Datami

Introduce your business and what you do there? 

I’m the head of sales in the fintech unit of S-PRO, a SaaS and consulting company.

What challenge were you trying to address with Datami?

We needed their expertise in security infrastructure and engineering.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Datami handles our client projects that center on security infrastructure, services, and engineering. We provide their team with the project scope and requirements, and they examine the scope thoroughly and seek clarification when needed. Once they plot the deliverables and identify their technology stack, Datami then presents the solutions to our team.

What is the team composition? 

We work with five resources from Datami, including their CEO and project manager.

How did you come to work with Datami?

They were recommended to us.

How much have you invested with them?

We've spent between $25,000–$50,000 so far.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our ongoing engagement started in January 2019.

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

Datami works like our extension of our internal team, enabling a smooth exchange of feedback and a satisfactory flow of ideas. They've helped eliminate cyberattacks on our clients' websites and deployed robust security solutions to prevent such issues from recurring. Overall, we're pleased with how they help us handle projects to achieve our milestones.

How did Datami perform from a project management perspective?

I can't say enough great things about Datami's project management skills. They have a self-starter and communicative approach, and they're keen on meeting all our deadlines.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Datami is a highly adaptable and optimistic team — they never shy away from obstacles.

Are there any areas they could improve?

We can benefit from refined interpersonal skills.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Don't hesitate to hire Datami. You won't regret entrusting your needs to their team.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CTO of a B2B SaaS platform that helps businesses with strategic decision-making. Our software uses machine learning (ML) technology and decision science best practices to help clients make difficult strategic decisions. We help them achieve faster and more accurate results. Our team also plans features for feedback loops. That way, our clients’ decision-making process keeps getting better by using our platform. 

What challenge were you trying to address with Datami?

We needed to evaluate our security and go through penetration testing using a neutral third-party vendor. We contracted Datami to test our systems, and we used their report for our SOC 2 audit. 

What was the scope of their involvement?

When we first talked to Datami, we only wanted to do a black box test, where we didn’t give them any insights into how the application functions from the inside. Our team simply told them the endpoints of the software, and they gave us a rough outline of what they were going to do without giving away too many details.

Internally, I challenged my software team to find as many problems in the software as possible. That way, Datami wouldn’t find too many issues. Meanwhile, Datami put a system in place where if they found anything critical, they could alert us right away and we could address it immediately. 

After finishing a range of tests, they gave us an initial report of what they found, ranking the severity of every item. They gave us time to address the issues, then Datami did a retest of the system to make sure everything was resolved satisfactorily.

What is the team composition?

I worked with Wlad (Project Manager) and Alex (Managing Owner); I had the most interactions with them. A couple of engineers were in our chat channel, but they mainly communicated with Wlad, who served as the spokesperson for their side. 

How did you come to work with Datami?

I found Datami on LinkedIn. At that time, I was also looking into two other vendors. I asked the three of them to bid for this project and evaluated them based on price, perceived competence, and sample report quality. I was looking as for whether they’d be a good long-term partner for our company. 

Datami wasn’t rated the highest in everything on our list, but they had a great price point and the team seemed to be technically good. On top of that, the areas in which they weren’t the best ranked (fancy reports) didn’t matter to us so much. We cared about the actual technical competence within the report and not how the PowerPoint presentation would look. 

In the end, we went with Datami. We felt that they could provide us with the best value in terms of money. We wanted a team that was heavy on engineers but not on business people, and Datami fit the bill. 

How much have you invested with them?

We spent around $5,000. 

What is the status of this engagement?

Our engagement lasted from August–October 2021.

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

We passed our SOC 2 audit, which was the biggest success metric we had. On top of that, we also identified a couple of issues in our security system. Datami called our attention to these issues, so we were able to make our web app more secure. 

How did Datami perform from a project management standpoint?

Datami did a decent job in terms of project management. They were fairly responsive whenever I had a question. There weren’t too many aspects to it; we basically put together a deal and set a schedule for the pentesting and reporting. They communicated with us promptly if they found anything critical and delivered the report. Their team did fine in all those aspects.

What did you find most impressive about them?

What distinguished Datami from other companies was their no fluff, all buff approach. They were a group of committed and hardworking security engineers. Overall, their value was great. The same services would cost 2–3 times more if we had gotten them from other companies. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

Datami’s report could look a bit better in terms of layout and fonts. However, as far as the actual work was concerned, they did a great job; everything was coherent and made sense — we were truly happy.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Whenever undergoing a security penetration test, it’s always good to self-test first. The more issues you find and fix before you engage a company like Datami, the more they can focus on non-obvious issues. 

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm founder at Andromeda Systems. We are solution provider in mobile/web development, RPA & AI Services.

For what projects/services did your company hire Datami?

We needed to pentest the app and during the pentest, they conducted reverse engineering and dynamic and static testing of the app. Datami team helped us to pinpoint the weaknesses in our project.

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

By recommendation of our partners.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

They had an IPO file of the app and all necessary data concerning the project.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I communicated with Wlad, the Datami project manager. Their app tester Rostyslav conducted all the necessary scannings and testings. Rostyslav is a highly skilled expert in this field and we were satisfied with his work.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The confidential report that Datami provided was consistent and contained all the information we needed. Moreover, it included recommendations and alternative solutions to our problem.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Their PM was helping us every time. Wlad answered all our questions immediately and offered solutions. We were happy to work with a professional like Wlad.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They met all the deadlines and the results were amazing. Their testing and management skills were on the highest level.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Our cooperation was effective and I would recommend, to potential Clients creating a meeting with your company`s tech experts and Datami team. Your experts will explain task and their professionals will deliver a solutions.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm COO in online dating services company. We're technological company with full cycle of product building, maintaining and making it profitable

For what projects/services did your company hire Datami?

Datami was checking our cybersecurity, helped us with preparing data recovery plan and DevOps side of things

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We searched online cybersecurity companies and chosen 5. After interviewing them we decided to choose Datami as the most professional team

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

They performed well on all stages of cooperation with us, gave us lear picture of all risks we have, helped to solve that issues + were doing good job preparing pretty clear reports.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

We were cooperated with:

• CEO
• PM
• 2 IT security engineers
• DevOps

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

They were able to identify and close lots of different vulnerabilities, prepared for us pretty good DRP and helped to solve some of our DevOps needs.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

They were in touch daily and updated us with actual data. Guys met their deadlines and budget was 100% correct.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

We appreciate that they helped us not only with penetration testing but with other tasks in related areas we had. All work was done successfully and professionally.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

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