ReliaQuest
{{Short description|American cybersecurity company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = ReliaQuest
| logo = ReliaQuest logo 2025.png
| industry = Cybersecurity
| location = Tampa, Florida, USA
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.reliaquest.com}}
}}
ReliaQuest, LLC is an American cybersecurity technology company headquartered in Tampa, Florida, with offices in Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, London, Dublin and Pune, India. The company provides threat detection, investigation and response through its GreyMatter security platform, which employs artificial intelligence to automate many of those cybersecurity tasks.{{Cite news |last=Loten |first=Angus |date=2025-03-31 |title=Exclusive {{!}} AI-Powered Cybersecurity Firm ReliaQuest Raises More Than $500 Million |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-powered-cybersecurity-firm-reliaquest-raises-more-than-500-million-96de3464 |access-date=2025-06-27 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}} Its platform is used by organizations across various industries including banking, airlines, healthcare and professional sports, with customers like National Basketball Association team Boston Celtics.{{Cite web |last=Fechter |first=Michael |date=2023-09-22 |title=A Tampa cybersecurity startup surged to become a global company |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2023/09/22/tampa-cybersecurity-startup-surged-become-global-company/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Mark |date=2023-07-04 |title=World Series-winning mental performance coach is Tampa tech giant’s secret weapon |url=https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2023/jul/04/world-series-winning-mental-performance-coach-tech-giants-secret-weapon/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Business Observer |language=en}}
As of 2022, they are the title sponsor of the ReliaQuest Bowl in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
History
ReliaQuest was founded in 2007 by CEO Brian Murphy in Tampa, Florida.{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/security/reliaquest-maker-of-fast-growing-open-xdr-platform-reaches-1b-valuation/|title=ReliaQuest, maker of open XDR platform, reaches $1B valuation with new funding|date=December 1, 2021}} In 2020, ReliaQuest raised $300 million in funding,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2021/12/03/tampa-cybersecurity-company-reliaquest-hits-1-billion-unicorn-status/|title=Tampa cybersecurity company ReliaQuest hits $1 billion 'unicorn' status|website=Tampa Bay Times}} and in 2021 ReliaQuest's valuation grew to more than $1 billion. In 2022, ReliaQuest acquired Digital Shadows for $160 million{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/reliaquest-to-buy-digital-shadows-for-160-million-11654081200|title=ReliaQuest to Buy Digital Shadows for $160 Million|first=James|last=Rundle|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=June 1, 2022|via=www.wsj.com}} and EclecticIQ in 2023 for an undisclosed amount.{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Vishal |title=Amsterdam’s EclecticIQ sells its agent software and engineering assets to US-based ReliaQuest |url=https://siliconcanals.com/news/eclecticiq-sells-agent-software-and-engineering-assets-to-reliaquest/ |website=Silicon Canals |access-date=15 January 2024 |language=en |date=19 May 2023}} As of June 2025, it remains headquartered in Tampa{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2021/12/13/water-street-tampa-expands-reliaquest-hq-adds-sparkman-wharf-tenants/|title=Water Street Tampa expands ReliaQuest HQ, adds Sparkman Wharf tenants|website=Tampa Bay Times}} and has offices in Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, London, Dublin and Pune.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WEpjDwAAQBAJ&dq=reliaquest&pg=PA180 |page=180 |author=T. Grandon Gill |title=Cybersecurity Discussion Cases |publisher=Informing Science|isbn=9781681100371 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2021/aug/24/reliaquest-moving-nearly-600-jobs-up-to-200-of-them-new-to-new-water-street-corporate-hq/|title=ReliaQuest moving nearly 600 jobs — up to 200 of them new — to new Water Street corporate HQ|date=August 24, 2021|website=Business Observer}}
Technology
The company created the technology-agnostic{{Cite web |last=Bradley |first=Tony |title=Navigating The Evolving Landscape Of Cybersecurity |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2024/02/23/navigating-the-evolving-landscape-of-cybersecurity/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Forbes |language=en}} cyber security platform GreyMatter, which was built on an open XDR architecture and which uses agentic AI for threat detection, containment, investigation and response. The company holds 52 patents for technology, including ones for universal translator of various client data in order to create a common source for each evaluation. The software is used by enterprise companies in the banking industry, airline industry, healthcare industry, and organizations{{Cite web|url=https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37574/level-up|title=Level Up|website=Florida Trend}} such as the Boston Celtics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2020/may/15/brian-murphy-reliaquest-tampa-top-entrepreneurs/|title=For highly driven cybersecurity CEO, mindset is everything|date=May 15, 2020|website=Business Observer}}
Community outreach
The company is the title sponsor of the ReliaQuest Bowl in the NCAA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2023/01/09/reliaquest-very-happy-with-tampa-bowl-sponsorships-marketing-impact/|title=ReliaQuest 'very happy' with Tampa bowl sponsorship's marketing impact|website=Tampa Bay Times}} According to Fortune magazine, Founder and CEO Brian Murphy said his decision to become the sponsor was to raise awareness of the importance of cybersecurity and of the opportunities within cybersecurity careers.{{Cite web |title=Move over Pop-Tarts and Duke’s Mayonnaise, ReliaQuest’s college football bowl game wants you to know the importance of cybersecurity |url=https://fortune.com/education/articles/reliaquest-bowl-college-football-cybersecurity-awareness/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Fortune Education |language=en}} They also sponsor coding classes at the elementary school and university levels in the Florida education system;{{cite news |last1=Coffey |first1=Lauren |title=ReliaQuest completes its education puzzle with high school cybersecurity program |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2021/10/25/reliaquest-brings-cyber-training-to-high-schools.html |work=Tampa Bay Business Journal |publisher=bizjournals.com |date=25 October 2021}} which included coding boot camps focused on cybersecurity training.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gaiJEAAAQBAJ&dq=ReliaQuest&pg=PA308 |page=308 |title=The Great Power Competition Volume 3 - Cyberspace: The Fifth Domain · Volume 3 |publisher=Springer |author=Adib Farhadi, Anthony Masys, Ronald P. Sanders|date=15 September 2022 |isbn=9783031045868 }}