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About DefendDomain

We find fake versions of your web address and get them taken down

A UK company founded in 2025, with sales in London and engineering in Oxford. We work with customers in the US, UK, EU and Asia-Pacific.

The founders

James Bending

James Bending

Co-founder

LinkedIn profile

For over 20 years James has helped some of the world's largest businesses resolve critical issues, and watched cyber security move to the top of the boardroom agenda.

In his previous roles he worked with over 1,000 customers, and saw how many attacks start with someone pretending to be a company people already trust. In 2025 he co-founded DefendDomain to find those fake domains and get them taken down.

David Batey

David Batey

Co-founder and CTO

LinkedIn profile

For over 20 years David has built web applications. A computer science graduate, he has founded, grown and sold tech businesses, and was lead developer at a start-up acquired by eBay.

He saw more and more attacks that copy a company's whole website, and in 2025 he co-founded DefendDomain to find those copies and get them removed.

Company facts

Company
DefendDomain Ltd, UK company number 16727523 (Companies House). Formed on 18 September 2025.
Offices
Sales and partnerships in London. Engineering in Oxford.
Customers
In the US, the UK, the EU and Asia-Pacific.
Certifications
ISO 27001 certified within our first year, and Cyber Essentials certified.
Your data
Our main database is hosted in London (AWS eu-west-2). We follow UK GDPR and EU GDPR. The security page lists the services we use and how we protect your data.
Security reviews
Email security@defenddomain.com for our ISO 27001 certificate, our list of sub-processors or a completed security questionnaire.
Citation ISO Certification: ISO 27001:2022 registered, certificate 535732026Certified
Standard
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Certificate
535732026
Valid to
September 2027

Details and how to check it are on the security page.

Where we work

We are a UK company, with sales in London and engineering in Oxford. We work with customers in the US, UK, EU and Asia-Pacific. We watch 240+ domain endings, including country endings, and we report to whichever registrar, host or email provider the attacker uses, wherever it is, and chase them automatically until the fake is down.

DefendDomain's London office workspace

London, UK

Sales and partnerships

Our sales and partnerships team works from London. They are the people you speak to about pricing, a demo or the partner programme for MSPs, resellers and other partners.

DefendDomain's engineering office in Oxford

Oxford, UK

Engineering

We design and build the platform in Oxford: the lookalike domain checks, the certificate watching, the website marker, the daily check of your own domains and the takedown system.

Awards

Winner of Cyber Security Start-up of the Year at the teiss Awards 2026, and a finalist for three more awards in 2026.

Get a price for your domains

The price depends on how many domains you protect and whether you want us to run it for you.

We call you within one working day to talk it through.