Morocco - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Defendis is a cybersecurity startup that taps into AI to help Government Agencies, Banks, and Businesses adopt a proactive approach and identify data breaches risks as soon as they appear.

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

Defendis is a startup developing AI-powered cybersecurity solutions, enabling organisations to proactively neutralise cyberattacks. Our Threat Intelligence Platform is designed with an all-in-one approach to identify leaked credentials, payment card fraud, domain impersonation, and asset vulnerabilities. This enables Banks, Government agencies, and Businesses – especially those with limited resources and capabilities – to adapt to the threat landscape and prevent data breaches, financial damages, or any repetitional damages that might affect them.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Banks, government agencies, and businesses of all size are offering more of their services online to facilitate the life of the people they serve. However, for these online services to work, data sometimes containing personal information needs to be stored online. This creates a new problem for these organisations of how to keep this data that is online secure at all times and prevent any data breaches.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

By using Defendis, you are able to: - Detect cybersecurity risks that could lead to a data breach and neutralise them (e.g. detect the leaked password of an employee with admin access to the database and reset it before it's used by cybercriminals) - Understand what data got leaked in the event of a data breach in order to contain it swiftly (e.g. detect the leaked credit cards of customers and proceed to blocking them before they are used by cybercriminals) - Monitor discussions around your brand, detect impersonation attempts, and request takedowns directly from the app - Identify at-risk employees and executives with repeated credential leaks that are in need of extensive cybersecurity trainings - Identify and prioritise asset vulnerabilities that could lead to potential attacks from the hardware/software side.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Defendis is a B2B solution for banks, Government agencies, small businesses, and entreprises. By focusing on serving these organisations, we are helping protect millions of people they serve from losing access to their data and finances.

01.05 When was your company established?

2023-10-03

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

No

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

2

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

0

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

Charafeddine Nassiri - CTO: Cybersecurity researcher and data-protection expert with a proven track record and prestigious recognitions. Marouane Sabri - CMO: marketing and Business Development expert in charge of product marketing and driving growth.

01.10 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link(s) here:

https://defendis.ai

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

h) IT (digital services, equipment and software)

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

02.03.01 My startup contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

3

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

6

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

We provide cybersecurity educational resources for free for underprivileged and remote areas

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

6

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

We offer competitive wages and benefits, provide training and development opportunities, and promoting work-life balance

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

4

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

5

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

As an African startup, we developed our tool to provide the same level of protecting against data breaches that other advanced nations have to organisations in Africa. This will directly help protect data of million of people including that bank accounts and digital wallets.

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

2

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

2

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

2

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

2

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

2

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

4

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

06.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

2

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

5

06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

6

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

2

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

2

06.06 The product/service responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

2

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

2

06.08 Justification for my startup

Threat Intelligence is fairly new and we are combining improved data gathering with AI-powered analysis to deliver organisations in-depth insights about breaches and their sources.

06.09 Competitive Analysis

We are competing against multinational corporations like Recorded Future, Searchlight Cyber, and Mandiant. All these solutions are complicated and require certified cybersecurity experts to manage them, that's not our case. What differentiate us is the simplicity of our app, we wanted to make sure that a simple IT manager or tech lead can quickly view and understand the risks

11.05 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?