Updated Apr 23, 2026
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ObserveIT

Ranked #674 of 1,000+ cybersecurity companies
Profile
INITIALIZING DATA STREAM...

Overview

Acquired By
Proofpoint
Legal Name
ObserveIT Ltd.
Founded
2006
Crunchbase Rank
#79443

ObserveIT, a Boston-based company now a Proofpoint business unit, delivers a leading insider threat management platform that correlates user activity and data movement with contextual intelligence and hundreds of threat templates to help organizations worldwide detect and prevent insider-led data loss and exfiltration, streamline investigations, and accelerate incident response.

Industries
Computer and Network Security
Type
Public Company

Company Size

Employees
 
32
Range11–50 employees
110K+

Affiliated Organizations

ProofpointAffiliate
ObserveIT 7.1Affiliate

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Headquarters

200 Clarendon St, Boston, MA 02116

Followers

 
7,834

Press Coverage

DateArticlePublisher
Nov 11, 2025Proofpoint expands Cork cyber hub with AI centre, plans 45 jobsSilicon Republic
Aug 10, 2021Team Rubicon Selects ObserveID for Cloud Identity Security Posture ManagementMarTech Series
Nov 25, 2019Proofpoint Completes the Acquisition of ObserveITMarkets Insider
Nov 4, 2019Proofpoint To Acquire ObserveIT for $225MCrunchbase News
Nov 3, 2019Proofpoint Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire ObserveIT for $225 Million in Cash; Extending Leadership in People-Centric Security and Compliance to Deliver Post-Perimeter Data Loss PreventionMarkets Insider
Sep 23, 2019Demand for ObserveIt Grows as the U.S. Marks First-ever Insider Threat Awareness MonthBusiness Wire
Aug 20, 2019ObserveIT unveils crowdsourced insider threat analytics solutionNet Security
Jun 18, 2019How employees and their organizations are prioritizing data privacyNet Security
Jun 12, 201984% of US employees have never heard of GDPRTech Republic (Australia)
Jun 7, 2019Threat vs trust: the overlooked power of wordsComputer Weekly

Specialties

WindowsUnix and Linux Session Recording SoftwareUser Activity MonitoringUser Activity AuditingIT SecurityRegulatory ComplianceData SecurityInsider Threat Detection & MitigationUser Based RiskInsider Threat ManagementPrevention of Data LossModern approach to DLP

Categories

Cloud SecurityComplianceCyber SecurityInformation ServicesInformation TechnologySoftware

Event Appearances

8 events · 2 sponsor · 6 exhibitor
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit National Harbor 2024
Jun 3, 2024·Exhibitor
Microsoft Ignite 2019
Nov 4, 2019·Exhibitor
Black Hat USA 2019
Aug 3, 2019·Sponsor
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2019
Jun 17, 2019·Exhibitor
RSA Conference 2019
Mar 4, 2019·Exhibitor
Black Hat USA 2018
Aug 4, 2018·Sponsor
Infosecurity Europe 2018
Jun 5, 2018·Exhibitor
Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit National Harbour 2018
Jun 4, 2018·Exhibitor

Product

NameDescription
Proofpoint Insider Threat ManagementA solution that protects intellectual property from insider threats by correlating user activity and data movement with endpoint visibility to identify risks and detect data breaches.