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Cyren

Cyren is a cybersecurity company that provides cloud-based threat detection and protection services for email, web, and endpoints used by enterprises and service providers.

  • Cloud-delivered threat intelligence services for email, web, and endpoint security platforms.
  • Embedded security technologies integrated by OEMs, service providers, and security vendors.
  • Email security services (email security) designed to detect spam, phishing, and malware before reaching end users.
  • Web security and URL categorization services (web security) that classify and filter web traffic to block malicious or unwanted content.
  • Malware detection engines and real-time analysis (endpoint and gateway security) using global threat telemetry.

More About Cyren

Cyren focuses on delivering security-as-a-service capabilities that enterprises, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers, telecoms, and security vendors can consume as cloud-based components rather than operating standalone threat detection infrastructure. Its services are commonly integrated into email gateways, secure web gateways, endpoint security tools, and other security platforms to provide real-time detection of spam, phishing, malware, and malicious URLs.

The company’s offerings center on cloud-based threat intelligence (threat intelligence) that aggregates telemetry from distributed sources and applies analysis to identify new and known threats. This information feeds into engines that customers and partners embed into their own products or access via APIs. The architecture is typically multi-tenant and cloud-native, designed so that threat data observed in one environment can be used to protect others with low latency.

In email security (email security), Cyren provides services that score and classify messages for spam, phishing, and malware content. These services can operate as part of secure email gateways or be integrated by email providers and SaaS platforms. Detection methods include analysis of message content, sender reputation, URL inspection, and attachment scanning using malware detection engines.

For web security (web security), Cyren maintains URL categorization and reputation data that security products and network devices can use to enforce browsing policies and block access to phishing sites, malware hosting, or other unsafe destinations. This can be applied in secure web gateways, firewalls, Domain Name System (DNS) filtering services, or endpoint agents that check URLs against Cyren’s cloud classification services.

Cyren’s malware detection capabilities (endpoint and gateway security) rely on engines that inspect files and objects for known signatures and suspicious behavior. These engines can be embedded into antivirus and gateway products or accessed as part of broader threat protection services. The company emphasizes real-time updates from its global threat intelligence cloud, enabling frequent refresh of signatures and reputation data without manual distribution.

Within an enterprise technology directory, Cyren aligns to categories such as email security, web security, threat intelligence services, and embedded security SDKs or APIs for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and service provider integration. Its offerings are typically consumed by security architects, product teams at security vendors, and operators of communication or cloud services that require integrated threat protection built on external threat intelligence and detection engines.

At-A-Glance

  • Employees: 210
  • Estimated Annual Revenue: $10M-$50M
  • Stock Ticker: CYRN

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Corporate Headquarters

1430 Spring Hill Road
330
McLean, VA 22102

Market Segmentation

  • Type: Public
  • Sector: Information Technology
  • Group: Software & Services
  • Industry: Internet Software & Services
  • Sub-Industry: Internet Software & Services