Awareness Technologies
{{Short description|American company providing security services}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Awareness Technologies, Inc.
| logo = Awareness_Technologies_Logo.jpg
| type = Private Company
| foundation = 2002{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/profile/awareness-technologies|title=Awareness Technologies Inc.com Company Profile|work=Inc.com|accessdate=19 April 2014}}
| location = Westport, Connecticut, USA
| key_people = Elizabeth Harz (CEO), Mike Osborn (Co-Founder), Ron Penna (Co-Founder)
| industry = Software
| products = Computer and Mobile Device activity monitoring software.
| homepage = [http://www.awarenesstech.com/ www.awarenesstech.com]
}}
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.{{Cite press release |last=Group |first=T. Z. P. |title=TZP Group Acquires Awareness Technologies |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tzp-group-acquires-awareness-technologies-301187034.html |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Harwell |first=Drew |date=April 30, 2020 |title=Managers turn to surveillance software, always-on webcams to ensure employees are (really) working from home |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/30/work-from-home-surveillance/ |newspaper=Washington Post}}
History
The company was founded in 2002 in Los Angeles, California by Mike Osborn and Ron Penna.{{cite web
| title = PrivCo Awareness Technologies profile
| url = http://www.privco.com/private-company/awareness-technologies-inc
| accessdate = April 19, 2014}} Originally, the company developed technology that monitored electronic transmissions for uses of counter-terrorism.{{cite web|last=Cohan|first=Peter|title=Awareness Technologies Spies on Workers, Teens|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2011/11/01/awareness-technologies-spies-on-workers-teens/|work=Forbes.com|accessdate=19 April 2014}}
In 2010, a group headed by Brad Miller (former CEO of {{Proper name|Perimeter eSecurity}}{{cite web
|title=Gordon Eubanks Joins Perimeter E-Security's Board of Directors
|url=https://www.silversky.com/news-and-events/press-releases/gordon-eubanks-joins-perimeter-e-securitys-board-directors
|accessdate=April 19, 2014
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423010739/https://www.silversky.com/news-and-events/press-releases/gordon-eubanks-joins-perimeter-e-securitys-board-directors
|archivedate=April 23, 2014
|df=mdy
}}) and First New England Capital invested $6.5 million.{{cite web
| title = Awareness Technologies Raises $6.5 Million For Threat Management Software
| url = https://techcrunch.com/2010/06/01/awareness-technologies-raises-6-5-million-for-threat-management-software/
| work=Techcrunch.com
| date = June 2010
| accessdate = April 19, 2014}} In 2012, the company headquarters was relocated from Marina del Rey, California to Westport, Connecticut.
In 2014, Awareness Technologies joined an alliance with Credit Union National Association as part of "CUNA Strategic Services."{{cite web
| title = New Alliance Provides Improved Data Security
| url = http://www.creditunionmagazine.com/articles/39119-new-alliance-provides-improved-data-security
| work = creditunionmagazine.com
| accessdate = April 21, 2014
| archive-date = April 23, 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140423051250/http://www.creditunionmagazine.com/articles/39119-new-alliance-provides-improved-data-security
| url-status = dead
|title=CUNA Strategic Services: Awareness Technologies
|url=http://www.cunastrategicservices.com/Awareness_Technologies_169.html
|accessdate=April 21, 2014
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422231643/http://www.cunastrategicservices.com/Awareness_Technologies_169.html
|archivedate=April 22, 2014
|df=mdy
}}
In 2016, the company acquired a mobile parental control and screen time management firm Screen Time Labs, based in Bristol, United Kingdom.{{Cite web|title=Awareness Technologies Acquires Screen Time Labs|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/awareness_technologies_acquires_screen_time_labs/prweb13833828.htm|access-date=2022-02-25|website=PRWeb}}
On June 12, 2019, Awareness Technologies acquired Veriato, formerly SpectorSoft, a technology company which established the insider risk industry in the late 1990s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.akerman.com/en/firm/newsroom/akerman-represented-veriato-inc-in-its-sale-to-awareness-technologies.html|title = Akerman Represents Veriato, Inc. In its Sale to Awareness Technologies}}
On December 20, 2020, TZP Group acquired Awareness Technologies. In conjunction with the acquisition, ATI announced the appointment of Elizabeth Harz as the company's new CEO.
Brands
Veriato – employee monitoring and insider risk detection for enterprise organizations.
InterGuard – cloud-hosted employee productivity management solutions.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-09 |title=Here are all the ways your boss can legally monitor you |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/here-are-all-the-ways-your-boss-can-legally-monitor-you/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}
ScreenTime – screen time management tools for parents, available on Android, Apple iOS, and Amazon mobile devices.
WebWatcher – parental monitoring tools.
Awards and distinctions
WebWatcher received the PC Magazine editors' choice award in a 2011 review of Parental Control & Monitoring software.{{cite web|last=Rubenking |first=Neil |title=WebWatcher Review & Rating |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385748,00.asp |work=pcmag.com |accessdate=April 19, 2014}} Also, About.com readers named WebWatcher as the "Best Internet Safety Tool" as part of its 2011 Readers' Choice Awards.{{cite web|title=WebWatcher Named 'Best Internet Safety Tool' by About.com Readers |url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/2016678/webwatcher_named_best_internet_safety_tool_by_aboutcom_readers/ |accessdate=April 19, 2014}}
ScreenTime Parental Control received the 2019 National Parenting Product Award.{{Cite web |title=Screen Time Parental Control |url=https://www.nappaawards.com/product/screen-time-parental-control/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=NAPPA Awards |language=en-US}}
Veriato won seven 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, including Best Cybersecurity Company and Best Insider Threat Solution for its Cerebral Insider Threat Intelligence Platform.{{Cite web |title=2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards Names Veriato Best Cybersecurity Company with Best Insider Threat Solution - Among Seven Total Awards |url=https://www.ciodive.com/press-release/20190404-2019-cybersecurity-excellence-awards-names-veriato-best-cybersecurity-compa/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=CIO Dive |language=en-US}}
In 2022, Veriato Cerebral received the PCMag Editor’s Choice Award as the best employee monitoring software for complex threat detection.{{Cite web |title=The Best Employee Monitoring Software for 2022 |url=https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-employee-monitoring-software |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=PCMAG |language=en}}
Users
Awareness Technologies products under the InterGuard software suite are used by technology companies, financial services, health care organizations and other industries.{{cite news
| title = 'Working From Home' Without Slacking Off
|newspaper = Wall Street Journal|date = July 11, 2012| url = https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303684004577508953483021234?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303684004577508953483021234.html
| accessdate = April 21, 2014|last1 = Shellenbarger|first1 = Sue}}{{Cite news |date=2020-03-27 |title=Bosses Panic-Buy Spy Software to Keep Tabs on Remote Workers |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-27/bosses-panic-buy-spy-software-to-keep-tabs-on-remote-workers |access-date=2022-08-09}} InterGuard gives administrators the ability to monitor activities of remote employees who work off of the corporate domain.
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Category:Software companies based in Connecticut
Category:Computer security software companies