Smokescreen

Smokescreen is a cybersecurity company specializing in deception-based threat detection. The company builds digital traps and decoys designed to detect attackers who have bypassed traditional security controls. Its platform is focused on enabling security teams to identify targeted threats, including advanced persistent threats, that evade conventional defenses. Smokescreen's origins lie in red team and breach readiness assessments, where its founding team identified consistent gaps in existing enterprise security solutions. This experience led to the development of a deception technology platform that deploys realistic decoys across an organization's environment to lure and detect attackers. The platform is designed to be operationally simple, allowing smaller security teams to deploy and manage deception infrastructure without requiring extensive resources. It targets organizations that face a high risk of targeted attacks and need detection capabilities that go beyond signature-based or behavioral analytics tools. Smokescreen has been recognized by Gartner as a Cool Vendor and has received mentions in SC Media and the Emerge 50 list. The company supports open-source projects, with its base platform built on a hardened version of FreeBSD. Smokescreen operates globally, with a presence across multiple regions including APAC and MEA. Its customer success and support functions are positioned as core differentiators alongside the technology itself.