American cyber security company
RiskIQ, Inc. was acyber security company that was based inSan Francisco ,California .[ 1] It providedcloud -basedsoftware as a service (SaaS) for organizations to detectphishing ,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 ofSeries A funding fromSummit Partners in February 2013 and $25 million in series B funding fromBattery Ventures in May 2014.[ 2] [ 3] RiskIQ was a member of theCloud Security Alliance (CSA).[ 4]
RiskIQ monitored advertising networks formalware (malvertising ) andspyware [ 5] and also providedmobile 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 byMicrosoft in July 2021 for more than $500,000,000 (~$569 million in 2024).[ 8]
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