Secure.com has introduced its Digital Security Teammate (DST), a new category of AI-native agents designed to alleviate the significant operational challenges faced by security teams globally, supported by $4.5 million in funding from Disrupt.com.
Cybersecurity Ventures reports that global cybercrime damages have reached $10.5 trillion, alongside a talent gap of 4.8 million unfilled roles. Security teams frequently manage thousands of alerts daily from tools they lack the staff or resources to fully utilize. Secure.com secured its initial investment from Disrupt.com, a venture builder based in the MENA region known for global startups, including the $350 million bootstrapped exit of Cloudways to DigitalOcean. This funding highlights a regional effort to advance AI-native security innovation.
According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025, data breaches in the United States have reached an average cost of $10.22 million, while breaches in the Middle East average $7.29 million. Despite these figures, only 49% of breached companies plan to increase their security spending. Organizations face lengthy five-month hiring cycles for security professionals, with analyst salaries often exceeding $300,000 annually, coupled with rising failure rates in traditional security operations. A survey by Object First indicates that 84% of security professionals experience uncomfortable stress, and nearly 60% are considering leaving the profession. This environment of turnover, burnout, and talent drain compromises security from within, even as threats escalate.
Many mid-sized, cloud-first organizations still rely on pre-AI tooling and lean teams. Growing compliance and reporting requirements further necessitate faster response times, higher accuracy, and continuous auditability. These combined factors create an operational crisis that human teams alone struggle to manage.
“Security teams are drowning. We are giving them oxygen,” stated Uzair Gadit, CEO of Secure.com. “The industry does not need another tool. It needs teammates. We built Digital Security Teammates to work like real colleagues. They take the night shift, clear the queue, and catch what humans miss while explaining every action. One Digital Security Teammate matches the workload of an L1 analyst and security engineer combined, at a fraction of the cost.”
DSTs are always-on AI-native agents that integrate with a company’s existing security infrastructure. They are designed to investigate alerts, triage incidents, perform compliance tasks, and escalate only when necessary, aiming to simplify rather than replace existing tools. Unlike traditional Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) solutions, or single-vendor co-pilots, DSTs can be deployed in minutes and operate across the entire security stack, providing value within 30 minutes. Key capabilities include unified intelligence across tools, 60% noise reduction through contextual analysis, a natural language interface for conversational interaction, transparent operations with auditable actions, and built-in compliance for frameworks such as SOC2, ISO 27001, NCA ECC, and SAMA. They also offer detailed asset insight via discovery, classification, and a knowledge graph, and integrate with over 200 existing security platforms, including IBM QRadar, Cisco, SentinelOne, Splunk, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, as well as native cloud services from AWS, GCP, and Azure.
DSTs are designed with a user-first experience, offering clarity to lean teams rather than additional complexity. They automate high-volume, high-fatigue tasks for L1 and L2 analysts, from triage to compliance preparation, allowing human teams to concentrate on high-impact security work. By reducing alert noise and manual triage, DSTs aim to prevent operational pressure from escalating to CISOs, enabling teams to regain focus on full-context investigations and strategic security improvements.
Early deployments in finance, healthcare, and technology sectors, particularly among mid-market, cloud-first organizations with lean security teams, have demonstrated notable results. These include a 70% faster Mean Time To Detection (MTTD) and 50% faster Mean Time To Resolution (MTTR), along with a 75% faster alert triage and prioritization. Organizations have reported saving over 2,000 analyst hours annually per Digital Security Teammate, and nearly 200 hours per analyst each month, reducing asset-related workload by 62%, and achieving a 60% reduction in alert fatigue. Early partners include Bayzat, Blackpanda, and INIT Global. Secure.com is also collaborating with more than a dozen design partners across tech, fintech, XDR, MSP, and MSSP ecosystems, facilitating broader rollout across the GCC, APAC, and the US.
Brendan Laws, COO of Blackpanda, commented, “Secure.com doesn’t replace our security stack; it brings it together. It connects configuration signals, uncovers risks that slip past traditional workflows, and helps our engineers focus on the fixes that move our security forward. It feels like having a digital teammate keeping watch and adding context in ways a single analyst never could.” INIT Limited in Malaysia added, “With Secure.com’s Digital Security Teammates, we’ve gone from chasing issues to confidently leading security operations. It’s like having an assistant that understands our environment, acts with precision, and scales with our needs.”
The launch further solidifies the Middle East’s increasing influence in global AI innovation, supported by sustained investment in automation, resilience, and an AI-ready workforce. Secure.com joins a growing number of companies developing mission-critical AI solutions in the region for worldwide deployment.
Secure.com’s Digital Security Teammates are now available to organizations ranging from growing businesses to global enterprises. DSTs begin mapping environments and building context within 30 minutes of deployment, with pricing starting at $2,500 per month, offering enterprise-grade protection at a reduced cost compared to a human analyst. “You cannot hire your way out of a 10.5 trillion threat,” Gadit added. “You need leverage. Digital Security Teammates help teams protect what matters without burning out people or budgets. This is not a future vision. It is here today, with a clear path to even more capability in the months ahead.”
