About us
Positive Technologies is an industry leader in results-oriented cybersecurity and a major global provider of information security solutions. Our mission is to safeguard businesses and entire industries against the threat of cyberattacks. Over 3,000 organizations worldwide use technologies and services developed by our company. Positive Technologies is the first and only cybersecurity company in Russia to have gone public on the Moscow Exchange (MOEX: POSI), with 165,000 shareholders as of Q2 2023.
Expert team
The Positive Technologies team is well versed in information security and willingly shares its experience with others.
Alexey Lukatsky
Information Security Business Consultant
Alexey Novikov
Director of PT Expert Security Center (PT ESC)
Dmitry Serebryannikov
Director of security assessment
Alexander Rusetsky
Deputy CTO
Alexey Vishnyakov
Head of Malware Detection (PT ESC)
Anton Aleksandrov
Head of Service and Technology Partnership Development
Vadim Solovyov
Head of Threat Analysis
Valeriya Mityaeva
Employer Brand Development and Internal Communications Manager
Alexandra Murzina
Head of Advanced Technologies
Alexey Astakhov
Head of Application Security Products
Anna Rimskaya
Senior Business Partner
Alexey Lednev
Head of Attack Detection (PT ESC)
Company history
For 21 years now, our primary objective has been to prevent hacker attacks before they cause non-tolerable damage to businesses and entire industries.
2023
2,200+
employees, with 50% in R&D
- MaxPatrol O2, the cybersecurity autopilot, boosts SOC analysts' efficiency by 30–50 times. The first metaproduct managed by a single operator effectively detects complex attacks, including those by organized hacker groups.
- MaxPatrol O2 is the cornerstone of the cyberthreat response center being built for the Russian Ministry of Agriculture.
- Partnerships with Middle East providers of cybersecurity services and solutions are signed.
- The first Russian company to be accepted into the Association of Anti-Virus Asia Researchers.
2022
1,500+
employees
- 10 new projects are launched.
- Company shareholders exceed 100,000.
- Standoff 365 Bug Bounty is launched.
2021
1,200+
employees
- Positive Group goes public via direct listing.
- The company's sales reach 7.9 billion rubles.
- The PHDays 10 anniversary event brings together more than 2,500 guests.
2020
1,000+
employees
- MaxPatrol O2 metaproduct capabilities are publicly demonstrated.
- Version 6 of the MaxPatrol SIEM security incident detection system is released.
- Version 9 of PT Network Attack Discovery (PT NAD) is released.
2019
900+
employees
- PT Platform 187, a new solution for quick creation of corporate and departmental GosSOPKA centers, is launched.
- PT Application Inspector Enterprise, a new product for creating secure applications, is released.
- MaxPatrol SIEM is updated to version 5.0.
2018
800+
employees
- PT ISIM freeView Sensor, a light version of PT Industrial Security Incident Manager, is added to the company's industrial cybersecurity lineup.
- Commercial version of the PT Network Attack Discovery integrated network security solution for traffic analysis and incident investigation is released.
- MaxPatrol SIEM market share reaches 24.5%. The product is among the three market leaders (according to IDC).
2017
750+
employees
- PT BlackBox Scanner, a free cloud-based service to help secure website applications from attacks, is launched.
- Positive Technologies Application Firewall Cloud DDoS Protection, a new service that protects from internet attacks, is launched.
- PT Security Intelligence Portal (MaxPatrol SIEM module), a solution designed to facilitate the work of top management, is launched.
2016
650
employees
- Samara office is opened.
- PT Application Firewall is listed for the first time in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls. Positive Technologies is recognized as a Visionary.
- Positive Technologies and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. create a technology alliance to develop a comprehensive approach to protection of the network perimeter and web resources.
- Positive Technologies and Bombardier Transportation (Signal) work together to improve the security of Russian rail transport.
2014
400
employees
- PT Application Firewall is used 24/7 during the Sochi Winter Olympics to protect special Olympic-related apps and secure existing web portals.
- Positive Technologies is included in Gartner's Hype Cycles as a promising supplier of security solutions for critical infrastructure and industrial control systems (OT, ICS, SCADA).
- Positive Technologies is included in the list of vendors in the annual Gartner's Market Guide for Vulnerability Assessment.
2013
382
employees
- Two new products are added to the lineup: PT Application Inspector and PT Application Firewall.
- PT Application Firewall successfully withstands hacker attacks from all over the world during the Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.
- Company ranks No. 1 by IDC among the fastest-growing security and vulnerability management companies and No. 3 on the Russian security software market.
2012
331
employees
- St. Petersburg office is opened.
- PHDays Young School competition and Positive Education program are launched.
- Positive Hack Days draws 1,500 participants. The geography of the event is expanded from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad and from India to Tunisia, thanks to the launch of the PHDays Everywhere program, which makes it possible to organize interactive teleconferences with the forum.
2011
199
employees
- Regular free infosec webinars are held.
- Informzashchita training center becomes an authorized Positive Technologies training center.
- Positive Hack Days international security forum is held for the first time.
2010
90
employees
- Clients now include MegaFon, MTS, Rostelecom, Gazpromneft, Gazprombank, and Rosbank.
- Deployment of MaxPatrol 8 at the company symbolizes the technological maturity of the business.
2009
49
employees
- Research Center is created at the company in order to identify vulnerabilities. The researchers' work earn the gratitude of such world-renowned names as Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Siemens.
2008
45
employees
- MaxPatrol 8 vulnerability and compliance management solution is released. MaxPatrol is the most in-demand product of 2008, as well as the most effective network scanner.
- Special pentesting team is formed.
- Courses are launched for proficiency certification in use of MaxPatrol Enterprise Edition.
- Partner program is created in Russia.
2007
41
employees
- Software testing department is created.
2006
30
employees
- Development starts on MaxPatrol.
- Check the Health of Your Network project is launched to enable any organization to check its network free of charge for vulnerabilities and receive recommendations for remediation.
- Project is launched to perform non-stop testing of Masterhost virtual properties to identify known and potential software vulnerabilities.
2005
22
employees
- First unique code analysis is performed.
2004
11
employees
- First pentest is performed.
- First major corporate clients: Sberbank, VimpelCom, Russian Ministry of Defense, and Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works.
2003
7
employees
- First paid version of XSpider is launched (300,000 downloads).
- New line of business is added: security auditing.
2002
6
employees
- Company is founded and the first office is opened in Moscow. This was the result of the creation of the XSpider security scanner by two enthusiasts in 1998. A free open-source version of XSpider was released in 1999. The scanner, which is still considered one of the best smart security scanners in Eastern Europe, became so popular that it inspired the creation of MaxPatrol, the flagship Positive Technologies product.
- Consulting services are offered.
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