About R6 Security

We didn't want a better shield. We wanted to remove the target.

The Epiphany

Predictability is the real vulnerability

We spent a decade watching sophisticated firewalls get bypassed. Why? Because targets were sitting ducks. Adversaries don't need zero-days — they need routine. Static defense is fundamentally flawed. The entire industry is fighting a losing battle with reactive tools.

The security model everyone accepts — detect, alert, respond — is broken by design. By the time you respond, the attacker has already achieved their objective. We decided to flip the equation: make the target disappear before the attack lands.

“Fast, autonomous systems need fast, autonomous protection. The mission: make infrastructure move faster than the attacker.”
The Methodology

Chaos engineering meets cybersecurity

Chaos engineering principles applied to security: controlled unpredictability defeats attacker planning. Instead of trying to predict and block every attack, we made the target environment so volatile that attack planning becomes impossible.

Phoenix continuously rotates containers at random or telemetry-driven intervals, mutates runtime environments based on risk signals, regenerates workloads to known-good baselines, and obfuscates network identities. The result: zero dwell time, zero persistence, zero stable targets.

What We Are

Proactive, Not Reactive

We don't detect breaches — we prevent the conditions that make breaches possible.

Kubernetes-Native

Phoenix is a Kubernetes operator. No agents, no sidecars, no code changes. It speaks the language of your infrastructure.

AI-Ready

Purpose-built for NVIDIA NIM inference pipelines. We secure the AI workloads the rest of the industry is still figuring out.

Leadership
Zsolt Nemeth

Zsolt Nemeth

CEO, CTO & Founder

A serial entrepreneur and visionary technologist with deep roots in cybersecurity and decentralized systems. With expertise spanning malware analysis, SIEMs, and cloud computing, Zsolt is dedicated to building innovative products that challenge the status quo of internet privacy and enterprise security.

Paul Gariboldi

Paul Gariboldi

Chief Revenue Officer

A veteran scale-up leader, Paul previously served as Head of Strategic Platforms for Google Cloud. He has been instrumental in the digital evolution of the world's largest financial and retail institutions, notably architecting the ecosystem for Ila Bank to launch as a premier mobile-only powerhouse.

Advisory Board
Mandeep Khera

Mandeep Khera

Strategic Advisor

A seasoned CMO and SaaS executive recognized as a "Top 100 Marketer." Mandeep has a track record of driving massive revenue growth and successful exits (GE, TIBCO), having built HP's IT Asset Management business from the ground up to over $100M.

Richard Stiennon

Richard Stiennon

Strategic Advisor

Chief Research Analyst at IT-Harvest and a world-renowned authority on the cybersecurity industry. A former Gartner VP and executive at Fortinet, Richard is the author of Surviving Cyberwar and has lectured on security strategy across six continents.

Shane Shook, PhD

Shane Shook, PhD

Strategic Advisor

A Venture Partner at Forgepoint with over 30 years of elite experience in cybercrime investigations and forensics. A former Air Force Cryptologic Linguist, Shane provides unparalleled technical due diligence and strategic oversight for high-growth technology portfolios.

Grady Johnston

Grady Johnston

Strategic Advisor

An accomplished CTO and former US Marine Corps Intelligence Officer. An expert in AI-driven security and a CRN "Channel Chief," Grady has led digital transformations for global giants including Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and The Weather Channel.

David Feuer

David Feuer

Strategic Advisor

Currently Chief Product Officer at Galileo Financial Technologies and a Newsweek Advisory Board member. David previously spent six years at Google as Head of Product Management for Apigee, where he specialized in platform strategy and developer ecosystems for the Fortune 100.

Patrick Consorti

Patrick Consorti

Strategic Advisor

A global operations expert with over 15 years of entrepreneurial leadership in Silicon Valley. Patrick specializes in scaling worldwide operations for emerging technology companies across the U.S., Asia, and Europe.

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