LogRhythm
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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Technology (software) |
Founded | 2003 |
Headquarters | Boulder, Colorado, US |
Key people | Christopher O'Malley, President & CEO Phillip Villella, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder Chris Petersen, Co-Founder |
Products | Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Cyber Threat Defense |
Website | logrhythm.com |
LogRhythm, Inc. is a global security intelligence company that specializes in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), log management, network monitoring, user behavior and security analytics. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, LogRhythm operates in North and South America, Europe, India, the Middle East, Turkey, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region.[1]
The company was founded in 2003[2] by Chris Petersen and Phillip Villella, based in Washington D.C, and initially known as Security Conscious, Inc. In 2005, it rebranded as LogRhythm and relocated to Boulder, Colorado. LogRhythm provides self-hosted and cloud-native SIEM Platforms to provide assistance with monitoring, detecting, investigating and responding to cybersecurity threats.
In May 2018, the private equity firm Thoma Bravo announced that it was going to acquire a majority interest in LogRhythm.[3] The transaction was completed in Jul-2018; financial details were not released.[4]
In 2019, LogRhythm released a Software as a Service (SaaS) version of their SIEM Platform, LogRhythm Cloud.[5]
In 2022, LogRhythm launched LogRhythm Axon, a new, cloud-native SIEM platform.[6]
In May 2024, LogRhythm announced the planned merger with SIEM vendor Exabeam; while the financial terms were not announced, Exabeam's most recent valuation was $2.5 billion.[7]
LogRhythm's platform is utilized to ensure compliance with mandates in the US and UK, including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS),[8] critical infrastructure protection (NERC CIP),[9] Sarbanes–Oxley Act (S-OX),[10] or other government regulations.[11]
Patents
- US patent 8543694, Petersen, Chris; Villella, Phillip & Aisa, Brad, "Scalable analytical processing of structured data", issued 2013-09-24, assigned to LogRhythm, Inc.
- US patent 8032489, Villella, Phillip & Petersen, Chris, "Log collection, structuring and processing", issued 2011-10-04, assigned to LogRhythm, Inc.
- US patent 7653633, Petersen, Chris & Villella, Phillip, "Log collection, structuring and processing", issued 2010-01-26, assigned to LogRhythm, Inc.
See also
- Loggly
- Sumo Logic
- Splunk
- LogDNA
- Prelude SIEM (Intrusion Detection System)
References
- ^ "About Logrhythm". Logrhythm.com. 2020 Logrhythm, Inc. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Our Story". LogRhythm. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ "PE Firm Thoma Bravo Buys Majority Stake in LogRhythm". SecurityWeek. 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "Thoma Bravo Completes Majority Investment in LogRhythm" (Press release). San Francisco, CA and Boulder, CO: PR Newswire. Hiltzik Strategies. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "LogRhythm launches a cloud-based version of its NextGen SIEM Platform". 16 May 2019.
- ^ "LogRhythm Introduces Ground-breaking cloud-native security operations platform". Business Wire. 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Thoma Bravo-Owned LogRhythm Announces Merger With Rival Exabeam". SecurityWeek. 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "PCI DSS Compliance". Logrhythm.com. 2015 Logrhythm, Inc. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "NERC CIP Compliance". Logrhythm.com. 2015 Logrhythm, Inc. Archived from the original on 2015-04-01. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "LogRhythm for SOX Compliance". Logrhythm.com. Logrhythm, Inc. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "LogRhythm for Compliance and Audit". Logrhythm.com. 2015 LogRhythm, Inc. Archived from the original on 2015-04-01. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
External links
- Official website