RiskIQ

Last updated

RiskIQ, Inc.
Type Subsidiary
Founded2009;14 years ago (2009)
Founders
  • Elias Manousos
  • Chris Kiernan
  • David Pon
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Parent Microsoft

RiskIQ was a cyber security company that was based in San Francisco, California. [1] It provided cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) for organizations to detect phishing, fraud, malware, and other online security threats.

The company was co-founded in 2009 by Lou Manousos, Chris Kiernan, and David Pon. It received $10 million of Series A funding from Summit Partners in February 2013 and $25 million in series B funding from Battery Ventures in May 2014. [2] [3] RiskIQ was a member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). [4]

RiskIQ monitored advertising networks for malware (malvertising) and spyware [5] and also provided mobile app security services. [6] In May 2018, Standard Bank deployed RiskIQ's software to automate the threat analysis of brand infringement, cybercrime and web-based attacks against its digital presence. [7]

RiskIQ was acquired by Microsoft in July 2021 for more than $500,000,000 (~$500 million in 2021). [8]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trend Micro</span> Japanese multinational cyber security company

Trend Micro Inc. is a multinational cyber security software company with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, United States. The company has globally dispersed R&D in 16 locations across every continent excluding Antarctica. The company develops enterprise security software for servers, containers, & cloud computing environments, networks, and end points. Its cloud and virtualization security products provide automated security for customers of VMware, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avast</span> Czech security software company

Avast Software s.r.o. is a Czech multinational cybersecurity software company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, that researches and develops computer security software, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Avast has more than 435 million monthly active users and the second largest market share among anti-malware application vendors worldwide as of April 2020. The company has approximately 1,700 employees across its 25 offices worldwide. In July 2021, Norton LifeLock, an American cybersecurity company, announced that it was in talks to merge with Avast Software. In August 2021, Avast's board of directors agreed to an offer of US$8 billion.

Fortinet is a cybersecurity company with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. The company develops and sells security solutions like firewalls, endpoint security and intrusion detection systems. Fortinet has offices located all over the world.

Webroot Inc. is an American privately-held cybersecurity software company that provides Internet security for consumers and businesses. The company was founded in Boulder, Colorado, US, and is now headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, and has US operations in San Mateo and San Diego, and globally in Australia, Austria, Ireland, Japan and the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">VirusTotal</span> Cybersecurity website owned by Chronicle

VirusTotal is a website created by the Spanish security company Hispasec Sistemas. Launched in June 2004, it was acquired by Google in September 2012. The company's ownership switched in January 2018 to Chronicle, a subsidiary of Google.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Proofpoint, Inc.</span> American cybersecurity company

Proofpoint, Inc. is an American enterprise cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California that provides software as a service and products for email security, identity threat defense, data loss prevention, electronic discovery, and email archiving.

A supply chain attack is a cyber-attack that seeks to damage an organization by targeting less secure elements in the supply chain. A supply chain attack can occur in any industry, from the financial sector, oil industry, to a government sector. A supply chain attack can happen in software or hardware. Cybercriminals typically tamper with the manufacturing or distribution of a product by installing malware or hardware-based spying components. Symantec's 2019 Internet Security Threat Report states that supply chain attacks increased by 78 percent in 2018.

SolarWinds Corporation is an American company that develops software for businesses to help manage their networks, systems, and information technology infrastructure. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with sales and product development offices in a number of locations in the United States and several other countries. The company was publicly traded from May 2009 until the end of 2015, and again from October 2018. It has also acquired a number of other companies, some of which it still operates under their original names, including Pingdom, Papertrail and Loggly. It had about 300,000 customers as of December 2020, including nearly all Fortune 500 companies and numerous agencies of the US federal government.

Trellix is a privately held cybersecurity company founded in 2022. It has been involved in the detection and prevention of major cybersecurity attacks. It provides hardware, software, and services to investigate cybersecurity attacks, protect against malicious software, and analyze IT security risks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malwarebytes</span> Internet security company

Malwarebytes Inc. is an American Internet security company that specializes in protecting home computers, smartphones, and companies from malware and other threats. It has offices in Santa Clara, California; Clearwater, Florida; Tallinn, Estonia; Bastia Umbra, Italy; and Cork, Ireland.

