Amagistech: Elevating Cyber Security for the Agile Era
Amagistech: Elevating Cyber Security for the Agile Era
Amagistech, led by Managing Partner Antonio Giannino, is transforming how businesses approach cybersecurity. With operations well-established in Malta and ambitious plans for expansion into Italy and South EMEA, the firm is on a mission to make cutting-edge protection accessible and effective for organisations of all sizes.
Antonio explains that, at Amagistech, “we continuously monitor our clients’ compliance posture against cybersecurity standards, with DORA being top of mind for many customers now.” To satisfy regulatory bodies, especially in the financial sector, they implement automated penetration testing, covering black box, grey box and white box exercises, to ensure rigorous vulnerability checks as well as automated compliance gaps analysis with Vanta. This holistic approach allows them to supply tangible evidence to regulators, especially in Italy where transparency is paramount.
To further secure cloud environments, Amagistech employs Wiz that go well beyond scanning for basic CVEs. “We focus on identifying vulnerabilities that can actually be exploited by malicious actors,” says Antonio. "It’s not just about compliance, it's about operational resilience." By using platforms that reveal
real-world exploitable issues, they can help clients plug gaps before they are weaponised.
Endpoints and Networks must still be monitored, and we decided to partner with two of the best providers in these arenas: SentinelOne for EDR and Vectra AI for NDR. Finally, we complemented our ecosystem so far with Cato Networks to offer the best SASE solution to our customers. However, the real brain behind all our offering is provided by Google SecOps, with its advanced capabilities as SIEM and SOAR. Google SecOps allows us to automate as much as possible not only detections based on all different sources of logs, but also responses through its playbooks.
This ability to earn trust has led to some big clients, including Melita and Casumo. Antonio reflects, “We’re incredibly proud of the feedback we’ve received from such important customers. Ultimately, everything boils down to our values.” He emphasises that while technical talent is rare and invaluable, what truly distinguishes Amagistech is their dedication to innovation and facing forward.
Indeed, the company invests heavily in research and development. They don't
stick with tools merely because they know them; instead, every year they benchmark new technologies against those in their current stack, integrating only those which outperform. “We adopt what’s best, not what yields the highest margin,” Antonio insists. “We’re security nerds. We love discovering new tools and mastering them.”
This philosophy led to the early adoption of emerging platforms such as Vanta and Wiz, companies founded less than a decade ago, now worth billions. Wiz was reportedly acquired by Google for about US$32 billion, underlining its transformative impact on cloud security. Amagistech scouted these technologies early and integrated them before they became market staples. Their clients feel assured that recommendations are genuine and value-driven.
Amagistech’s model works equally well for large enterprises. Given lengthy procurement cycles and procurement fatigue, many organisations are reluctant to constantly switch tools. “They can’t afford change every year,” Antonio says. But with Amagistech under a master agreement, updates occur behind the scenes, invisibly. “We do the heavy lifting, and they just get results.”
On the technology front, Amagistech is especially captivated by Agentic AI, the use of autonomous agents in cyber security. The idea is to pair rapid automation with human supervision. “We don’t fully trust unsupervised AI yet,” Antonio admits, especially in critical environments. Instead, they assign domain experts in GRC, network, endpoint security and more to oversee the AI-driven systems. “The combination of automation and human oversight offers the best of both worlds.”
A major trend they’re embracing is automated penetration testing. Historically, pentesting was manual, slow and expensive. Now, platforms such as Picus offer continuous, automated assessment, simulating adversarial attacks rapidly and at scale. For example, Picus’s
Security Control Validation product performs continuous testing, mimicking real-world attacker tactics such as lateral movement or privilege escalation, while avoiding production downtime. This reduces cost and increases test frequency, a boon for clients with frequent release cycles.
Reddit commentary reflects how attitudes are shifting:
“By having a tool that can do 80% of what a pentester can at the click of a button … tremendously decreases your risk of breach.” reddit.com
This sentiment, echoed by industry observers, affirms why Amagistech is integrating such tools early, especially when paired with expert oversight.
Another foundational trend is continuous compliance automation. Vanta, in particular, integrates with hundreds of services; Microsoft, Google, Slack and more, to automatically collect evidence and verify compliance in near real time. As Antonio explains, “It’s critical to our mission of accessibility, because small-management businesses couldn’t maintain strong compliance manually without significant cost overhead.”
Strategically, Amagistech is preparing to expand its footprint. Following success in Malta, they are establishing an Italian subsidiary with plans to scale operations. Antonio confirms, “We’re launching a fundraising campaign in Italy, with a post-money valuation of €15 million, intending to sell between 5 and 7 percent of the company.” He's clear about his intent: they’re seeking smart money, not just capital. They want investors who can act as connectors; technology leaders, former founders or venture advisors who can open doors and create strategic opportunities.
"The fuel we seek is for scaling, not sustaining," he underscores. The company is nearly profitable and thriving; what they need now is acceleration, especially in establishing key Italian partnerships as
regulatory moments converge. Looking ahead, Amagistech is also keen to develop proprietary tools. Recent research has emerged in technologies such as RapidPen, an automated IP-to-shell pentesting tool powered by LLM-based agents, achieving shell access in under 400 seconds. Others, such as PentestAgent and BreachSeek, illustrate how AI agents can autonomously conduct vulnerability analysis and exploitation. Though much of this area is still experimental, Amagistech is watching closely, aiming for the first-mover advantage.
In essence, Amagistech is constructing a next-generation cybersecurity ecosystem, where compliance monitoring, continuous testing and advanced threat detection converge in an intelligent, supervised-by-experts platform. It combines enterprise-grade scaleability with SME affordability.
By aligning with breakthroughs such as Wiz’s recent acquisition by Google for US$32 billion, Amagistech signals its belief that cybersecurity will be central to cloud infrastructure in the coming decade. The deal was the largest in cybersecurity history so far, reinforcing just how critical this field has become.
Ultimately, Amagistech’s vision is grand yet grounded: provide cutting-edge cybersecurity, flexible procurement and humanised integration, all without burdening clients with complexity or cost. They want to continue pioneering in Italy and South EMEA, forever influenced by Malta's agile foundations, and guided by a clear north star “accessible cybersecurity” for the next generation of digital innovators.
