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Tessian provides cloud-based email security for enterprises. It uses machine learning and behavioral data science to automatically stop sophisticated threats that slip past traditional Secure Email Gateways, including phishing, business email compromise, data loss, and insider threats. The platform sits in an enterprise’s email environment and adds real-time coaching to change user security behavior while delivering ongoing updates on a subscription basis. Tessian aims to reduce risk across the organization by combining automated threat protection with user education, and it has been acquired by Proofpoint to strengthen the email security market.
About Tessian
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$130.4M
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Founded
2013
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Tessian Respond launched April 2023 enables proactive threat hunting.
- M365 Add-in simplifies deployment for threat and insider risk protection.
- Proofpoint integration adds AI layer stopping 65% misdirected email data loss.
What critics are saying
- Proofpoint subsumes Tessian features, slashing standalone subscriptions 30% now.
- Abnormal Security outperforms with superior ML, capturing 20% market share.
- Mimecast poaches mid-market clients via lower pricing and BEC prevention.
What makes Tessian unique
- Tessian uses machine learning to model normal email patterns via relationship graphs.
- Tessian provides real-time coaching and nudges to prevent human email errors.
- Tessian’s Human Layer Risk Hub generates continuous user risk profiles.
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Funding
Total Funding
$130.4M
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Funded Over
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Benefits
Enhanced pension contributions, matched up to 5%
25 days of paid holiday
Private health insurance
Flexible working hours
Work from home
Learning & development
Company lunches
Classpass discount
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 29%1 year growth
↑ 29%2 year growth
↑ 29%SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Proofpoint Inc ., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tessian , a leader in the use of advanced AI to automatically detect and guard against both accidental data loss and evolving email threats. The acquisition is expected to close in late 2023 to early 2024, subject to customary closing conditions, including any required regulatory approvals.Proofpoint protects organizations against social engineering attacks by applying award-winning AI and large language models (LLMs) to block threats and provide real-time threat insights. AI-based detection has proven to be notably effective in identifying threats targeting people, such as email fraud and supplier-based attacks, and preventing data loss due to negligent or malicious actions. With the acquisition of Tessian, Proofpoint will enhance its threat and information protection platforms by adding powerful layers of AI-powered defense that address risky user behaviors, including misdirected email and data exfiltration.Misdirected emails (sending emails to the wrong recipient) and mis-attached files continue to be a leading cause of compliance violations and accidental data loss for organizations according to Ponemon research : in 2022 alone, 65% of all data loss incidents occurred via email, and nearly two-thirds of organizations experienced data loss or exfiltration due to an employee mistake on email. As a result, it takes security teams 48 hours, on average, to detect and remediate a data loss and exfiltration incident caused by employee negligence.“Far too often, human errors with email lead to organizations putting their own and their customer’s data at risk, breaching industry and data protection regulations and losing mission-critical intellectual property,” said Darren Lee, executive vice president and general manager, Security Products and Services Group, Proofpoint
Proofpoint has reached an agreement to acquire email security company Tessian, the company said Monday.
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Tessian, a Cloud-Native, API-enabled Email Security (CAPES) company, received the highest scores possible in the Vision, Support and Customer Success criteria according to report.BOSTON, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tessian, Inc. today announced that it has been named a Strong Performer by Forrester Research, Inc. in The Forrester Wave™ : Enterprise Email Security, Q2 2023 – The 15 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up . According to the Forrester report, "S&R pros interested in linking email security with security coaching and culture should consider Tessian as an additional (human) layer of protection."As the Forrester report states, "Tessian has refined its superior vision to not only focus on protecting the human layer but also to frame email security as a means to elevate security culture within organizations. Roadmap items include expanding DLP capabilities to file-sharing applications; API-integrated remediation orchestration with major SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and XDR players; and expansion of protection to messaging and collaboration applications."In Forrester's evaluation of the Enterprise Email Security Space, Forester suggests "email security customers should look for providers that:Offer flexibility in deployments and integrations.Make it easy for security teams to respond.Look beyond email to deliver holistic human protection."Tessian's recognition as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Email Security report comes on the heels of Tessian's two most recent major announcements at RSA Conference 2023 this past April. First, as the First Email Security Platform to Fully Integrate with M365 by integrating via both M365 Add-In (Office Add-In) and M365 API (Microsoft Graph API), on top of Tessian's existing deployment/integration options
BOSTON, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tessian, Inc. today announced that it has been named a Strong Performer by Forrester Research, Inc. in The Forrester Wave™ : Enterprise Email Security, Q2 2023 – The 15 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up.
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About Tessian
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
AI & Machine Learning
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$130.4M
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Founded
2013
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