Focus on the fix

Why we started Push

We're hacker-founders who've worked on both offensive and defensive security and we know security has historically been about control. We've been locking down data on servers and guarding our perimeters. But the world is shifting and the old way of doing security can't keep up.

Security isn't just about stopping bad things from happening. Now, security teams need to adapt to the changing IT landscape, where employees are adopting SaaS without any oversight from IT. The product-led growth (PLG) movement has led to SaaS vendors actively pushing for employees to self-adopt SaaS, particularly so they don't have to go through a long procurement process. App and software companies have been driving this trend, and employees are choosing which tools they want to use, whether you know it or not. So, with adoption and integration into production and business data as the first step, security teams have to adapt to this new risk landscape.

We knew we needed to build a new solution for the world of SaaS, where employees are owning and adopting apps without oversight from IT or security. We've spent decades working with some of the best security teams in the business, at hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, and we know even those companies can't keep up with actually fixing the issues tools and consultants uncover.

We built Push to offer a super scalable way to secure SaaS. Now, any organization can re-focus on fixing security issues (not just finding them), by letting us work with employees to take the load off your team.

Adam Bateman

Co-Founder / CEO

Adam has 16+ years of experience as a security practitioner and was one of the longest standing members of MWR InfoSecurity - a globally recognized research-led consultancy. Adam joined MWR in the offensive security (red) team and later established MWR’s defense practice where he worked with MWR’s vast enterprise customer base and specialized in helping them to defend against sophisticated adversaries and state-sponsored attacks. Adam later founded and grew Countercept, MWR’s MDR (Managed Detection and Response) division along with it’s proprietary EDR solution, which became a driving force for MWR’s acquisition by F-Secure in 2018.

Tyrone Erasmus

Co-Founder / CTO

With over a decade of security experience, Tyrone started his career in offensive security and security research. His research allowed him to present at multiple conferences around the world including BlackHat and RSA, win Pwn2Own and co-author a security book (The Mobile Application Hacker’s Handbook). He has always had a passion for building things which during his offensive days resulted in the creation of Drozer, the widely used Android attack framework, as well as various other tools and exploits. Tyrone later switched over to the defensive side and led a team that eventually grew to 100+ employees, who created the technology that powered Countercept, MWR’s MDR (Managed Detection and Response) service.

Jacques Louw

Co-Founder / CPO

Before starting Push Jacques was Technical Director at MWR InfoSecurity (acquired by F-Secure) leading the security consultancy team who were responsible for both offensive and defensive security engagements and service development. Jacques personally advised dozens of enterprises and startups, working directly with highly esteemed CISOs on large scale security programs where he got to see the challenges security teams faced first-hand. From this experience, Jacques pioneered a number of innovative approaches, including using ChatOps to interact with employees and get them to take action - an initiative that became the foundations of the idea behind Push.