To keep a company secure in today’s digital universe, it takes a village — specifically, all the company’s employees, who have to be on their guard pretty much all the time to avoid phishing, credit stuffing and other kinds of common attack vectors and techniques that lead to their data and that of their businesses being compromised. A London startup called Push Security believes it can help in that effort — not by blocking online activity and app usage, but by monitoring when users are making iffy choices with web-based apps and showing how to fix them. Today it’s announcing $15 million in early-stage funding to expand that effort.
The Series A is being led by GV (Google Ventures), with Decibel and a number of angels participating. (The individuals include Duo Security co-founders Dug Song and Jon Oberheide.)
The funding follows a $4 million seed and some notable signs of early traction. The sta...
