Area 1 Security

Area 1 Security
Private
Industry Information Security
Founded 2013
Founders Oren Falkowitz (Founder and CEO)
Phil Syme (Founder and CTO)
Blake Darché (Founder and CSO)
Area served
 Worldwide
Products Area 1 Horizon
Website www.area1security.com

Area 1 Security, Inc. is an American cybersecurity company headquartered in Redwood City, California.[1][2]

History

The company was incorporated in 2013 by founders Oren Falkowitz, Blake Darché, and Phil Syme, all of whom were formerly employed by the U.S. National Security Agency.[3][4][5][6] The company announced venture capital financing led by Kleiner Perkins and including Icon ventures, Allegis Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Data Collective, First Round Capital, RedSeal Networks CEO Ray Rothrock, and Shape Security CEO Derek Smith.[7]

Area 1 Security was named a Cool Vendor by Gartner in 2016[8] and listed among "20 Rising Stars" of the Cloud 100 by Forbes magazine in 2017.[9] Area 1 was recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as a "Best Place to Work" in 2017.[10] In 2018, it was a Cybersecurity Excellence Awards finalist.[11]

Products

Area 1 Horizon provides a cloud-based service to prevent phishing campaigns,[12][13] whether by nation-state or commercial actors, and stop cyberattacks, including BEC scam, ransomware, malware, watering holes, malvertising, and other socially engineered threats.[14][15]

Area 1 Horizon seeks and detects phishing attacks missed by spam filters and legacy devices.[16] This approach contrasts with the strategy of training, educating, and relying on end users to recognize and report all phishing attacks.[17][18]

Technology

Area 1 Security Horizon identifies attack indicators by specific elements of their infrastructure. Flexible enforcement platforms enable preemptive detection and disablement of targeted phishing attacks across email, web, and network, whether at the edge, or in the cloud.[19] Area 1 Security also extends protection to customers’ partners and digital ecosystem stakeholders.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Stein, Jeff (5/12/17) “Exclusive: Russian Hackers Attacked the 2008 Obama Campaign” Newsweek. Received 2018-03-27.
  2. ↑ Rozsa, Matthew (10/11/17) “Here’s how Russia was secretly spying on the United States” Salon. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  3. ↑ Perleroth, Nicole (10/12/2016) “A Computer Security Start-Up Turns the Tables on Hackers” The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  4. ↑ Hackett, Robert (12/10/14) “Can three ex-NSA snoops stop the worst hacks before they start?” Fortune. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  5. ↑ Miller, Michael J. (7/21/17) “Talking Security, Hacking, and Politics at Brainstorm Tech” PC Mag. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  6. ↑ Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (7/18/17) “Senator Asks DHS To Enable Email Security Feature to Prevent Phishing” Motherboard. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  7. ↑ Hackett, Robert (10/14/2015) “Area 1 Security raises $15 million from Icon Ventures and Kleiner Perkins” Fortune. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  8. ↑ "Cool Vendors in Security Threat Intelligence, 2016" Gartner. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  9. ↑
    1. InTheCloud (7/11/17) “Forbes 20 Rising Stars Cloud 100” Forbes. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  10. ↑ "Here are the winners for this year's Best Places to Work" San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  11. ↑ -"Area 1 Security" Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  12. ↑ "The Chinese Hackers in the Back Office" The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  13. ↑ Roberts, Jeff John and Lashinsky, Adam (6/21/17) “Hacked: How Business Is Fighting Back Against the Explosion in Cybercrime” Fortune. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  14. ↑ Robinson, Terri (10/2/2017) “Alive and Kickin’” SCMagazine. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  15. ↑ Musthaler, Linda (5/30/2017) “Area 1 Security stops phishing campaigns before they become attacks” NETWORKWORLD from IDG. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  16. ↑ "Phishing remains a top tactic for cyberattacks on businesses" Tech Republic. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  17. ↑ Fowler, Geoffrey A. (2/27/17) “Your Biggest Online Security Risk is You” Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  18. ↑ O’Brien, Matt and Arbel, Tali (8/11/17) “Leaked email shows HBO negotiating with hackers” USA Today. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  19. ↑ Ramsinghani, Mahendra (11/3/16) “The Ransomware Dilemma” Tech Crunch. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  20. ↑ Verger, Rob (7/7/17) “Your anti-virus software is not enough” Popular Science. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
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