Mobb

Mobb is a cybersecurity firm targeting the application security market, founded in 2021 by seasoned application security professionals Eitan Worcel (CEO) and Jonathan Afek (CTO). Worcel's extensive background includes over two decades in cybersecurity, with leadership roles at HCL AppScan and IBM's application security division, providing him with deep insight into the market's challenges. This experience led to the creation of Mobb, conceived to address a critical inefficiency in the security workflow: the time-consuming process of fixing vulnerabilities, not just detecting them.

The company's core offering is an AI-powered platform that automates the remediation of security vulnerabilities in code. Mobb's technology integrates directly into a company's existing development pipeline, including IDEs, source code management systems, and CI/CD workflows. It analyzes reports from third-party Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools, which are notorious for generating large volumes of alerts that create significant backlogs for development teams. Instead of just flagging issues, Mobb's platform automatically generates and suggests code fixes. This is achieved through a patent-pending Hybrid GenAI approach that combines deterministic algorithms, proprietary security research, and generative AI, ensuring the proposed fixes are accurate and reliable.

The business model centers on reducing the mean time to remediate (MTTR) security issues, which can take developers anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours per vulnerability. By delivering vetted, ready-to-merge pull requests, Mobb enables developers to resolve security flaws quickly without disrupting their primary focus on innovation and feature development. This directly translates to increased productivity and helps organizations meet product delivery timelines without compromising security requirements. The company serves a range of clients, from development and DevSecOps teams to CISOs, within industries like financial services, B2B software, and health tech. In April 2023, Mobb announced a significant milestone, securing $5.4 million in seed funding from investors including Ariel Maislos, MizMaa Ventures, and Cyber Club London, which has fueled its growth and product development. Alongside its commercial offering, Mobb provides a free community tool to allow wider access to its technology.

Keywords: automated vulnerability remediation, application security, DevSecOps, code security, security backlog, SAST integration, AI in cybersecurity, vulnerability management, secure coding, code fixing, cybersecurity automation, Eitan Worcel, Jonathan Afek, Hybrid GenAI, continuous integration security, software supply chain security, patch management, developer productivity tools, application security testing, vulnerability patching