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Obsidian Security
Security & compliance platform for SaaS
- 101-200 employees
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Compliance
- Machine Learning
- SaaS
- Cyber Security
- Data Analysis
- Automation
- Newport Center, Newport Beach, CA
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Company mission
To ensure that our customers can protect their SaaS applications, evolve their security programs, and keep their data safe.
17% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (3.3)
Our take
Gartner estimates that 95% of cloud breaches occur due to human error, and an AI-driven solution can reduce the risk of exposure. Obsidian Security provides security monitoring for businesses to protect them from cyber-attacks and corporate espionage. They offer a suite of integrations for core SaaS platforms like Microsoft 365, Slack, Dropbox, Zoom, and Salesforce.
Companies are working hard to try and protect the sensitive data that they collect and use. Users of services expect their data to be safe, and breaches of any kind reflect poorly on a company's credibility. Obsidian claims to stop even the most advanced attacks and deploys its security teams to deal with security breaches, reducing the burden on internal tech teams to monitor a range of systems for suspicious activity.
Obsidian has a fleet of rivals, such as AppOmni, that focus on the security of SaaS platforms. With companies using more and more SaaS platforms at a time, however, the need to secure them is urgent, and the business opportunity should support competition. For the moment, Obsidian Security seems to be focussed on building out its suite of offerings to cover a wider range of applications, releasing more products to beef up SaaS security.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Unlimited PTO
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Company values
- Customers win, we win: Relentless focus on delivering customer value
- One obsidian, one score: Ownership mindset grounded in accountability and fairness
- Do great things together: Top talent and strong collaboration enable excellence
- Everyone is a pioneer: Bias to action in pursuit of innovative solutions
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2022
$90m
SERIES C
Feb 2019
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $119.5m
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Leadership
Glenn Chisholm
(Chairman & CPO)Glenn started their career as a Research Associate at San Diego Supercomputer Center before spending almost 9 years at Cisco in Software Engineering and 4 at Telstra. They left their VP role at Cylance in February 2017 to co-found Obsidian Security.
Ben Johnson
(CTO)Having studied Computer Science at the University of Chicago, Ben spent 7 years as an Intrusion Engineer for the US Intelligence Community, before engineering roles at Chicago Trading Company and Kyrus Tech. They took a Master's in Entrepreneurship in Technology at Chicago before co-founding Obsidian Security on graduation in 2017.