Cloud‐based Personal Security Company Acquires Internet Monitoring Software

by Matt Fave on Feb 6th, 2011. Published under PRC Technology News.

( press release distribution ) SafetyWeb Inc., the leader in cloud‐based personal security products, announced recently it has acquired iHound. For decades, security has focused on protecting computers, but now it must protect people who connect to the Web from a variety of devices” says co-founder Geoffrey Arone, “These acquisitions expand upon the ground-breaking security platform we developed for SafetyWeb.com, providing more than 100,000 families more protection with greater security.”

SafetyWeb develops cloud-based, personal security products that help protect privacy, identity, reputation and safety online as well as help protect kids and teens from sexting, cyberstalking and cyberbulying.

iHound (available for the iPhone, iPad, and Android) allows anyone to:

iHound gives parents and teens a simple affordable way to find a missing phone and stay safe.

These acquisitions expand SafetyWebs personal security suite, helping people and their families protect their privacy, identity, reputation and safety online and on mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and Android.

SafetyWebs Security Suite now includes:

SafetyWebs cloud-based security technology provides consumers with practical information for safeguarding their lives in a connected world. SafetyWeb uncovers online activity in real-time, analyzes online behavior, and identifies threats that could compromise ones privacy, identity, reputation or safety in order to decrease cyberbullying, cyberstalking and also gives parents an additional option to monitor both cell phone and online activities by using  internet monitoring software without downloading or installing. SafetyWeb alerts parents via SMS or email if a child mentions drugs, profanity, cyber-bullying, depression, cyberstalking, sexting or other custom categories set by parents. SafetyWeb is integrated into numerous social media sites and can even analyze mobile calling and SMS information. SafetyWeb helps parents teach children about responsible use of technology without infringing on their privacy.

“We recognized the growing need to protect people and the data connected to them,” says Michael Clark, Arones founding partner, “With SafetyWeb and SWOT, and now with the additions of iHound, we are providing people with real-time protection at anytime from any device.”

“We believe the future of personal security is based on privacy, identity, reputation and safety combined. Unlike other products on the market, we decided to take a different approach. Instead of requiring users to buy multiple services to protect only a portion of their online lives, we focused on protecting the entire individual. We believe our people-centric, device-independent approach will be the right one as consumer and enterprise security continues its rapid shift to the cloud”, says Arone.

iHound Software brings enterprise developer and mobile carrier integration experience to the SafetyWeb team, which already offers cell phone monitoring for parents on all major carriers including Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. Gary Moskoff, co-founder of iHound adds, “SafetyWeb has built a powerful technology platform that enables real-time protection of people and has clearly embraced mobile as the future of family and teen communications. Were thrilled to be part of SafetyWebs family of personal security products.”

SafetyWeb (who has been collaborating with iHound for months on new products) will continue the original internet monitoring and cell phone monitoring services.

About SafetyWeb, Inc.

SafetyWeb develops cloud-based personal security products that help people proactively manage their privacy, identity, reputation and safety online with a focus on protecting people, not computers. SafetyWeb products include SafetyWeb.com Online Family Safety, SWOT Child Tracking Tool (which is used by hundreds of law enforcement agencies nationwide) and iHound Mobile Security. SafetyWeb was founded in 2009 by Geoffrey Arone and Michael Clark and is backed by Battery Ventures and First Round Capital.

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