Menachem Tauman
FOUNDER & CEO
Former MSSP Owner (X1)
28+ Years in Cybersecurity
Built Fortress from the Trenches
About Us
BUILT BY OPERATORS, FOR OPERATORS
We Lived the Problem.
So We Built the Solution.
Fortress was born from running an MSSP and experiencing firsthand the chaos of managing dozens of vendor portals, manual processes, and scaling nightmares. We built what we wished existed.
MSSP Veterans
Channel Experts
Security Architects
Global Business Builders
The Team
Security practitioners who understand your challenges because we've faced them ourselves.
Ben Sar
CO-FOUNDER & CTO
Architect of Fortress OS
Enterprise Security Expert
AI & Automation Pioneer
Scott Jonasz
HEAD OF AMERICAS
20,000+ Partners Enabled
Former Ingram Micro Executive
Channel Strategy Expert
Our Journey
Building the Enablement OS, one innovation at a time
2017
Integrated Cyber Defense (ICD)
A strategic approach unifying disparate security products, intelligence, and workflows across endpoints, networks, and cloud. The seed of Fortress.
2020
Fortress OS Born
The unified platform emerges - bringing together security operations into a single, cohesive system.
2021
Marketplace Launch
Open marketplace goes live - enabling MSPs to pick and deploy best-of-breed security vendors.
2022
MerlinAI Introduced
AI-powered SOC automation arrives - transforming threat detection and response capabilities.
2023
Bring Your Own Tech
Marketplace evolves - partners can now integrate their existing tools alongside Fortress vendors.
2024
SOC Management
Full SOC management capabilities added - complete security operations center in a platform.
2025
vCISO & TPRM
Virtual CISO and Third-Party Risk Management launch - turning compliance into a revenue stream.
2026
LAUNCHING
Channel Enablement OS — the complete platform for MSPs to deliver, manage, and monetize cybersecurity. Ready to launch.
Experience the Enablement OS
See how Fortress can help you reduce costs, increase revenue, and deliver better security outcomes.