OSCP · OSEP · OSWEGustavo Lima
CTOLeads Taura's offensive security practice and technology development. More than ten years of penetration testing in financial environments and critical operations, including projects in Europe.
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Taura is a cybersecurity company specialized in cyber risk management.
We work alongside our clients to identify exposures, set priorities and support the treatment of risks that could affect their operations.
Our origins
We spent years accountable for security from the inside.
Taura was born from the experience of professionals who led security at technology companies, regulated institutions and critical operations. Anyone who has had to answer for an incident, an audit or a customer asking for evidence knows the weight of every decision, and that is the perspective we bring to our projects.
That is why we start with the company's context. We investigate the exposure, discuss priorities and work with the people responsible on remediation, presenting results in a way that is useful both to leadership and to those who will make the changes.
Track record
The experience our founders bring to Taura
Security strategy for the e-commerce operation of one of Brazil's largest retailers.
Control implementation in environments that follow PCI DSS and ISO/IEC 27001.
Security projects with more than 150 fintechs.
Security assessments in mergers and acquisitions.
Response to large-scale incidents.
Security strategy aligned with Central Bank of Brazil regulations in an operation covering more than 65 million individual taxpayer IDs (CPFs).
Building security programs and teams in regulated environments.
Taura at a glance
Company information
- Name
- Taura Security
- Legal name
- Taura Security Tecnologia da Informação Ltda · CNPJ 48.864.783/0001-88
- What it does
- Continuous cyber risk management, with pentest and Red Team, cybersecurity assessment, continuous security, cloud security, application security, governance and compliance, and DPO as a Service.
- Headquarters and reach
- Porto Alegre (RS), serving companies across Brazil and abroad, in Portuguese and English.
- Team certifications
- OSCP, OSEP, OSWE, AWS Security Specialty, Google Cloud Professional Security Engineer, Azure Security Engineer and Certified AI/ML Pentester.
- Partnerships
- JumpCloud, CrowdStrike and AWS.
- Leadership
- Micael Braga (CEO), Gustavo Lima (CTO) and João Assis (COO).
Leadership
Leadership close to both strategy and execution
Our founders take part in Taura's technical and strategic direction and follow projects across their areas of expertise.
OSCP · OSEP · OSWE
AWS · Google Cloud · AzureJoão Assis
COOLeads operations and the cloud security practice. More than ten years in multicloud environments, including time at a European fintech, and has worked as a lecturer and speaker.
Cyber risk managementMicael Braga
CEOLeads Taura's strategy and cyber risk management. More than fifteen years leading security at high-growth companies and in regulated sectors, twice as CISO.