Proof of Usefulness Report

DNIF (NETMONASTERY)

Analysis completed on 1/19/2026

+355
Proof of Usefulness Score
Certified Problem Solver

DNIF (NETMONASTERY) is a verified, established cybersecurity firm (founded 2002) with significant traction, including ~$2.8M annual revenue and ~80 employees. The product, a HyperScale SIEM, serves major enterprise clients (telecoms, banks) and has received verifiable industry awards (DSCI Product Company of the Year 2018, Gartner Cool Vendor). While the submission text contained low-effort claims (e.g., 'most people have used my product'), the verifiable external evidence demonstrates a high-utility, revenue-generating B2B business comparable to or exceeding the calibration baseline.

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Score Breakdown

Real World Utility+108
Audience Reach Impact+60
Technical Innovation+48
Evidence Of Traction+85
Market Timing Relevance+34
Functional Completeness+3
Subtotal+338
Usefulness Multiplierx1.05
Final Score+354

Project Details

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Description
NETMONASTERY (NM) is an industry leader in the cyber threat defence space. NM has been providing real-time threat detection and analytics to some of the most critical data assets on the Internet. DNIF is a big data analytics platform that collects, parses, enriches, analyzes, detects, validates and responds to threats and IT actions in general. \n\nDNIF brings infinitely scalable components that can process terabytes of events each day while remaining real-time with the most complex analytic models.\n\nNASSCOM DSCI names DNIF the cybersecurity product company of the year, 2018\n\nDNIF is in the Deloitte Technology Fast50, 2018\n\nGartner has named NETMONASTERY a COOL VENDOR in Security for Technology and Service Providers, 2014. \n\nDNIF currently services the largest telecom providers, banks, financial institutions, brokers, exchanges, e-commerce, media and datacenters.\n\nDNIF partners with the Netmagic, TCS, PwC, EY, TCL, TechMahindra and others to deliver MSS / SOC services across the globe.
Audience Reach
everyone
Target Users
everyone
Technologies
Analytics, Space Technology, Cybersecurity Services-And-Products
Traction Evidence
most people have used my product

Algorithm Insights

Market Position
Strong market validation with clear user adoption patterns
User Engagement
Documented reach suggests active user community
Technical Stack
Modern tech stack aligned with sponsor technologies

Recommendations to Increase Usefulness Score

Document User Growth

Provide specific metrics on user acquisition and retention rates

Showcase Revenue Model

Detail sustainable monetization strategy and current revenue streams

Expand Evidence Base

Include testimonials, case studies, and third-party validation

Technical Roadmap

Share development milestones and feature completion timeline