The Battleground has Shifted
Identity is the new perimeter of enterprise security. Obsidian delivers intelligent identity protection to organizations across applications and services.
What We Offer
Obsidian delivers consolidated, context-rich visibility into which resources their users have access to, and how they are using these permissions across all services. Security operations, identity governance and incident response teams now have shared context about the users, permissions and access in the organization they are defending.
Get answers to the most pressing questions in your organization:
- Who has what access?
- Should they have it?
- What are they doing with it?
- Is it appropriate?
About Us
Obsidian is a cybersecurity company building a solution powered by machine learning to secure the enterprise identity perimeter. The company was founded by Glenn Chisholm (CEO), Ben Johnson (CTO), and Matt Wolff (Chief Scientist). Obsidian’s leadership team has decades of cybersecurity experience at companies like Carbon Black and Cylance as well as the National Security Agency. We are backed by Greylock Partners and based in Newport Beach, CA.
Investors
News
A High Energy How To for Cyber Startups
Logic Central
CTO Ben Johnson shares personal lessons from Obsidian’s early days, values and process.
New Tech Doorbells Have Cameras, and That’s an Ethics Problem
NPR's Marketplace
The phenomenon of doorbell video has privacy experts worried. Director of Research Laura Norén weighs in.
False Flags and Real Flags
The CyberWire
Director of Research Laura Norén talks about the importance of infusing data science ethics early in the engineering process.
Tech, Cybersecurity and Ethics
UberKnowledge
Professional ethics matter. Laura Norén examines the power of ethical objection in the Project Maven case.
Careers
It’s time to re-think the security stack. Do you want to build, create, innovate? We are forming a kick-ass team that will redefine the future of cybersecurity.
To see our current list of open roles, please click here.
Don’t see your role listed? If you are a standout candidate for our product team and you’re passionate about building world-class technology, we want to hear from you.