Area 1 Security, Inc.
Autonomous anti-phishing platform that detects and prevents Business Email Compromise attacks
- Sector
- Cybersecurity
- Headquarters
- Redwood City, CA
- Founded
- 2013
- Latest Form D
- $8M, Dec 2014
- Total capital
- $10.5M
- Federal grants
- $50K
- 1 award · 2021
- Sector median 0 awards
- Private capital raised
- $10.5M
- 2 Form D · last Dec 2014
- 143 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 21
- 3 pending · first 2015
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Next Generation Email Security$50K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$8M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.5M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Oren J. FalkowitzResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 8 patents · $50K in grants as PI
- Derek W. SmithDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ted W. SchleinDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 21 granted of 24- GrantedScaling Stateful Services Hosted In A Cluster Of Server NodesUSPTOUS 11,165,859
- GrantedMessage Processing System With Business Email Compromise DetectionUSPTOUS 11,050,698
- GrantedPacket Capture Collection Tasking SystemUSPTOUS 10,587,483
Show all 24 patent records
- Scaling Stateful Services Hosted In A Cluster Of Server NodesNov 2, 2021 · US 11,165,859Granted
- Message Processing System With Business Email Compromise DetectionJun 29, 2021 · US 11,050,698Granted
- Packet Capture Collection Tasking SystemMar 10, 2020 · US 10,587,483Granted
- In-transit Visual Content Analysis For Selective Message TransferMar 3, 2020 · US 10,581,883Granted
- Packet Filters In Security Appliances With Modes And IntervalsFeb 25, 2020 · US 10,574,669Granted
- Detecting Malicious Program Code Using Similarity Of Hashed Parsed TreesJan 7, 2020 · US 10,528,731Granted
- Domain Feature Classification And Autonomous System Vulnerability ScanningOct 8, 2019 · US 10,440,042Granted
- Identifying Malicious Messages Based On Received Message Data Of The SenderSep 17, 2019 · US 10,419,478Granted
- Packet Filters In Security Appliances With Modes And IntervalsJan 22, 2019 · US 10,187,400Granted
- Using Machine Learning For Classification Of Benign And Malicious WebpagesOct 16, 2018 · US 10,104,113Granted
- Remediating Computer Security Threats Using Distributed Sensor ComputersSep 25, 2018 · US 10,084,815Granted
- Packet Capture Collection Tasking SystemJul 31, 2018 · US 10,038,603Granted
- Detecting Computer Security Threats In Electronic Documents Based On StructureMar 20, 2018 · US 9,923,920Granted
- Remediating Computer Security Threats Using Distributed Sensor ComputersJul 18, 2017 · US 9,712,557Granted
- Detecting Computer Security Threats In Electronic Documents Based On StructureJun 6, 2017 · US 9,674,208Granted
- Detecting Computer Security Threats In Electronic Documents Based On StructureMar 28, 2017 · US 9,609,013Granted
- Distribution Of Security Rules Among Sensor ComputersJan 31, 2017 · US 9,560,070Granted
- Remediating Computer Security Threats Using Distributed Sensor ComputersJun 21, 2016 · US 9,374,385Granted
- Detecting Computer Security Threats In Electronic Documents Based On StructureMay 24, 2016 · US 9,350,757Granted
- Distribution Of Security Rules Among Sensor ComputersMay 24, 2016 · US 9,350,750Granted
- Detecting Computer Security Threats In Electronic Documents Based On StructureSep 1, 2015 · US 9,124,622Granted
- Detecting Computer Security Threats In Electronic Documents Based On StructureApplication PCTUS2016030270Pending
- Remediating Computer Security Threats Using Distributed Sensor ComputersApplication PCTUS2015059341Pending
- Distribution Of Security Rules Among Sensor ComputersApplication PCTUS2016024788Pending
Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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