Enterprise security firm Tessian raises $65M to accelerate platform development
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Enterprise security firm Tessian Ltd. revealed today it has raised $65 million in new funding to accelerate platform development and hire more people.
The Series C round was led by March Capital and included Accel, Balderton Capital, Latitude, Sequoia Capital and Schroder Adveq. The round was raised at a valuation of $500 million.
Founded in 2013, Tessian pitches itself as pioneering a new approach to cybersecurity with “Human Layer Security,” an approach that considers that data breaches are mostly caused by some form of human error. Powered by machine learning, Tessian’s platform provides visibility into human security risks, automatically preventing security threats while continuously driving employees toward secure email behavior through in-the-moment security training.
New AI-powered solution helps firms spot risky security behavior
Human error and poor security decisions are among the leading causes of data breaches, but it can be hard for security teams to know where to invest resources to address these risks and provide help to employees who need it most.
Tessian is introducing what it calls the Human Layer Risk Hub a solution that offers organizations full visibility into employees risk levels and drivers on email, enabling security and risk management leaders to take a more tailored approach to employee security.
It works by creating individual risk profiles for each employee in an organization, using a range of signals that are hidden within email data and are detected by Tessian s advanced machine learning models. Signals such as employees email usage patterns, relationship graphs, and security decisions on historic and real-time emails provide insight into which employees are targeted most by phishing attacks, which are the most care