ResponSight

ResponSight was a data science company founded in 2015 by Jeff Paine, an experienced professional with a background in IT, cybersecurity, and software development. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, the firm operated in the enterprise risk management sector, focusing on threat detection through behavioral analytics. The company's creation stemmed from frustration with legacy security technologies that focused on finding threats within networks rather than monitoring user behavior. ResponSight aimed to provide early warning risk intelligence by creating a 'behavioral fingerprint' for each user. This was achieved by collecting numerical, mathematical, and statistical metadata on endpoint user activity, such as login timestamps, keyboard and mouse usage, to generate a unique activity signature. This approach allowed the system to detect anomalies and potential breaches when a user's activity deviated from their established pattern, without collecting private or sensitive data.

The company's core product, the Corvum Suite, was an enterprise risk profiling solution that analyzed user telemetry to assess risk across an organization. It was designed to be lightweight and integrate with existing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and threat intelligence engines, enhancing their capabilities by providing contextual intelligence for actionable priorities. ResponSight primarily targeted organizations in the banking, finance, energy, government, and professional services sectors. Its business model was based on subscriptions, with pricing dependent on the number of users per month or through organization-level licensing. Over its lifetime, ResponSight raised approximately $937K in funding over several rounds from investors including Carthona Capital, Artesian, and BlueChilli. However, due to challenging market conditions and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, ResponSight suspended its daily operations indefinitely. The company's technology stack and platform, designed for endpoint data collection and advanced analytics, remain on hiatus.

Keywords: behavioral analytics, enterprise risk management, threat detection, cybersecurity, endpoint security, user behavior analytics, data science, risk intelligence, insider threat detection, SIEM integration, network security, anomaly detection, Jeff Paine, Australian startup, enterprise software, risk profiling, data collection, threat intelligence, security analytics, Corvum Suite