Awareness Technologies
American company providing security services
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Awareness Technologies is a Westport, Connecticut-based American technology company founded in 2002. The company provides security, monitoring, forensic, data loss prevention, productivity and analytics solutions for home, office, and enterprise.[2]
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| Company type | Private Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2002[1] |
| Headquarters | Westport, Connecticut, USA |
Key people | Elizabeth Harz (CEO) Mike Osborn (Co-Founder) Ron Penna (Co-Founder) |
| Products | Computer and Mobile Device activity monitoring software. |
Number of employees | 32[1] |
| Website | www.awarenesstech.com |
History
The company was founded in 2002 in Los Angeles, California by Mike Osborn and Ron Penna.[3][4] Originally, the company developed technology that monitored electronic transmissions for uses of counter-terrorism.[5]
In 2010, a group headed by Brad Miller (former CEO of Perimeter eSecurity[6]) and First New England Capital invested $6.5 million.[7] In 2012, the company headquarters was relocated from Marina del Rey, California to Westport, Connecticut.
In 2016, the company acquired a mobile parental control and screen time management firm Screen Time Labs, based in Bristol, United Kingdom.[8]
On June 12, 2019, Awareness Technologies acquired Veriato, formerly SpectorSoft, a technology company which established the insider risk industry in the late 1990s.[9][non-primary source needed]
On December 20, 2020, TZP Group acquired Awareness Technologies.[10][non-primary source needed] In conjunction with the acquisition, ATI announced the appointment of Elizabeth Harz as the company's new CEO.[11]
Brands
- Veriato – employee monitoring and insider risk detection for enterprise organizations.
- InterGuard – cloud-hosted employee productivity management solutions.[12]
- ScreenTime – screen time management tools for parents[13]
- WebWatcher – parental monitoring tools.[13]
Awards and distinctions
WebWatcher received the PC Magazine editors' choice award in a 2011 review of Parental Control & Monitoring software.[14] Also, About.com readers named WebWatcher as the "Best Internet Safety Tool" as part of its 2011 Readers' Choice Awards.[15]
ScreenTime Parental Control received the 2019 National Parenting Product Award.[16]
Veriato won seven 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, including Best Cybersecurity Company and Best Insider Threat Solution for its Cerebral Insider Threat Intelligence Platform.[17]
In 2022, Veriato Cerebral received the PCMag Editor’s Choice Award as the best employee monitoring software for complex threat detection.[18]
Users
Awareness Technologies products under the InterGuard software suite are used by technology companies, financial services, health care organizations and other industries.[19][20] InterGuard gives administrators the ability to monitor activities of remote employees who work off of the corporate domain.[19]