# Surefire Cyber Inc.

> Surefire Cyber is a purpose-built cyber incident response firm that helps insurers, brokers, law firms, and the organizations they cover move from response to resilience. Founded in 2022 by incident response veteran Billy Gouveia and incubated at Forgepoint Capital, the company pairs expert-led responders with an AI-enabled platform that unifies the insurance-driven response lifecycle - from forensic investigation and threat-actor negotiation through restoration, claims coordination, and cyber intelligence - to deliver faster outcomes with consistent quality and transparent, claims-ready reporting.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** United States
- **Founders:** Billy Gouveia (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~76 employees
- **Products:** Detection and Containment, Forensic Investigation and Analysis, Threat Actor Communication and Negotiation, Restoration, Cyber Intelligence
- **Notable:** Launched out of stealth in May 2022 with $10M Series A led by Forgepoint Capital., Built a purpose-built incident response model serving the cyber insurance ecosystem., Announced a next-generation, AI-enabled IR platform in February 2026 that unifies the insurance-driven response lifecycle from intake through invoice.

## Products & services

- **Detection and Containment** — Rapid identification and isolation of active threats to stop the bleeding during an incident.
- **Forensic Investigation and Analysis** — Digital forensics to determine scope, root cause, and impact, with claims-ready documentation.
- **Threat Actor Communication and Negotiation** — Managed engagement and negotiation with threat actors in ransomware and extortion events.
- **Restoration** — Automated workflows and expert guidance to restore systems and reduce business interruption.
- **Cyber Intelligence** — Threat actor attribution and intelligence enriched from real incident data.
- **IR Plans and Exercises** — Incident response planning and tabletop exercises to prepare organizations before an event.
- **IR Retainers** — Pre-arranged incident response retainers for guaranteed, fast access to responders.
- **Resiliency Support Program** — Post-incident program to strengthen security posture and long-term cyber resilience.
- **Next-generation IR Platform** — Expert-led, AI-enabled platform unifying the insurance-driven response lifecycle from intake through invoice, with claims-ready documentation, CAT readiness, portfolio intelligence and reserve diagnostics.

## Achievements

- Launched out of stealth in May 2022 with $10M Series A led by Forgepoint Capital.
- Built a purpose-built incident response model serving the cyber insurance ecosystem.
- Announced a next-generation, AI-enabled IR platform in February 2026 that unifies the insurance-driven response lifecycle from intake through invoice.
- Grew to roughly 76 employees.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Announced advancements to its expert-led, AI-enabled incident response platform - the first system to unify the entire insurance-driven response lifecycle from intake through invoice, adding claims-ready documentation, CAT readiness, portfolio intelligence and reserve diagnostics.
- **2022-05** — Launched from stealth with $10M Series A funding led by Forgepoint Capital to help the cyber insurance ecosystem move from response to resilience.

## Links

- Website: https://surefirecyber.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/surefirecyber
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Surefire_Cyber

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Last updated: 2026-06-11