# Bastille Networks

> Bastille Networks is a San Francisco-based cybersecurity company that secures the wireless airspace - the radio frequency spectrum inside corporate and government facilities that traditional network security tools never see. Using patented software-defined radio and machine learning, Bastille passively detects, identifies, and locates every cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and IoT device in a building, including rogue phones and devices not connected to the network. The company serves Fortune 100 firms, financial institutions, and the U.S. intelligence community, and raised a $44M Series C led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management in January 2024.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Chris Risley (CEO & Co-founder), Bob Baxley (Co-founder, former CTO)
- **Team size:** ~97 employees
- **Products:** Wireless Airspace Cybersecurity Platform, Wireless Intrusion Detection System (WIDS), In-Place Monitoring System (IPMS), Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM), FlyAway Kits
- **Notable:** Pioneered the first technology to accurately detect and locate cell phones using their cellular signals, Holds 34+ patents with more pending, Discovered the MouseJack (2016), KeySniffer (2016), and KeyJack wireless peripheral vulnerabilities

## Products & services

- **Wireless Airspace Cybersecurity Platform** — Core software platform that senses, identifies, and localizes every wireless device in a facility using software-defined radio and machine learning, integrating with SIEM/XDR and security operations.
- **Wireless Intrusion Detection System (WIDS)** — Continuous monitoring and alerting on rogue, unauthorized, and non-compliant wireless devices across cellular, Bluetooth, BLE, and Wi-Fi.
- **In-Place Monitoring System (IPMS)** — Persistent sensor array deployment for ongoing technical surveillance and RF threat monitoring in fixed facilities such as SCIFs and data centers.
- **Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM)** — Tooling to support sweeps and detection of surveillance and eavesdropping devices using RF signatures.
- **FlyAway Kits** — Portable sensor kits for rapid, temporary RF threat detection at events, off-site meetings, and forward locations.
- **Bastille Research** — In-house vulnerability research team known for discovering MouseJack, KeySniffer, and KeyJack wireless peripheral vulnerabilities.

## Achievements

- Pioneered the first technology to accurately detect and locate cell phones using their cellular signals
- Holds 34+ patents with more pending
- Discovered the MouseJack (2016), KeySniffer (2016), and KeyJack wireless peripheral vulnerabilities
- Raised $44M Series C led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management in January 2024
- Named to the Inc. 5000 list 2021-2025
- SC Awards Excellence Winner 2025 and Fast Company Next Big Things in Tech 2025

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Closed $44M Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, with Bessemer Venture Partners returning.
- **2025** — Recognized as SC Awards Excellence Winner and on Fast Company's Next Big Things in Tech list; continued Inc. 5000 streak.

## Links

- Website: https://bastille.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bastille-networks
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/bastillenet
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bastillenetworks
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/bastillenetworks

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Last updated: 2026-06-16