Astar

Founded in 2018, Astar is a cybersecurity company based in Toulouse, France working in penetration testing, offensive security, incident response +3 more.

Astar is a French cybersecurity company founded in October 2018 in Toulouse by David Soria, an engineer in cryptology and computer security. It holds the Expert Cyber label granted by the French government. Its services include audits, consulting, incident response assistance, pentesting and training, including security awareness sessions for employees. The company favours simplified, pragmatic and layered security, with an emphasis on structural and security-by-design approaches that address the causes of vulnerabilities rather than only their symptoms. It offers accessible measures for startups and very small businesses. Astar publishes free open-source security tools and articles aimed at CISOs, developers, system administrators and the general public, and it does not use traditional marketing campaigns.