Company Research Report: Castle

Company Overview

• Name: Castle

• Mission: To usher in a new era of digital security that empowers businesses to protect their user communities with ease.

• Founded: 2016

• Founders/Involvement: Backed by industry leaders like Y Combinator, Index Ventures, and First Round.

• Key People:

• Olivier Pomel, CEO at Datadog

• Eric Berg, Former CPO at Okta

• Jim Cyb, Former SVP Sales at Duo

• Zack Urlocker, Former COO at Duo

• Rene Bonvanie, Former CMO at Palo Alto Networks

• Ludwig Pettersson, Former Head of Design at Stripe

• Jim Gochee, Former CTO at New Relic

• Ryan Petersen, CEO at Flexport

• Headquarters: No information is available

• Number of Employees: No information is available

• Revenue: No information is available

• Known For: Building a suite of security tools that go beyond detection, providing actionable insights and adaptable security measures for businesses.

Products

Castle Platform

• Description: A comprehensive platform to stop fraud and abuse, utilizing a stack of data, tools, and APIs that helps eliminate the need for multiple disconnected tools.

• Key Features:

• Behavioral Analysis: Allows usage of pre-configured signals or customization for aggregations and rate limits.

• Device Fingerprinting: Ensures 99.5% accuracy.

• Bot Detection: Identifies bots, scripts, and automated behaviors.

• AI Scoring: Spots account takeovers and abusive behavior using AI.

• Rules Engine: Enables real-time decision actions without code changes.

• Analytics & Reporting: Proactive threat analytics with up to 18 months of historical data for pattern and network analysis.

Use-Cases

1. Fake Accounts: Segmentation and analytics to identify and block fake accounts.
2. Account Takeovers: Protect accounts by defining custom logic to block suspicious activities.
3. Multi-Accounting: Real-time actions on multiple accounts with comprehensive analytics.
4. Content Abuse: Dynamic content abuse detection using real-time rules and analytics.
5. SMS Pumping: Interaction enrichment to prevent abuse during SMS verifications.
6. Account Sharing: Defines account sharing norms, preventing unauthorized sharing.
7. Transaction Abuse: Precision analytics for detecting and preventing transactional fraud.
8. API Abuse: Instant detection and response to defend against API abuse.

Recent Developments

• New Features and Enhancements:

• 2024-11-05: Quick Search - Enhanced dashboard searchability using different inputs.

• 2024-10-23: Customizable CSV Export - Improved data export functionality.

• 2024-10-16: Cross-Field Comparisons - Advanced comparisons in dashboard management.

• 2024-09-18: Enhanced Scores Visualization - Improved detection visualization.

• 2024-09-06: Heatmap Visualization - New visualization for pattern identification.

• 2024-09-17: Castle.js Version 2.5.0 release with various enhancements.

• Partnerships and Industry Involvement:

• Collaborated with Twilio Segment to bolster account security by leveraging account defense solutions.

• Technological Advancements:

• Adoption of SOC 2 Type II protocols and GDPR compliance.

• Continuous development in threat detection algorithms and machine learning implementations for AI-driven risk assessments.

• Product Developments:

• Continuous expansion of API and integration capabilities, enhancing OAuth application protections and web-based fraud prevention.

Additional Details

• Security and Privacy:

• Committed to maintaining user trust through transparent security measures.

• Prioritizes same-site rather than cross-site tracking for privacy assurance.

Castle continues to advance its product offerings, refining tools tailored for user-specific needs to build a more secure digital ecosystem for businesses and their users.