Security Affairs · Aug 2021
Security coverage of the unrelated StealthWorker/GoBrut botnet incident; useful mainly as a namesake confounder, not a company operating risk.
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Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Stealth Worker is a cybersecurity contractor marketplace that matches companies with vetted security, privacy, compliance, and sales-engineering talent for project-based or part-time engagements. It emphasizes fast staffing, background checks, billing support, and a contractor-first model rather than traditional full-time hiring.
Primary product
Marketplace for on-demand cybersecurity contractors and related security/compliance staffing
Founded
2015
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Computer and Network Security
Sub-industry
cybersecurity staffing marketplace
Offices
Menlo Park, California, United States
960 Menalto Ave, Menlo Park, California, United States
1960 Menalto Ave, Menlo Park, California, United States
Business model
marketplace
B2B staffing
contractor management / take-rate
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Work & culture
Lean, stealth-mode, contractor-first company focused on practical cybersecurity expertise, flexible engagements, and rapid matching.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Workers are independent contractors, receive 1099s, and use the platform free of charge. Employers pay a management fee based on the worker hourly rate; a 2015 report described this as 20% of the hourly rate.
Benefits
Free for contractors
Remote for most roles
Project-based and part-time engagements
Product & market
Pricing
Free for workers; employers pay a management fee / take-rate as a percentage of the worker hourly rate.
Differentiators
- —Cybersecurity-only talent marketplace
- —Contractor model instead of full-time hiring
- —Project and part-time engagements from roughly 5 to 40 hours per week
- —Billing handled by the platform
- —Background and reference checks for candidates
- —Most roles can be remote
- —Experienced practitioners with 5+ years enterprise experience
Customers
Companies needing cybersecurity professionals
CISOs
Security vendors
Health care companies
High-tech companies
Financial services companies
Competitors
Synack
Cobalt
NetSPI
Pentest People
BreachLock
Federacy
Virtue Security
Dice
Untapt
We are Developers
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
around $490K ARR
Estimated monthly visits
1.2K
Latest news
BleepingComputer · Aug 2021
Another security report on the StealthWorker malware family; reinforces the brand-confusion risk with the company name.
Y Combinator · Mar 2016
YC launch post describing the product, founder background, and the company’s market thesis.
San Francisco Business Times · Feb 2016
Profiles Stealth Worker as an on-demand cybersecurity marketplace, backed by Y Combinator, and quotes Ken Baylor on the security talent gap.
Dark Reading · Jul 2015
Early launch coverage describing the marketplace, part-time security staffing model, and early traction.
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