Our Story
The journey from a quiet pursuit to a global mission
2018
The Moment It Became Real
A close friend, responsible for IT at a mid‑sized organisation, called in a panic.
An employee had fallen for a social engineering attack — someone impersonating the CEO.
The breach cost the company six figures and weeks of recovery.
“I knew the risk was there,” he admitted, “but I couldn’t see it until it was too late.”
That conversation exposed a troubling truth: organisations were investing in tools and training, yet remained blind to the human behaviours attackers exploit.
The risk wasn’t invisible — it was simply unmeasured.
2019
Where the Question Took Hold
Privci’s story starts with a simple but unsettling question:
why do people still make risky decisions even when they know better?
For Divine, this question became a long‑running pursuit. While working full‑time by day, he spent his nights immersed in research, teaching himself machine learning and coding while pursuing a PhD focused on the human psyche of security. It was a solitary journey — long hours, little certainty — guided by a growing conviction that the real challenge in cybersecurity wasn’t technology, but understanding people.
2020
A Vision Takes Shape
The idea behind Privci crystallised: a platform that doesn’t just train people, but understands them.
With unwavering support from his wife, Divine stepped away from stability to pursue a mission that felt bigger than comfort — to solve cybersecurity’s most human problem.
2021
Science Lights the Path
Diving into one of the world’s most complex industries — maritime — Divine began pioneering research on behaviour‑driven security.
If behaviour change could work here, it could work anywhere.
The lessons learned from this work went on to inform Privci’s philosophy and design principles.
2022
Recognition and Validation
The first research paper was published, validating the behavioural science approach.
Dr. Konstantinos Mersinas, who supported the work, later joined Privci as Research Lead — strengthening the scientific rigour behind the mission.
2023
A Prototype Born from Persistence
After years of rejection, silence, and sleepless nights, the first primitive version of Privci emerged.
It wasn’t polished, but it was real — a testament to resilience, faith, and the belief that human‑centred security could change everything.
2024
Deepening the Science
Further research revealed a critical truth: one‑size‑fits‑all training doesn’t work.
People learn differently. People behave differently.
Privci doubled down on personalised, adaptive, behaviour‑driven interventions.
2025
Breakthrough and Momentum
Privci’s Human Vulnerability Scanner launched — the world’s first tool capable of mapping an organisation’s human risk landscape in just 30 days.
What began as a quiet question had become a living system — one that doesn’t blame people for being human, but understands them well enough to reduce risk before it becomes reality.
