their software the way an attacker does, combining AI-driven penetration testing (Pentoma), mobile app hardening (AppSolid), breached-credential defense (LeakJar), and SOC 2 / ISO 27001 compliance support. SEWORKS serves 100+ enterprise clients including Sendbird and Mercari.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Min Pyo Hong (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~29 employees
- **Products:** Pentoma®, AppSolid®, LeakJar™, Compliance Services
- **Notable:** Launched Pentoma®, one of the first AI-driven penetration testing services, at MWC 2018, Serves 100+ enterprise clients worldwide including Sendbird and Mercari, Founder Min Pyo Hong is a five-time consecutive DEFCON CTF finalist

## Products & services

- **Pentoma®** — AI-powered penetration testing built on the proprietary GAMAN® engine. Combines agentic discovery, deterministic replay, and human expert validation across web applications, APIs, source code, and AI systems.
- **AppSolid®** — Mobile app hardening and protection service that defends Android and iOS apps against reverse engineering, tampering, and code theft.
- **LeakJar™** — Breached-credential defense using k-anonymity to screen for compromised passwords at sign-up, login, and reset - showing organizations the credentials attackers already hold.
- **Compliance Services** — SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification support delivered as a Drata Authorized Reseller, pairing automated evidence-gathering with Pentoma pen testing for a 3-6 month path to certification.

## Achievements

- Launched Pentoma®, one of the first AI-driven penetration testing services, at MWC 2018
- Serves 100+ enterprise clients worldwide including Sendbird and Mercari
- Founder Min Pyo Hong is a five-time consecutive DEFCON CTF finalist
- Backed by Qualcomm Ventures, SoftBank Ventures Korea, and Samsung Ventures
- Member of the NVIDIA Inception program
- Operating for 13+ years since 2013

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Expanded Pentoma to cover APIs, source code, and AI systems with human-validated findings via the GAMAN engine.
- **2023-06** — Added SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance packages as a Drata Authorized Reseller.
- **2022-01** — Launched LeakJar breached-credential defense with an API-first, k-anonymity architecture.

## Links

- Website: https://se.works
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/seworks
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/seworks_twt
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seworks

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