Cylera

Overview

Cylera is a New York City-headquartered healthcare IoT security company[2][8] that uses machine learning to fingerprint, monitor, and protect connected medical devices[2]. Founded in 2017 by Timur Ozekcin, Sean Abraham, and Paul Bakoyiannis[7], the company sells IoT asset intelligence and cybersecurity software for healthcare networks, hospitals, and other sectors including financial services, higher education, transportation, and manufacturing[3]. The Cylera Platform provides real-time IoT asset inventory and discovery, vulnerability identification, threat detection and response, network segmentation, analytics, and compliance reporting[4]. Cylera is an American Hospital Association Preferred Cybersecurity Service Provider[11] and has deployed solutions across major healthcare systems, including a RWJBarnabas Health deployment covering 70 sites and more than 100,000 IoT devices[6]. The company has announced partnerships with Cisco, Omantel, and Integra e-Quip[9] and was recognized as a leader in connected medical device security solutions in December 2023[10].

Cylera was founded in 2017 by Timur Ozekcin (CEO), Sean Abraham (Chief Business Officer) and Paul Bakoyiannis (CTO). [7]

Cylera's company page lists its headquarters in New York, with regional offices across the US and the UK. [8]

Business address: 140 Broadway, New York, New York, 10005. [12]

Customers

Cylera names St. Luke's University Health Network, Mt. San Rafael Hospital, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust and RWJBarnabas Health as customers. [5]

Growth & traction

Cylera states that its RWJBarnabas Health deployment covers 70 sites and more than 100,000 IoT devices. [6]

Cylera was named a leader in a connected medical device security solutions report in December 2023 and won best Threat Detection solution at the National Fortress Cybersecurity awards in June 2023. [10]

Partnerships

Cylera announced an alliance with Integra e-Quip in January 2024, a partnership with Oman's telecommunications provider Omantel in May 2023, and a joint healthcare IoT and medical device security effort with Cisco in December 2022. [9]