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Contrast Security

Cybersecurity · Pleasanton, United States · Founded 2014

World’s leading provider of security technology that enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks, heralding a new era of self-protecting software MoreLess

Contrast Security is a tech startup that provides a unified security platform for application developers. The company's primary focus is to empower developers to identify and rectify security risks in real-time during the application development process. This proactive approach to security is designed to accelerate development release cycles and improve overall application security.

Contrast Security operates in the cybersecurity market, specifically in the application security segment. Its clients are primarily application developers and businesses that require secure application development. The company's business model is based on providing a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that developers can use to secure their code as they write it. This platform includes tools for Static Application Security Testing (SAST), which helps find vulnerabilities in the code, and Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST), which is even faster and more accurate than SAST.

The company makes money by charging its clients a subscription fee for using its platform. It claims that its platform can increase developer productivity, reduce the total cost of ownership, and provide a return on investment within five months. Furthermore, it offers visibility into the use of serverless architectures and protection against zero-day vulnerabilities, which are unknown flaws in software that hackers can exploit.

In summary, Contrast Security is a SaaS company that provides a platform for application developers to identify and fix security risks in real-time, thereby improving the security of their applications and accelerating their development process.

Keywords: Application Security, Real-Time Risk Detection, Developer Empowerment, SaaS, Cybersecurity, Secure Code Platform, Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST), Serverless Architectures, Zero-Day Vulnerability Protection.

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Contrast Security's talent

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Employees mapped 194 incl. 3 AI specialists
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Key operators 17 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

11 investors on Contrast Security's cap table

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Series A 5 investors entered at this stage
Acero Capital
General Catalyst
John Thompson
Paul Sagan
Ron Gula
Series B+ 6 investors entered at this stage

Global footprint

Where Contrast Security has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
11 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States70.7%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom15.6%
🇲🇽 Mexico6.6%
🇯🇵 Japan1.8%
🇨🇦 Canada1.8%
Top 5 of 11 shown
Web traffic by country
58K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States28.3%
🇮🇳 India11.4%
🇨🇦 Canada6%
🇳🇬 Nigeria5.9%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom5.2%
Top 5 markets shown

Patent intelligence

$75k patent portfolio · 1 active families

Estimated portfolio value
$75k
<0.01% of valuation · 1269.6× smaller than top peer CrowdStrike ($95M)
1 active patent families
Where Contrast Security innovates AttackAttack responseComputer engineeringComputer programComputing systems

Where Contrast Security concentrates vs peers

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Contrast Security

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