Black Kite · Dec 2025
The new Product Analysis module evaluates product-level risk through downloadable software/CPE analysis, SaaS subdomain analysis, and SBOM mapping.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Black Kite is a Boston-based cybersecurity company providing an AI-native third-party cyber risk management platform. It helps security, risk, compliance, and procurement teams discover, assess, continuously monitor, quantify, and mitigate cyber risk across suppliers and extended ecosystems. The company says its platform covers more than 40 million companies and is used by more than 3,000 customers.
Primary product
Black Kite third-party cyber risk management platform, including vendor risk monitoring and assessment, cyber risk quantification, ransomware and adversary susceptibility intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, product/SBOM analysis, compliance-gap analysis, and AI-assisted investigations.
Founded
2016
Headquarters
800 Boylston St., Suite 2904, Boston, Massachusetts 02199, United States
Team size
100-150
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Computer and Network Security
Sub-industry
Third-party cyber risk management, cyber risk intelligence, supply-chain security, and security ratings
Offices
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
United Kingdom / EMEA hub reported in 2026; specific address not publicly verified
Business model
B2B SaaS
Enterprise software
Subscription software
Sales-led enterprise sales
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Technology Officer and Founder
Co-Founder and Advisor
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Customer Officer
Ferhat Dikbiyik
Chief Research and Intelligence Officer
Chuck Schauber
Chief Product Officer
Jessica Stanford
Chief Marketing Officer
David Sauer
Vice President of Strategic Alliances
Senior Vice President, Global Sales Leader
Bob Maley
Chief Security Officer
Jack Jones
Strategic Advisor
Jim Clancy
Strategic Advisor
Work & culture
Public signals describe a collaborative, customer-oriented and growth-focused cybersecurity company. Volition Capital reported that Black Kite tripled its team during the COVID-19 period and highlighted company events and office activities. Current hiring spans remote, hybrid, Boston, U.S. regional, and EMEA roles. Employee-review signals surfaced by Exa indicate relatively strong culture, career, compensation, and work-life ratings, but these are third-party review aggregates rather than company-published benefits data.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public job postings found in the research did not provide salary ranges. Third-party employee-review aggregates indicate a 4.2/5 compensation rating, but no reliable Black Kite-specific salary dataset or equity details was located.
Product & market
Pricing
Custom enterprise pricing; public pricing was not found. The company primarily promotes demos and sales consultations.
Differentiators
- —Outside-in, non-intrusive monitoring of third-party and extended ecosystems
- —Combines technical, financial, compliance, business, and threat intelligence rather than relying only on a security rating
- —Ransomware Susceptibility Index and Adversary Susceptibility Index for threat-informed prioritization
- —AI-native assessment, investigation, reporting, and automation capabilities
- —Product-level software supply-chain analysis using CPE, SaaS subdomains, and SBOM mapping
- —Large company intelligence dataset and continuous monitoring approach
- —Open standards and framework mapping, including FAIR-related risk quantification, NIST, ISO, CMMC, and other frameworks
Technology
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
C
SQL
MongoDB
Apache Hadoop
Apache Hive
Apache Spark
PyTorch
TensorFlow
spaCy
NumPy
Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud
Kubernetes
Docker
AWS Lambda
Splunk
SonarQube
Customers
More than 3,000 customers, according to Black Kite
Government agencies and public-sector organizations through Carahsoft
Investment and acquisition teams using portfolio and supply-chain exposure monitoring
Named customer examples were not consistently disclosed in the sources reviewed
Competitors
SecurityScorecard
BitSight
UpGuard
RiskRecon
RiskIQ
Prevalent
ProcessUnity / CyberGRX
Panorays
Whistic
BlackBerry Cybersecurity / RiskLens-style cyber risk quantification providers
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Approximately $1M-$10M; Exa estimates annual revenue of $6.2M. Black Kite separately reported a five-year CAGR of 70% in November 2025, but did not disclose revenue.
Estimated monthly visits
25.6K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Black Kite · Nov 2025
Black Kite announced an AI Agent for automated third-party risk investigation, assessment, and reporting. The company reported a five-year 70% CAGR, NPS above 74, and expansion of its leadership team.
Black Kite · Nov 2025
Black Kite launched BK-GA3, a global AI-risk assessment framework developed with consultation from Shared Assessments and synthesizing requirements from more than 50 frameworks.
Black Kite · Jun 2025
Black Kite announced a certified ServiceNow integration intended to bring third-party risk intelligence, vendor tiering, FAIR-based risk analysis, and assessment workflows into the ServiceNow platform.
Black Kite · May 2025
Black Kite’s BRITE research reported a 123% two-year increase in publicly disclosed ransomware victims, 6,046 victims during the study period, and significant third-party and supply-chain exposure.
Jobs and careers at Black Kite
11 jobs at Black Kite
Account Executive - Pacific Northwest
Remote
Sales
Remote (United States)
2w ago
Remote
Full-time
Sales Development Representative, Outbound
On-site
Sales
Boston, MA
3w ago
On-site
Full-time
Director, Strategic Alliances
On-site
Sales
Boston, MA
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Product Support Specialist
On-site
Customer Success
MA; RI; NH; New York, NY; NJ
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Channel Account Manager (CAM)
On-site
Sales
Boston, MA
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Executive - Chicago
On-site
Sales
Boston, MA
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Junior DevOps Engineer
On-site
Product
Boston, MA
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Executive, Public Sector (D.C. Metro Area)
On-site
Sales
Boston, MA
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Customer Success Manager
On-site
Customer Success
Boston, MA
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Product Manager
On-site
Product
Boston, MA
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
AI Automation Manager
On-site
Customer Success
Boston, MA
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time