# Obsidian Security

> Obsidian Security is a Fortune 1000-focused cybersecurity company that secures business-critical SaaS applications, identities, and AI agents. Founded in 2017 by former Cylance and Carbon Black leaders, its platform unifies SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM), Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), and emerging AI agent and SaaS supply chain protection - giving enterprises visibility and control over the sprawling, interconnected SaaS ecosystems where modern breaches now begin.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Newport Beach, California, United States
- **Founders:** Glenn Chisholm (Co-Founder (former CEO); previously CTO of Cylance), Ben Johnson (Co-Founder & CTO; co-founder of Carbon Black, ex-NSA/CIA), Matt Wolff (Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer; former Chief Data Scientist at Cylance, ex-NSA)
- **Team size:** Approximately 270 employees
- **Products:** SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM), Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection & Response (XDR), AI Agent Security, SaaS Supply Chain Security
- **Notable:** Ranked No. 95 on the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 with roughly 1,000% growth (2021-2024), Named a Strong Performer in Forrester's SSPM evaluation with high adoption scores, Raised $119.5M total across three rounds from top-tier investors

## Products & services

- **SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)** — Continuous visibility into SaaS configurations, privileges, and compliance drift, with automated remediation across hundreds of connected apps.
- **Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR)** — Behavioral detection of account takeover, OAuth token theft, MFA bypass, and session hijacking across human and non-human identities.
- **SaaS Threat Detection & Response (XDR)** — Real-time monitoring and threat hunting across the SaaS estate, with event correlation and rapid incident response.
- **AI Agent Security** — Governs how AI agents and agentic integrations access SaaS data, controlling excessive privileges and cascading risk introduced by automation.
- **SaaS Supply Chain Security** — End-to-end monitoring and containment of risk hiding inside interconnected SaaS app-to-app integrations and third-party connections.

## Achievements

- Ranked No. 95 on the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 with roughly 1,000% growth (2021-2024)
- Named a Strong Performer in Forrester's SSPM evaluation with high adoption scores
- Raised $119.5M total across three rounds from top-tier investors
- Protects 49M+ identities and 340K+ managed applications
- Stops roughly 3,450 SaaS threats per month
- Shipped the industry's first end-to-end SaaS supply chain security solution (2026)
- Featured on CNBC's Upstart 100 (2019)

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Announced the industry's first end-to-end SaaS supply chain security solution to monitor and contain risk in interconnected SaaS ecosystems.
- **2025-09** — Unveiled SaaS AI Agent Defense, a purpose-built solution to govern how AI agents access data in SaaS environments.
- **2025-09** — Expanded its go-to-market leadership team to scale SaaS protection in the age of AI.
- **2024-09** — Announced integration with CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM to accelerate SaaS threat detection and response.

## Links

- Website: https://www.obsidiansecurity.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/obsidiansecurity
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/obsidiansec
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ObsidianSecurity
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/obsidiansec/

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Last updated: 2026-06-13