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Zero day exploits discovered by cybersecurity Researchers contain valuable threat intelligence, but too often, they end up in the hands of adversaries. Desired Effect changes the game.

Through our threat intelligence feed and marketplace, we create a free and fair market for exploits - delivered ahead of attacks. That’s our Desired Effect.

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FOR DEFENDERS
- Get Exclusive Vulnerability Data Before Anyone Else
  Access zero day exploit intelligence before adversaries act, giving your team time to defend.
- Take Targeted Action with Intelligence Mapped to Your Risk
  Curated alerts pinpoint how exploits impact your systems and business risk, so your team can respond fast.
- Obtain Exploit IP and Control Its Distribution
  Secure critical vulnerability data through sole-source or pooled transactions, ensuring priority access and propagating protection across your supply chain.
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FOR RESEARCHERS
- Share Vulnerability Findings with Validated Buyers
  Connect with validated buyers in a secure environment, ensuring ethical transactions.
- Get Paid Fairly for Critical Discoveries
  Earn what your research is worth through secure transactions that prevent costly attacks.
- Control the Terms
  Set your own price, buyer profile, and timeframe - you decide how your discoveries are sold.
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Our mission

Desired Effect works with the cybersecurity research community to uncover, distribute, and protect critical vulnerability data.

We celebrate the Researchers whose work is too often overlooked, and believe in free market principles to solve cybersecurity’s biggest challenges. By enabling the ethical exchange of zero day exploits, we empower Defenders to act before attacks begin.

With 20+ years of experience uncovering vulnerabilities and connecting sellers with buyers, we’ve seen firsthand that this isn’t a technology problem - it’s a market problem. A closed, opaque system dominated by brokers keeps Defenders in the dark.

We can’t sit back. We can’t just react.

We take an offense-first approach - shifting the balance of power and dictating the rules of engagement. By being proactive, we create an environment where Defenders dictate the rules of cybersecurity and reduce the time from vulnerability discovery to mitigation.

That’s our Desired Effect.

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The Open Marketplace for Zero Day Exploit Data

Zero day exploits discovered by cybersecurity Researchers contain valuable threat intelligence, but too often, they end up in the hands of adversaries. Desired Effect changes the game.

FOR DEFENDERS

FOR RESEARCHERS

Desired Effect works with the cybersecurity research community to uncover, distribute, and protect critical vulnerability data.

We can’t sit back. We can’t just react.

Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats