As the winner of the competition, Oppleo will receive three, free months of office space with Carr Workspaces, free rent at the Residence Inn in Rosslyn, free access to the Metro and Capital Bikeshare, and legal support from the Arlington Law Group. The company plans to hire as many as seven new employees working in the Arlington area by next year. Prior to winning the competition, they received funding from the Center for Innovative Technology in Virginia and are also a graduate of the MACH37 Cybersecurity Accelerator. As a result, their current customer base is primarily spread throughout Virginia and Maryland, resulting in the team regularly traveling to the area. Between their active customer base in the region, investor outlook, and being in the public sector’s backyard, Oppleo has a lot to gain from winning the competition. Oppleo’s software, Sikernes, lets companies automate threat and vulnerability analysis, making the process more affordable. “We bring the same sophisticated and proven risk analysis techniques used in most other industries to cybersecurity. Spending on cybersecurity is currently $75.4B per year and increasing rapidly (10.25% CAGR), but breaches and data loses continue as if there were no defenses in place. Using Sikernes, our customers will understand where their cybersecurity weak spots are. Sikernes will help them find the lowest cost approach to achieving an acceptable level of exposure,” stated Flores. Oppleo was founded in 2014 and was founded by Roderick Flores and Bri Rolston. Tech.Co has partnered with Arlington Economic Development to bring you news and stories from the Arlington tech and startup region.
