Mobilisafe

Mobilisafe was a mobile security company established in 2010 by Giri Sreenivas and Dirk Sigurdson, both of whom are former engineers from T-Mobile. Their collective experience in the mobile and security sectors, with careers at companies like T-Mobile, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, and HP, informed the company's direction. The firm was created to address the security challenges arising from the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend in the workplace. Mobilisafe was headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and received backing from investors such as Madrona Venture Group, Trilogy Equity Partners, and T-Venture.

The company operated in the Mobile Risk Management (MRM) market, providing a cloud-based solution for organizations, particularly small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), to manage the security risks associated with employee-owned mobile devices connecting to corporate networks. Its business model centered on a per-user subscription fee, offering annual or monthly payment options. Mobilisafe's platform was designed to give IT departments visibility into all mobile devices accessing company data, assess their vulnerabilities, and enforce security policies.

The core service was a cloud-based, agentless platform that could be set up quickly without installing software on employee devices, thus addressing privacy concerns. Key features included discovering all mobile devices connected to the network and identifying attributes like model, operating system, and connection history. It performed real-time vulnerability mapping and assigned a "TrustScore" to each device to quantify its security risk. Based on this score, IT administrators could define and deploy policies, such as blocking devices with low scores, wiping data from lost devices, or prompting users to update their firmware to mitigate risks. A significant milestone for Mobilisafe was its acquisition by Rapid7 in October 2012, just a few months after its official product launch. The acquisition allowed Rapid7 to enter the mobile security market and integrate Mobilisafe's MRM solution into its existing suite of security assessment products. Keywords: Mobile Risk Management, BYOD security, device trustworthiness, mobile vulnerability management, cloud-based mobile security, agentless security, network access control, Giri Sreenivas, Dirk Sigurdson, Rapid7 acquisition, mobile device visibility, security policy enforcement, employee-owned devices, T-Mobile alumni, Madrona Venture Group, Trilogy Equity Partners, IT security software, mobile data protection, mobile threat assessment, firmware security