Secure.com Launches AI ‘Digital Security Teammates’ to Tackle Human Talent Gap
Backed by $4.5M from Disrupt.com, the company introduces AI-native agents to help reduce alert overload for security engineers and analysts, preventing burnout.
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Secure.com has launched its new “Digital Security Teammate” (DST), an AI-native agent for organizations to manage rising cyber risks stemming from talent shortage. The rollout coincides with the company’s first external capital, a $4.5 million investment from Disrupt.com, the MENA-based venture builder known for backing Cloudways’ $350 million exit to DigitalOcean.
The company positions DST as a response to the projected global cybercrime losses of $10.5 trillion, while an estimated 4.8 million cybersecurity roles remain unfilled. Currently, analysts face five-month hiring cycles, salaries exceeding $300,000, and escalating alert volumes as the security stack gets complex.
Burnout has become endemic, with 84% of security professionals reporting high stress and nearly 60% considering leaving the field. Despite record breach costs that average to $10.22 million in the U.S. and $7.29 million in the Middle East, only half of breached organizations give security spending a thought.
DSTs are designed as always-on agents that can work across existing tools, investigating alerts, triaging incidents, managing compliance workflows, and escalating issues only when required. The company says that DSTs are not another dashboard but operational teammates capable of matching the output of an L1 analyst (who is the first line of defence) and a security engineer combined.
They integrate with over 200 security platforms and can be deployed within minutes. Core features include unified intelligence across tools, a reported 60% reduction in alert noise, natural-language interaction, and fully auditable, transparent actions aligned with the necessary global and regional regulatory frameworks.
Early customer deployments across finance, healthcare, and technology sectors suggest meaningful operational gains: 70% faster detection, 50% faster resolution, and a reduction of more than 2,000 analyst hours per teammate annually. “You cannot hire your way out of a $10.5 trillion threat,” CEO Uzair Gadit said. “Teams need leverage. Digital Security Teammates provide that leverage today—and will only grow more capable in the months ahead.”
