Darknet-focused threat intelligence for cybercrime prevention
KELA operates a specialized threat intelligence platform that monitors underground and deep-web criminal networks for emerging attack risks. The stack (Kafka, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes on AWS) supports high-volume data ingestion and real-time alerting — critical for tracking darknet activity. Hiring is sales-heavy (4 of 12 active roles) with geographic expansion into Japan and the US, while active projects reveal a shift toward channel partnerships and localization, suggesting a pivot from pure intelligence delivery toward platform-as-a-service and reseller models.
Notable leadership hires: Product Director
KELA is an Israeli cybercrime threat intelligence firm founded in 2015, headquartered in Tel Aviv with 51–200 employees. The company specializes in infiltrating and monitoring underground criminal marketplaces and forums to surface actionable threat intelligence for enterprise security teams. The product integrates automated data collection (spanning darknet, deep web, and surface-level monitoring) with analyst expertise to contextualize risks from an attacker's perspective. KELA serves mid-market and enterprise security operations, incident response teams, and compliance functions; recent hiring and project focus on partner enablement and channel strategy suggests expansion into indirect sales and managed service partnerships.
KELA's backend runs on Kafka, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, deployed on AWS with Docker and Kubernetes orchestration. The platform also uses NestJS and Java for service development, Python for data processing, and C# for supporting tools.
KELA is actively hiring in the United States, Israel, Japan, and Germany, with notable focus on localization projects supporting Japanese client delivery.
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