Castle (YC W16) Analyzes User Data to Stop Hackers

by Y Combinator3/17/2016

Quickly growing startups often do not have the resources to prioritize security at the same level as more established tech firms. But regardless of a company’s size,
loss of user data is a top risk to any digital service — particularly for startups in the finance, health, or B2B spaces.

Castle is a company launching out of our Winter 2016 class that provides top-level security monitoring so that apps, no matter what their size, can protect their users’ data.

Castle’s technology looks at user behavior to identify who is likely to have their account compromised. Developers simply drop in a line of code into any website or mobile app, and Castle will look for suspicious login patterns without bothering the legitimate user, nor the site administrator. Castle’s fully-automated anti-hijack engine identifies potential account compromises based on where the user logs in from and how they navigate the site.

Since its launch last month, Castle now has more than 150 live deployments. Find out more about Castle and its technology at castle.io.

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