# SPHERE

> SPHERE is a Newark-based enterprise cybersecurity company that finds messy, excessive and ownerless access across accounts, data and Active Directory, then helps organizations remediate it without breaking critical systems. Founder Rita Gurevich turned lessons from unwinding Lehman Brothers’ technology estate into SPHEREboard, a software platform backed by managed services and integrations with tools including CyberArk and BigID.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Newark, United States
- **Founders:** Rita Gurevich (CEO and Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 87 employees in the supplied company data.
- **Products:** SPHEREboard Platform, SPHEREboard Accounts+, SPHEREboard SecureAD, SPHEREboard for Data, SPHEREboard for CyberArk PAM
- **Notable:** Bootstrapped for roughly a decade before raising outside capital., Raised a $10 million Series A in 2021 and a $31 million Series B in 2022., JetBlue confirmed ownership for 90% of Active Directory groups and accounts and retired about 75% of identified outdated groups and accounts with SecureAD.

## Products & services

- **SPHEREboard Platform** — Identity intelligence platform that correlates identity and access data, maps ownership, prioritizes risks and automates remediation workflows across hybrid enterprise environments.
- **SPHEREboard Accounts+** — Discovers and classifies privileged and other accounts, maps them to systems and owners, then supports automated risk reduction and ongoing controls.
- **SPHEREboard SecureAD** — Finds nested groups, stale accounts, excessive access and missing ownership in Active Directory, then automates staged cleanup with audit trails.
- **SPHEREboard for Data** — Identifies inappropriate access to sensitive data and supports prioritized remediation, monitoring and compliance reporting.
- **SPHEREboard for CyberArk PAM** — Discovers unprotected privileged accounts, prioritizes risk and automates onboarding and protection workflows for CyberArk PAM.
- **Hygiene Managed Services** — Practitioner-led implementation, remediation, optimization and ongoing support that extends the SPHEREboard platform.

## Achievements

- Bootstrapped for roughly a decade before raising outside capital.
- Raised a $10 million Series A in 2021 and a $31 million Series B in 2022.
- JetBlue confirmed ownership for 90% of Active Directory groups and accounts and retired about 75% of identified outdated groups and accounts with SecureAD.
- Named a 2025 TAG Security Annual Distinguished Vendor.
- Won six honors across the 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards and Global InfoSec Awards, including CEO of the Year for Rita Gurevich.
- Reported 60% year-over-year recurring software revenue growth, 40% customer-base growth and 96% customer retention for 2025.
- Named a representative vendor in Gartner’s emerging Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms category, according to SPHERE’s 2026 announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — SPHERE reported its strongest year on record for 2025: recurring software revenue up 60%, customer count up 40%, 96% retention and software representing most revenue.
- **2025-06** — SPHERE announced six honors across the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards and Global InfoSec Awards and promoted Kristin Buckley to Principal Strategist.
- **2025-05** — SPHERE was featured as a Distinguished Vendor in the 2025 TAG Security Annual for its identity hygiene work.
- **2025-01** — A JetBlue case study detailed SecureAD results including 90% ownership confirmation and retirement of about 75% of identified outdated groups and accounts.
- **2023-04** — SPHERE and BigID announced a strategic alliance joining data classification with access-risk remediation.
- **2022-11** — SPHERE raised a $31 million Series B led by Edison Partners with Forgepoint Capital participating.

## Links

- Website: https://sphereco.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sphere-technology-solutions/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/SPHERETechSol
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spheretechnologysolutions
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SphereTechnologySolutions

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Last updated: 2026-08-21