Company:ReliaQuest

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Short description: American cybersecurity company

ReliaQuest, LLC is an American cybersecurity technology company. As of 2022, they have been the title sponsor of the ReliaQuest Bowl in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

History

ReliaQuest was founded in 2007 by CEO Brian Murphy[1] in Tampa, Florida.[2] In 2020 ReliaQuest raised $300 million in funding,[3] and in 2021 ReliaQuest's valuation grew to more than $1 billion.[2] In 2022 ReliaQuest acquired Digital Shadows for $160 million[1] and EclecticIQ in 2023 for an undisclosed amount.[4] It remains headquartered in Tampa[5] and has offices in Las Vegas, London, Dublin and Pune.[6][7]

Technology

The company creates the cyber security platform GreyMatter,[8] built on an open XDR architecture.[5] The company holds 52 patents for technology including universal translation of various client data in order to create a common source for each evaluation.[2] The software is used by enterprise companies in the banking industry, airline industry, healthcare industry, and organizations[9] such as the Boston Celtics.[10]

Community outreach

In 2023 the Washington Post wrote an article on the role of the company’s director of mental performance and their role in achieving a level of employee retention.[11] The company is also the title sponsor of the ReliaQuest Bowl in the NCAA.[12] They also sponsor coding classes at the elementary school and university levels in the Florida education system;[13] which included coding boot camps focused on cybersecurity training.[14]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rundle, James (June 1, 2022). "ReliaQuest to Buy Digital Shadows for $160 Million". Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/reliaquest-to-buy-digital-shadows-for-160-million-11654081200. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "ReliaQuest, maker of open XDR platform, reaches $1B valuation with new funding". December 1, 2021. https://venturebeat.com/security/reliaquest-maker-of-fast-growing-open-xdr-platform-reaches-1b-valuation/. 
  3. "Tampa cybersecurity company ReliaQuest hits $1 billion 'unicorn' status". https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2021/12/03/tampa-cybersecurity-company-reliaquest-hits-1-billion-unicorn-status/. 
  4. Singh, Vishal (19 May 2023). "Amsterdam’s EclecticIQ sells its agent software and engineering assets to US-based ReliaQuest" (in en). https://siliconcanals.com/news/eclecticiq-sells-agent-software-and-engineering-assets-to-reliaquest/. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Water Street Tampa expands ReliaQuest HQ, adds Sparkman Wharf tenants". https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2021/12/13/water-street-tampa-expands-reliaquest-hq-adds-sparkman-wharf-tenants/. 
  6. T. Grandon Gill. Cybersecurity Discussion Cases. Informing Science. p. 180. ISBN 9781681100371. https://books.google.com/books?id=WEpjDwAAQBAJ&dq=reliaquest&pg=PA180. 
  7. "ReliaQuest moving nearly 600 jobs — up to 200 of them new — to new Water Street corporate HQ". August 24, 2021. https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2021/aug/24/reliaquest-moving-nearly-600-jobs-up-to-200-of-them-new-to-new-water-street-corporate-hq/. 
  8. "A Tampa cybersecurity startup surged to become a global company". https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2023/09/22/tampa-cybersecurity-startup-surged-become-global-company/. 
  9. "Level Up". https://www.floridatrend.com/article/37574/level-up. 
  10. "For highly driven cybersecurity CEO, mindset is everything". May 15, 2020. https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2020/may/15/brian-murphy-reliaquest-tampa-top-entrepreneurs/. 
  11. Telford, Taylor (13 March 2023). "One answer to productivity woes? Mental performance coaches.". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/11/mental-performance-coaches-mindset-reliaquest-company-culture/. 
  12. "ReliaQuest 'very happy' with Tampa bowl sponsorship's marketing impact". https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2023/01/09/reliaquest-very-happy-with-tampa-bowl-sponsorships-marketing-impact/. 
  13. Coffey, Lauren (25 October 2021). "ReliaQuest completes its education puzzle with high school cybersecurity program". Tampa Bay Business Journal (bizjournals.com). https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2021/10/25/reliaquest-brings-cyber-training-to-high-schools.html. 
  14. Adib Farhadi, Anthony Masys, Ronald P. Sanders (15 September 2022). The Great Power Competition Volume 3 - Cyberspace: The Fifth Domain · Volume 3. Springer. p. 308. ISBN 9783031045868. https://books.google.com/books?id=gaiJEAAAQBAJ&dq=ReliaQuest&pg=PA308.