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Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $750K
Founded date: 2008
Investors 4
Date | Name | Website |
- | Innovation... | innovation... |
- | BlueTree A... | bluetreeal... |
- | Escalate C... | escalateca... |
- | Riverfront... | riverfront... |
Funding Rounds 1
Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
08.10.2010 | - | $750K | - |
Mentions in press and media 15
Date | Title | Description |
15.05.2024 | Reducing risk by enhancing organizational cybersecurity | In the contemporary digital landscape, one of the principal threats to an organization’s cybersecurity infrastructure stems from sophisticated email phishing attacks. The increasing complexity of these tactics necessitates a strategic appro... |
15.08.2018 | Four ways to prevent an enterprise phishing attack | According to a new FBI report, businesses lost more than $676 million as a result of email fraud in 2017 -- up 88 percent from the year before. Clearly, businesses are losing the war against email scammers, as phishing attacks have become i... |
24.01.2018 | Ransomware happens -- get over it and be prepared | In its recent State of the Channel Ransomware Report, data protection firm Datto found that SMBs ponied up some $301 million to digital hostage takers over the course of the past year. According to the survey that claims to have spoken to s... |
17.01.2018 | WatchGuard Technologies Acquires Percipient Networks and Adds Security at the DNS Layer to SMB Security Platform | Acquisition supports vision of making enterprise-grade security accessible to every organisation through simplification of packaging, pricing, and product usability. 17 January 2018 – WatchGuard® Technologies has announced that it has acqui... |
13.06.2017 | People in the US are less savvy about cyber security than people in the UK | A new report suggests that people in the UK are more aware of the terminology surrounding cyber security, and are less likely to fall victim to hacking and identity theft. Wombat Security Technologies' 2017 edition of its User Risk Report r... |
19.01.2017 | Consumers are starting to get the message on phishing | According to a new report from security awareness training company Wombat Security, people are starting to get the message on phishing. When asked, 'What is phishing?', 65 percent of those surveyed in the US answered correctly. Ransomware r... |
02.09.2016 | End users struggle to identify security threats and put enterprises at risk | There's a reason why cyber attacks use social engineering techniques, it's because the person sitting in front of the screen is usually the weakest link in the security chain. This is confirmed by the findings of a new report from Wombat Se... |
27.01.2016 | Phishing attacks grow in volume and complexity | According to a new report from security awareness specialist Wombat Security phishing attacks are on the rise and are supported by increasingly aggressive social engineering practices that make them more difficult to prevent. Organizations ... |
26.08.2015 | Security education saves companies millions of dollars a year | Successful phishing attacks can lead to costs from loss of employee productivity and credential compromise, among other factors, which together may cost an average sized company $3.77 million per year. New research released by Wombat Securi... |
18.08.2015 | Wombat Security helps employees report phishing attacks | Phishing is a popular route for cyber criminals to gain a foothold in organizations as the weakest link in security is usually the person sitting at the keyboard. To help combat this Wombat Security is adding a new PhishAlarm to its securit... |
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