NowSecure
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Mobile Security, Security software |
| Predecessor | viaForensics |
| Founded | United States |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | International |
Key people | Andrew Hoog, Chee-Young Kim |
| Products | NowSecure Mobile, NowSecure Forensics Suite, NowSecure App Testing Suite |
Number of employees | 51-200 |
| Website | www |
NowSecure (previously known as viaForensics) is a Chicago-based mobile security company that provides insight about mobile device behavior to both private and business devices as well as analyzes app security.
2009: Beginnings
CEO and co-founder Andrew Hoog was working as a CIO when one of his employees was dismissed. After this dismissal, Hoog was tasked with reviewing whether the employee had stolen any sensitive data from the company. Rather than hire a forensics firm to investigate, Hoog performed the investigation himself and continued to do forensic work on the side.
2009-2014: From Forensics to Security
Hoog and Chee-Young Kim both contributed money to start the company, originally known as Chicago Electronic Discovery and then as viaForensics.[1] Hoog devoted himself full-time to mobile forensics, while Kim continued to work at her corporate job during the day and participated in the business development at night and on weekends. In March 2011, viaForensics was profitable to the extent that it could pay for employee benefits, so Kim left her job and went to work at viaForensics full-time. On June 5 of that year, viaExtract 1.0 was released at a conference in Myrtle Beach.[2] This product, aimed at law enforcement officials, provided deleted data recovery and automated search through data. viaForensics introduced what was known as viaLab in March 2013. viaLab was a product that allowed automated testing for a variety of security flaws in apps, including man-in-the-middle attacks, SSL strip attacks, app coding and reversing, and more.
2014-Present: Rebrand to NowSecure
In 2014, viaForensics launched viaProtect,[3] an app to show users destinations and sources of data to and from their mobile devices, at RSA Conference.[4] The company then began to focus more on similar individual and enterprise device protection. As a result of this focus shift, viaForensics decided to rebrand. On December 2, 2014 viaForensics concurrently announced receipt of $12.5 million in venture capital[5] and its name change to NowSecure.[6]
Products
NowSecure offers the NowSecure Forensic Suite (formerly viaExtract), the NowSecure App Testing Suite (formerly viaLab), and NowSecure Mobile (formerly viaProtect). NowSecure Forensic Suite is for law enforcement users to perform artifact extractions on mobile devices. NowSecure App Testing Suite allows an enterprise to run attacks against their mobile apps to determine safety and privacy capabilities.[7] NowSecure Mobile is a free mobile app to download for iOS and Android.
Recognition
| Honoree | Title | Awarded By | Year |
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| viaForensics | #760 fastest-growing company in the US | INC 5000 | 2014 |
| viaForensics | #13 fastest-growing tech company in the US | INC 5000[8] | 2014 |
| viaForensics | Phase III SBIR Contract | US Government | 2014 |
| viaProtect | Editor's Choice for Android Privacy Utilities | PC Magazine[9] | 2014 |
See also
References
- ^ McLean, Tessa (January 12, 2015). "6 secrets to NowSecure's success". Built In Chicago. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ http://www.pr.com/press-release/329506
- ^ Smith, Chris (March 13, 2014). "Spy on the NSA as it spies on you with this new Android app". Boy Genius Report. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ http://bgr.com/2014/03/13/viaprotect-online-privacy-android-app/
- ^ Dameron, Emerson (December 2, 2014). "NowSecure lands $12.5M in Series A funding for mobile safety". Built In Chicago. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ Graham, Meg (December 2, 2014). "ViaForensics raises $12.5 million in funding, rebrands as NowSecure". Chicago Tribune Blue Sky. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ Pletz, John (September 11, 2014). "Is your app secure? viaForensics can tell". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ http://www.inc.com/profile/viaforensics
- ^ Eddy, Max (March 24, 2014). "viaProtect (for Android)". PC Mag. Retrieved February 20, 2015.