CyCognito Reviews

4.5

93% would recommend to a friend

(86 total reviews)

Rob N. Gurzeev

95% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

CyCognito has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 86 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The CyCognito employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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86 reviews
2.0
8 May 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Staff in Tel Aviv work extremely hard and care about delivering results. 2. Some positive media attention in the past couple months. 3. Compensation is industry average (but only if you're in the United States). 4. Some good early customers (though many are very vocally unhappy).

Cons

1. Staff in United States are more dedicated to appeasement and keeping their jobs than making a good product or work environment. 2. CEO is disconnected from reality, both from a product standpoint (doesn't tell customers or investors the truth about what the product can do) and feedback standpoint (won't listen to any staff regardless of role or customer-provided, "he's on the same call with them" feedback). 3. While the U.S. staff have industry-standard compensation packages, Tel Aviv staff are hugely underpaid. 4. Product doesn't scale and the company can't support more than a handful of proof-of-value or customer data refreshes at a time. 5. The Attack Surface Management space is really crowded and has been for years, with RiskIQ being dominant, Censys and Shodan being free, Qualys being more comprehensive, and newer entrants happening all the time. 6. Hire-from-Outside leadership approach. That plus flagging sales led to an almost full sales reboot after its first year selling. 7. Diversity is so bad it was written about in TechCrunch and the CEO tried to fix it by putting random low-level employees' pictures on the "About Us" page.

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CyCognito Response
4y
It seems we have a very different perspective of our culture and the tremendous opportunity ahead. Since your departure, the company has grown exponentially on every front and has never been in a better position to protect our customers and support our team members' career growth. We’re building a culture of accountability and high performance but realize it’s not going to be a good fit for everyone. We've also hired some amazing leaders and team members who help us grow and evolve quickly. We sincerely hope you’ve found a great match for yourself and you’re happy. We wish you all the best!
1.0
19 May 2022

Be Cautious - Do your due diligence!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting technology and opportunity to lead the category

Cons

Inexperienced leadership and divisive culture

5.0
13 Sept 2021

Up and coming market maker.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Really good technology and market development. Great Opportunity to really build something.

Cons

We're top heavy and mostly focused inward. I think we have more VP's than doer's.

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