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American cyber security company
RiskIQ, Inc. 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 (~$555 million in 2023).
[8]
References
^
"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 .
^ Kelly, Meghan (July 18, 2013).
"RiskIQ puts companies in a threat-prevention state of mind with $10M" . Venture Beat. Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
^ Vanian, Jonathan.
"RiskIQ rakes in $25M to help companies monitor malware" . Retrieved May 29, 2014 .
^ Poeter, Damon (July 13, 2021).
"Microsoft acquires cybersecurity firm RiskIQ for $500M" .
VentureBeat . Retrieved October 20, 2022 .
^ Oltsik, Jon (April 24, 2014).
"Enterprises Need Outside-In Continuous Monitoring for RiskManagement" . Network World. Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
^ Fulscado, Donna (September 5, 2013).
"How to Stay Safe Downloading Apps" . Fox News. Retrieved May 28, 2014 .
^
^ Roof, Katie; Bass, Dina (July 11, 2021).
"Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Cybersecurity Company RiskIQ" . Bloomberg . Retrieved July 12, 2021 .
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