2014
The beginning
Three engineers, one bank
Nodo started as a testing team for a mid-sized payments company in São Paulo. The brief was narrow and the standard was high: find what the auditors missed, and prove it.
Who we are
A practice built around one idea: watch the system as if the attempt is already underway.
Nodo began in 2014 with three engineers and a single contract. We have grown carefully, sector by sector, keeping the same standard: show our work, rank by consequence, answer by name.
The progression
How the firm took shape.
A short history, told in the moments that changed what we do and how we do it.
2017
A monitoring centre
From projects to presence
Clients kept asking what happened after the report. We opened a monitoring centre so the watching never stopped when the engagement ended.
2020
The LGPD arrives
Compliance meets engineering
When the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados took effect, we built a team to translate the law into controls engineers could ship — not a binder that sits on a shelf.
2024
Today
A team across two cities
Response teams in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, nine sectors served, and the same rule we started with: nothing in a report we cannot reproduce on demand.
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We would rather deliver three findings you can act on this week than a hundred you will never read. Consequence is the only ranking that matters.
— Nodo, on how we write reports
The people leading the work
Named, reachable, accountable.
Every engagement has a lead. These are the people who carry that responsibility across our practice.
RC
Rafael Couto
Head of offensive testing
Fifteen years breaking into systems so others cannot. Leads our assessment teams and writes the rules of engagement that keep testing safe.
MA
Mariana Alves
Director, monitoring centre
Runs the floor that watches client systems around the clock. Built the alert-tuning method that keeps our analysts focused on real signals.
DF
Daniel Ferraz
Lead, governance & LGPD
Bridges the law and the build. Translates obligations from the ANPD and Banco Central into controls your engineers can implement without guesswork.
Where we stand
2014
Year Nodo was founded38
Engineers and analysts on staff2
Cities with response teams312
Engagements delivered to dateWork with us