Company History

Added PT ISIM freeView Sensor, a light version of PT Industrial Security Incident Manager, to the company's industrial cybersecurity lineup. Introduced version 4.0 of MaxPatrol SIEM, our system for real-time incident detection. Sparkle, the international service division of TIM Group and one of the world's ten largest mobile operators, joins efforts with Positive Technologies to launch a package solution for protection of signaling networks.

PT Application Firewall is certified by ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon performing testing and certification of products from the world's leading developers and service providers.

Positive Technologies becomes a member of the Russian National Committee of the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE). Company experts join the working group on ICS and automatic protection systems cybersecurity.

Positive Technologies assists in protecting information resources during the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Positive Technologies has been positioned in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing for its PT Application Inspector (PT AI) solution.

Positive Hack Days Forum draws over 5,500 participants from all over the world.

Expertize:In 2018 we published data on 46 vulnerabilities, including 30 high-risk vulnerabilities discovered in products from Cisco, Hirschmann, SAP, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and other companies.

800+ employees

2018

Positive Technologies Application Firewall Cloud DDoS Protection – a new service that protects from internet attacks by combining an anti-DDoS solution with anti hacking technologies.

PT BlackBox Scanner – a free cloud-based service to help secure website applications from attacks.

PT Telecom Security Assessment to secure next-generation 4G and 5G networks.

Array Networks Inc., the network functions platform company, announced a partnership that will see Positive Technologies (PT) Application Firewall being run on Array’s AVX Series Network Functions Platform.

Positive Technologies and CriticalBlue provides automated defense against malicious bots and scripts for web and mobile applications by combining CriticalBlue’s Approov and PT Application Firewall.

Sparkle, the international service arm of TIM Group and among top 10 global operators, and Positive Technologies, launched the Signalling Protection Suite, a new and full suite of security services for signalling connectivity.

PT Application Firewall listed for the third time in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls, with Positive Technologies as a Visionary.

Expertize:Positive Technologies experts have discovered over 50 vulnerabilities in products and systems, among which 28 vulnerabilities of high severity level, found in products and systems of Intel, Hirschmann, Siemens, Dahua, Kaspersky Lab and many others.

750+ employees

2017

Offices opened in Brno (Czech Republic) and Samara (Russia).

Positive Technologies Industrial Security Incident Manager (PT ISIM), developed to protect industrial control/SCADA systems.

PT MultiScanner, a multithreaded system for identifying malicious content.

PT SS7 Attack Discovery (PT SS7 AD) developed for detecting attacks on telecom networks.

PT Application Firewall (PT AF) ranked in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Applica-tion Firewalls. Positive Technologies is the only company recognized as a Visionary.

MaxPatrol named Vulnerability Management Product of the Year in the Independent Cyber Security Awards.

650 employees

2016

450+ employees

2015

Offices opened in three Russian cities: Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, and Tomsk.

Revolutionary MaxPatrol SIEM launched to monitor security events and automatically detect hacking attempts.

PT Application Firewall listed for the first time in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls, with Positive Technologies debuting as a Visionary.

MaxPatrol vulnerability and compliance management solution awarded CIS Security Software Certification in the area of Microsoft SQL Server.

Company gains a new partner, Partner Data, a leading Italian distributor of IT security products and security software, identification systems, and loyalty programs.

Company announces distribution agreement with Italian partner Itway VAD,a market leader providing IT and security solutions in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Greece, Turkey, Middle East, and Africa.

400+ employees

2014

382 employees

2013

Two new products added to 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 ranked No. 1 by IDC among the fastest-growing security and vulnerability management companies.

Positive Technologies receives CIS Security Software Certification for MaxPatrol.

Positive Technologies included in Gartner's Hype Cycles as a promising supplierof security solutions for critical infrastructure and industrial control systems (OT, ICS, SCADA).

The company's application security product lineup (PT Application Firewall anPT Application Inspector) goes on sale around the world.

PT Application Firewall used 24/7 during the Sochi Winter Olympics to protect special Olympic-related apps and secure existing web portals.

MaxPatrol achieves certified integration with the SAP NetWeaver technology platform.

MaxPatrol integrated with QRadar, a leading SIEM technology from IBM.

331 employees

2012

Offices opened in Italy, South Korea, Tunisia, U.S., and Russia (St. Petersburg).

Company now has over 1,000 corporate clients. Sixteen pilot projects launched internationally, including with Samsung, Vodafone, and the Indian Ministry of Defense.

Siemens and Positive Technologies partner to secure Simatic WinCC.

State-owned military systems manufacturer Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) deploys MaxPatrol from Positive Technologies for automated vulnerability and compliance management of IT infrastructure.

Leading Italian systems integrator Italtel adds MaxPatrol to its portfolio of Integrated Security solutions.

Positive Technologies joins VMware Technology Alliance Program.

National Election Commission (NEC) of South Korea selects MaxPatrol.

Educational initiatives started: PHDays Young School competition and Positive Education program.

Positive Hack Days draws 1,500 participants. The PHDays Everywhere initiative brings the conference to educational institutions and hackspaces worldwide in an interactive format, with participants all across Russia and in countries as far away as India and Tunisia.

199 employees

2011

Cooperation starts with Russian law enforcement and security agencies.

Regular free infosec webinars started. Informzashchita training center becomesan authorized Positive Technologies training center.

Positive Hack Days international security forum held for the first time.

90 employees

2010

First international office opened (in London).

Clients now include MegaFon, MTS, Rostelecom, Gazprombank, Gazpromneft,and Rosbank.

Deployment of MaxPatrol at the company symbolizes the technological maturityof the business.

49 employees

2009

Research Center created at the company in order to identify vulnerabilities. The researchers' work has earned the gratitude of such world names as Google, Adobe, Apple, Red Hat, and Siemens.

45 employees

2008

MaxPatrol vulnerability and compliance management solution released. MaxPatrol is the most in-demand product of 2008, as well as the most effective network scanner.

Special pentesting team formed.

Courses launched for proficiency certification in use of MaxPatrol Enterprise Edition.

Partner program created in Russia.

41 employees

2007

Software testing department created.

30 employees

2006

Development starts on MaxPatrol.

"Check the Health of Your Network": project launched to enable any organizationto check its network, free of charge, for vulnerabilities and receive recommendations for remediation.

Project launched to perform non-stop testing of Masterhost virtual propertiesto identify known and potential software vulnerabilities.

22 employees

2005

First unique code audit performed.

11 employees

2004

First pentest performed.

First major corporate clients: Sberbank, VimpelCom, Russian Ministry of Defense,and Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works.

7 employees

2003

Launch of first paid version of XSpider and successful go-to-market (300,000 down-loads).

New line of business added: security auditing.

6 employees

2002

Company founded and first office opened (in Moscow). This was the result of 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 creation of MaxPatrol, the flagship product in the Positive Technologies product lineup.

Consulting services offered.