Stealth-exiting venture Whisper unveils 'God Mode' for countering digital wrongdoings in cyberspace
**Whisper Unveils Next-Generation Cybersecurity Platform to Combat Rapidly Escalating Threats**
Whisper, a Dutch cybersecurity startup based in Amsterdam, has recently raised €1.6 million in a pre-seed funding round to develop its next-generation cybersecurity platform. Founded by Soroush Rafiee Rad, Leonardo Carlo Calisse, and Kaveh Ranjbar, the company aims to combat sophisticated cyber threats, including multi-vector and AI-driven attacks, in the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape [1][4].
### **Unprecedented "God Mode" Cybersecurity Visibility**
Whisper's platform offers an unprecedented, real-time view of the internet infrastructure, coined as "God Mode." This advanced cybersecurity visibility allows organizations to detect and track cyber threats by exposing attacker infrastructure and hidden relationships before any damage occurs [2][3]. The platform uses knowledge graph technology to create a massive, real-time map of global internet infrastructure, built from over 45 billion data points sourced from 18 different systems, including domain name registries (DNS), IP address databases, routing protocols (BGP), and ownership records (Whois) [2].
### **Early and Accurate Cyber Threat Detection**
Whisper's platform is designed to predict cyber attacks earlier and more accurately than existing solutions. It provides organizations with real-time threat scores and metadata on potential threats, such as suspicious domains or shadowy network clusters [2][3]. To minimize false alarms, Whisper uses entropy-based scoring, helping security teams save time by reducing unnecessary alerts and focusing on critical threats [2].
### **Scaling Up in a Challenging Market**
Since launching in January, Whisper has secured pilot projects with other cybersecurity providers and plans to accelerate its market entry following the recent funding round [1][4]. Calisse believes the surge in the amount and type of online crime demands an "entirely new generation" of cybersecurity tools [4]. With the global cybersecurity-related losses projected to hit $10.5 trillion (€9 trillion) annually by the end of 2025 [5], Whisper is positioning itself as a key player in the fight against cybercrime.
References: [1] https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/25/whisper-raises-1-6-million-to-help-enterprises-combat-sophisticated-cyber-threats/ [2] https://www.whisper.ai/ [3] https://www.atlas.ai/news/atlas-ai-fund-i-invests-in-whisper-ai [4] https://www.atlas.ai/news/atlas-ai-fund-i-invests-in-whisper-ai [5] https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2020/10/14/cybersecurity-is-the-new-cold-war-and-were-all-in-it-together/?sh=7a3f42487c9e
- Whisper's innovative cybersecurity platform, designed to combat sophisticated threats, is attracting investments from the finance sector, aiming to scale up in the challenging market of data-and-cloud-computing technology.
- In this rapidly evolving business landscape, Whisper's next-generation cybersecurity solution offers unprecedented real-time visibility, investigating potential threats by utilizing knowledge graph technology to analyze over 45 billion data points from various sources.
- By providing early and accurate cyber threat detection, Whisper's platform not only protects organizations from multi-vector and AI-driven attacks, but also focuses the efforts of investors and businesses on minimizing financial losses due to cybercrime, which is projected to hit $10.5 trillion annually by 2025.
