Awareness Technologies

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Awareness Technologies, Inc.
TypePrivate Company
IndustrySoftware
Founded2002[1]
HeadquartersWestport, Connecticut, USA
Key people
Elizabeth Harz (CEO), Mike Osborn (Co-Founder), Ron Penna (Co-Founder)
ProductsComputer and Mobile Device activity monitoring software.
Number of employees
32[1]
Websitewww.awarenesstechnologies.com

Awareness Technologies is an American corporation headquartered in Westport, Connecticut that develops, manufactures, licenses, and sells computer monitoring and cell phone monitoring software as a service.[2]

History[]

The company was founded in 2002 in Los Angeles, California by Mike Osborn and Ron Penna.[3] Originally, the company developed technology that monitored electronic transmissions for uses of counter-terrorism.[4]

In 2010 a group headed by Brad Miller (former CEO of Perimeter eSecurity[5]) and First New England Capital invested $6.5 million.[6] 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."[7][8]

In 2016, the company acquired a mobile parental control and screen time management firm Screen Time Labs, based in Bristol, United Kingdom.[9]

On June 12, 2019, Awareness Technologies acquired Veriato, formerly SpectorSoft, a technology company which established the insider risk industry in the late 1990s.[10]

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.[11]

Brands[]

Veriato - employee monitoring and insider risk detection for enterprise organizations.

InterGuard - cloud-hosted employee productivity management solutions.

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.[12] Also, About.com readers named WebWatcher as the "Best Internet Safety Tool" as part of its 2011 Readers' Choice Awards.[13]

Users[]

Awareness Technologies products under the InterGuard software suite are used by financial services and health care organizations.[14] InterGuard gives administrators the ability to monitor activities of remote employees who work off of the corporate domain.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Awareness Technologies Inc.com Company Profile". Inc.com. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "About Us Awareness Technologies". Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  3. ^ "PrivCo Awareness Technologies profile". Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  4. ^ Cohan, Peter. "Awareness Technologies Spies on Workers, Teens". Forbes.com. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "Gordon Eubanks Joins Perimeter E-Security's Board of Directors". Archived from the original on April 23, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  6. ^ "Awareness Technologies Raises $6.5 Million For Threat Management Software". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  7. ^ "New Alliance Provides Improved Data Security". creditunionmagazine.com. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  8. ^ "CUNA Strategic Services: Awareness Technologies". Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  9. ^ "Awareness Technologies Acquires Screen Time Labs". PRWeb. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  10. ^ https://www.akerman.com/en/firm/newsroom/akerman-represented-veriato-inc-in-its-sale-to-awareness-technologies.html
  11. ^ "TZP Group Acquires Awareness Technologies".
  12. ^ Rubenking, Neil. "WebWatcher Review & Rating". pcmag.com. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  13. ^ "WebWatcher Named 'Best Internet Safety Tool' by About.com Readers". Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  14. ^ a b "'Working From Home' Without Slacking Off". Retrieved April 21, 2014.
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