Trustwave Holdings is an American standalone business unit cybersecurity independent subsidiary and brand of multinational telecommunications company Singtel Group Enterprise. It focuses on providing managed detection and response (MDR), managed security services (MSS), database security, and email security to organizations around the globe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palo Alto Networks</span> American technology company

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is an American multinational cybersecurity company with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The core product is a platform that includes advanced firewalls and cloud-based offerings that extend those firewalls to cover other aspects of security. The company serves over 70,000 organizations in over 150 countries, including 85 of the Fortune 100. It is home to the Unit 42 threat research team and hosts the Ignite cybersecurity conference. It is a partner organization of the World Economic Forum.

Cyren Inc. was a cloud-based Internet security technology company that provided security services and threat intelligence to businesses. It offered a range of services including web security, DNS security, anti-spam solutions, phishing detection, ransomware protection, URL filtering, malware detection, and botnet attack prevention. Cyren also provided endpoint protection for mobile devices and Internet of Things (IoT) gateways. Major clients included Microsoft, Google, Check Point, Dell, T-Mobile, and Intel. The company announced its closure in February 2023.

Lastline, Inc. is an American cyber security company and breach detection platform provider based in Redwood City, California. The company offers network-based security breach detection and other security services that combat malware used by advanced persistent threat (APT) groups for businesses, government organizations and other security service providers. Lastline has offices in North America, Europe, and Asia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Digital Guardian</span>

Digital Guardian is an American data loss prevention software company that produces products designed to detect and stop malicious actions by users and malware on endpoints. Digital Guardian provides software both at the end-user level and in corporate networks, servers, databases, and the cloud. The software places data events into context and applies a granular set of rules to protect against threats.

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is an American cybersecurity technology company based in Austin, Texas. It provides cloud workload and endpoint security, threat intelligence, and cyberattack response services. The company has been involved in investigations of several high-profile cyberattacks, including the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, the 2015–16 cyber attacks on the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and the 2016 email leak involving the DNC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cylance</span> American software firm

Cylance Inc., is an American software firm based in Irvine, California, that developed antivirus programs and other kinds of computer software that sought to prevent, rather than reactively detect, viruses and malware. Cyber Secure India described it as "the first company to apply artificial intelligence, algorithms, and machine learning to cyber security."

ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. is an external cyber security company based in Baltimore, Maryland. It provides cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) for organizations to expose and disrupt phishing and fraud campaigns, botnet exposures, credential theft, impersonations, data breaches, and physical threats that target brands, domains, people, and assets.

Solebit is a privately held cybersecurity company, with main offices located in the United States and Israel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anomali</span> American cybersecurity company

Anomali Inc. is an American cybersecurity company that develops and provides threat intelligence products. In 2023, the company moved into providing Security Analytics powered by AI.

References

  1. "California cyber security firm unveils research results of Amazon DNS server hijack - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  2. Kelly, Meghan (July 18, 2013). "RiskIQ puts companies in a threat-prevention state of mind with $10M". Venture Beat. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  3. Vanian, Jonathan. "RiskIQ rakes in $25M to help companies monitor malware" . Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  4. Poeter, Damon (July 13, 2021). "Microsoft acquires cybersecurity firm RiskIQ for $500M". VentureBeat . Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  5. Oltsik, Jon (April 24, 2014). "Enterprises Need Outside-In Continuous Monitoring for RiskManagement". Network World. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  6. Fulscado, Donna (September 5, 2013). "How to Stay Safe Downloading Apps". Fox News. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  7. Finextra (May 3, 2018). "Standard Bank adopts RiskIQ suite to defend online presence". Finextra Research. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  8. Roof, Katie; Bass, Dina (July 11, 2021). "Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Cybersecurity Company RiskIQ". Bloomberg. Retrieved July 12, 2021.