INVESTORS
INVESTORS

SCYTHE represents a paradigm shift in cybersecurity risk management, empowering organizations to Attack, Detect, and Respond efficiently.

The SCYTHE platform enables collaboration between red, blue, and purple teams to build and emulate real-world adversarial campaigns. SCYTHE's innovative dual-deployment options and comprehensive features ensure a proactive cybersecurity approach.

2016

Founded

50+

Customer Secured

30+

Team members

Essential Capabilities

Maturing Security Through Adversarial Emulation

  • Single platform to test infrastructure, evaluate IT/OT, and leverage CTI
  • Reliable, safe, and continuous adversarial emulation for production environments
  • Customizable and repeatable real-world emulation
  • Regular threat intel updates operationalized
setting
Comprehensive IT/OT Threat Emulation
brain
Real-World Threat Intelligence
people
Red/Blue/Purple Teaming
transparency
Detection, Response and Recovery Support
report
Reporting and Analytics

Our Leadership

Bryson
Bryson Bort
Founder and CEO

Bryson is the Founder of SCYTHE, a start-up building a next-generation threat emulation platform, and GRIMM, a cybersecurity consultancy, and Co-Founder of the ICS Village, a non-profit advancing awareness of industrial control system security.

Read Bio
marc brown
Marc Brown
Vice President Sales & Product

Marc Brown is a trusted analyst, advisor, and strong advocate of agile marketing, tightly coupled sales, and dedicated sales enablement functions.

Read Bio
Chris Horvat
Chris Horvat
Vice President - Engineering

Chris Horvat is an industry-recognized technology leader for SaaS companies looking to scale their organizations from startup to enterprise. Most recently, he worked with MyCarrier to successfully transition the organization from a seed-funded to a Series B-funded organization and to scale its technology systems to support rapid customer growth.

Read Bio
jim-1-1
Jim Webster
Director - Federal Research

Jim has spent the last 30 years as a senior information assurance professional developing effective security programs that operate in concert with, and not against, organizational goals.  The last 10 years were spent as the CISO at ManTech, a large defense contractor, building an information assurance program from the ground up.

Read Bio
Bryson Bort
Founder and CEO

Bryson is the Founder of SCYTHE, a start-up building a next-generation threat emulation platform, and GRIMM, a cybersecurity consultancy, and Co-Founder of the ICS Village, a non-profit advancing awareness of industrial control system security. He is a Senior Fellow at the National Security Institute and Adjunct Senior Technical Advisor for the Institute of Security and Technology. As a U.S. Army Officer, he served as a Battle Captain and Brigade Engineering Officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom before leaving the Army as a Captain. He is recognized as a 'Top 50 in Cyber' by Business Insider, 'Security Executive Finalist of the Year' by SC Media, was awarded 'Tech Titan' twice and is the 2023 SANS Difference Maker Award Winner for Innovator of the Year.

Bryson received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He holds a Master's Degree in Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland, a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Florida, and completed graduate studies in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas.

Marc Brown
Vice President Sales & Product

Marc Brown is a trusted analyst, advisor, and strong advocate of agile marketing, tightly coupled sales, and dedicated sales enablement functions.

He has extensive technical expertise in defining and developing IoT applications and purpose-built embedded devices, software, and hardware in the automotive, aerospace, consumer, finance, industrial, networking/communications, security and transportation industries. 

His successful track record is fueled by his marketing approach, which defines new products, drives growth, manages results, and collaboratively works with customers, partners, media and analysts. 

Recognized for being a steadfast champion of cultural transformation, Marc is a catalyst for change and innovation in start-ups, mid-size and large organizations. 

Chris Horvat
Vice President - Engineering

Chris Horvat is an industry-recognized technology leader for SaaS companies looking to scale their organizations from startup to enterprise. Most recently, he worked with MyCarrier to successfully transition the organization from a seed-funded to a Series B-funded organization and to scale its technology systems to support rapid customer growth. He has worked with successful startups in multiple industries and in the enterprise banking sector, helping them to scale and improve their technology stacks to meet the next set of opportunities in the market. When not keeping up to date on the latest SaaS technologies, he can be found working at home making ammunition for precision marksmanship competitions, playing piano and drums with his wife, building/flying R/C aircraft, and spending time with his 'little' as a Big Brother for BBBSAZ.org.

Jim Webster
Director - Federal Research

Jim has spent the last 30 years as a senior information assurance professional developing effective security programs that operate in concert with, and not against, organizational goals.  The last 10 years were spent as the CISO at ManTech, a large defense contractor, building an information assurance program from the ground up.  Gained consensus with business leaders to implement controls/services to manage risk and protect critical information assets.

Jim worked closely with the Nation Defense Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ND-ISAC) to share threat information and work to improve the security posture of the entire Defense Industrial Base (DIB).  Jim also served as the company representative on the DoD DIB Cyber Security Task Force to help improve DoD and industry cooperation.

Named to the Top 10 CISOs to Watch in 2021 by WashingtonExec.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SCYTHE has assembled an Advisory Council of accomplished industry experts in the fields of information security, technology, and business to guide and advise as the SCYTHE Marketplace drives threat emulation innovation at the cutting edge of cyber security.

Bryson Bort

Chairman

Ron Gula

Board Member

Christopher Steed

Board Member

Tansel Ismail

Board Member

Contact Us

Welcome to SCYTHE, your partner in understanding and defending against cyber attacks. We appreciate your interest in enhancing your cybersecurity defenses.

Please fill the form to reach out to our dedicated team.