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Happy Thanksgiving from Safe Security! We’re grateful for our customers, partners, and team who continue to empower SAFE to help the world measure, manage, and mitigate cyber risk. Wishing you a warm, safe, and restorative holiday with your loved ones :) Thank you!

This week, our Customer Success team came together as we welcome Balbix into the SAFE family. Integrations are about more than systems and processes - they’re about people, culture, and ensuring the customer remains firmly at the center of everything we do. We reaffirmed our commitment to being truly customer obsessed, and this team continues to embody that mindset every single day. Their dedication and focus drive the consistent, high-quality experience our customers rely on. We’re excited for the journey ahead and confident in the strength of this combined team as we continue to scale with our customers at the heart of every decision. Here’s to our CS team - you set the bar ❤️

If you’ve ever met Zubair, you know that calm and curiosity are his superpowers. Today marks six years of Zubair at Safe Security - a journey defined by technical depth, quiet leadership, and an unwavering sense of ownership! From his early days working on our first mobile applications to now leading teams responsible for major components of our flagship platform, his journey has been nothing but Insanely Great ❤️ One line from his SAFE Unplugged episode that captured the culture we strive at SAFE is “Every morning, you wake up knowing we’re one step closer to what we set out to achieve.” A simple reminder that engineering here isn’t about tasks, it’s about building toward a shared mission, one step at a time. For engineers, that’s the magic - solving hard problems with autonomy, clarity, and high standards. And Zubair is a big part of why Safe feels like Disneyland for engineers :) Zubair - thank you for the bar you set, the systems you’ve shaped, and the mindset you bring to engineering at SAFE every single day. Here’s to six incredible years, and to many more lines of code, challenges solved, and milestones ahead 🙌 Learn more about his journey at Safe Security in his SAFE Unplugged episode: https://lnkd.in/gTTS9CH7

Our CRQ Champions is back with Issue 4, and this edition explores the next evolution in cyber risk: where quantification meets human decision-making. Organizations are maturing in FAIR and CRQ, but one truth is becoming impossible to ignore: Even the best models fail if leaders misunderstand, misinterpret, or misapply the insights. In this issue, we dive into: - How cognitive biases distort risk perception (even with great data) - Why framing matters as much as modeling - Practical ways to design decision environments that lead to clearer, faster, more consistent outcomes - The rise of Cyber Risk Behavioral Economics, a discipline blending quantification, economics, and human psychology The future of cyber risk isn’t just more quantified. It’s more behaviorally intelligent. Read Issue 4 here ⬇️

SAFE Unplugged Episode 4 is live! This week, Payal is joined by Sakshi Kashyap, SDE-1 at Safe Security who shares her story, her learnings, and what makes SAFE’s engineering culture truly unique! Sakshi shares how her year at SAFE has been full of learning, collaboration, and constant growth, not just in tech, but in life 🙌 She talks about the people, the culture of transparency and ownership, and why adaptability is the superpower every engineer here develops. From tackling challenges together to dancing through moments of joy (literally :) ), Sakshi’s story is a reminder that at SAFE, we build, learn, and have fun - all at once ❤️ Catch the full conversation here → https://lnkd.in/g6DjZhd9

Safe Security is proud and grateful to be a Platinum Sponsor of the ISACA Sydney Chapter Conference 2025! A huge thank you to Chirag D Joshi and the ISACA team for hosting such a fantastic event. We were thrilled to contribute to the conversation with our session, “Next Generation of Cyber Risk Management,” presented by Chad Weinman. The topic sparked strong engagement from attendees and continues to be one of the most pressing areas of focus for CISOs and security teams around the world. Chad’s presentation explored how emerging frameworks like FAIR and the rise of automation are transforming the way leaders measure, prioritize, and communicate cyber risk across the business which is an essential evolution as threats accelerate faster than ever before. We’re excited to continue driving this important dialogue and empowering organizations to take a more proactive, data-driven approach to cyber risk. Looking forward to what’s ahead!

The TPRM landscape is shifting - fast! For years, third-party risk programs have revolved around checklists, long questionnaires, and compliance pressure. But with new global regulations, updated NIST/SOC guidelines, and rising expectations from regulators and boards, that model simply isn’t enough anymore. In Issue 2 of TPRM Trailblazers, we break down what it really takes to move from a compliance-based program to a truly risk-based one, and why that shift is now non-negotiable. Inside this edition: - Why compliance checklists can no longer keep organizations safe - The five essential steps to building a risk-based TPRM program - How to map risks, prioritize third parties, and identify the controls that actually matter - Where zero trust, internal controls, and certified evidence fit into modern TPRM - How Agentic AI can accelerate the entire transformation — without adding headcount This issue is for TPRM leaders who want to scale, mature, and future-proof their programs while staying ahead of regulatory change. Read Issue 2 here:

Today is a milestone moment for SAFE and for the cybersecurity industry at large! We’re thrilled to share that SAFE has acquired Balbix, a leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management. SAFE has been building toward a bold goal: #CyberAGI, a comprehensive system of intelligence that can predict and remediate attacks before they occur. To achieve that, we’ve been laying the foundational building blocks across #CRQ, #TPRM, and #CTEM. With Balbix joining the SAFE family, that vision accelerates dramatically. By unifying SAFE’s cyber risk quantification with Balbix’s AI-native exposure management, we can finally close the long-standing gap between technical vulnerabilities and business risk. Together, we’re delivering: - A single AI-native platform that connects tactical exposures to business risk, in real time. - A unified CRQ + CTEM + TPRM experience, powered by Agentic AI Prioritization based on business impact, not noise This isn’t incremental. It’s transformational. To our customers: thank you for pushing us, challenging us, and inspiring this evolution. Your need for clarity, speed, and defensibility drove this acquisition. To Gaurav and the Balbix team: Welcome to SAFE!! Your expertise in exposure management, paired with our leadership in quantification and autonomous action, creates something the industry has been waiting for. We’re one major step closer to CyberAGI, and a safer digital future for every enterprise. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/gKzZ5-53

A fantastic week for the SAFE crew at GPSEC Orlando and Pinehurst with our friends at GuidePoint Security! Great conversations, great energy, and great partners :) We had an incredible time connecting with customers, showcasing our autonomous security platform, and strengthening collaboration across the Florida and DMV/NC regions. We’re excited for what’s ahead as we close out 2k25 and gear up for an amazing 2k26!!

Our CRQ Champions Newsletter is back with Issue 3, and this edition dives into one of the biggest shifts happening in cyber risk today! For too long, security has been framed as a cost center: red-yellow-green heatmaps, endless checklists, and “necessary” spend to avoid bad outcomes. But change is in the air. Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) is redefining how organizations think, talk, and act on risk, turning security from a cost of fear into a driver of strategic decision-making In this issue, we explore: - How risk teams can become true force multipliers, shifting from reporting risk to enabling growth - What it takes to transform CRQ from theory to enterprise reality - A fireside chat with Tony Martin-Vegue and Zach Cossairt on getting “Back to the Basics” of risk - The launch of FAIR-CRMP, a new standard defining what mature, business-aligned risk management looks like The question isn’t whether CRQ will reshape security, it’s who will lead that transformation. Read Issue 3 here ⬇️