About Us

Our Story

Eliminating SaaS Security Blindspots Since 2017

Obsidian Security was founded in 2017 to solve the unaddressed blindspot of SaaS Security. SaaS applications provide the tools employees need to succeed, holding the most business-critical information as a result. If those tools become unavailable or that data is jeopardized, there is a detrimental impact on the organization.

Since our inception, we’ve been laser-focused on making the impact of SaaS breaches a thing of the past for our customers. While the challenges related to that mission have continued to evolve, we have proudly stayed one step ahead and continue to offer the industry’s most comprehensive and powerful SaaS defense solution.

2017

Obsidian Security is founded in Newport Beach and raises Series A funding.

2018

Obsidian onboards its first customers to the platform which supports 10 business-critical SaaS applications including Microsoft 365, Slack, and Okta.

2019

Obsidian raises Series B funding and officially releases the SaaS activity timeline on the platform.

2020

Over 15 SaaS applications are supported by Obsidian, including Google Workspace, Salesforce, and Workday.

Obsidian releases the CrowdStrike Connector and launches a strategic IR partnership with CrowdStrike.

Obsidian onboards its first Fortune 500 company to solve for Session Hijacking

2021

Hasan Imam joins Obsidian Security as its Chief Executive Officer.

Obsidian comes to the San Francisco Bay Area with the opening of its new Redwood City office.

SaaS posture management is added to the Obsidian platform to help security teams proactively protect their applications.

2022

Obsidian raises its $90 million Series C round to cement its leadership in the SaaS security industry.

Obsidian establishes its EMEA CIO Advisory Board and a partnership with NORMA Cyber.

Obsidian Security receives official certification as a Great Place to Work!

2023

Integration Risk Management, Compliance, and Extend are added to the Obsidian platform to provide security and GRC teams the most comprehensive SaaS security coverage.

Obsidian received official certification as a Great Place to Work for the second year in a row!

What our partners are saying

Snowflake has hundreds of SaaS applications — to gain visibility into those SaaS applications could take months. With Obsidian we were able to do that in days, if not hours.

Mario Duarte, Vice President of Security Snowflake

Obsidian was the obvious choice for us because of the depth in context and insights they provide across all critical areas of our SaaS ecosystem.

Hammad Yacoob, SaaS Security Lead at Pure Storage

Seeing threats across SaaS solutions in a single pane of view is critical to us. Obsidian promises always-on monitoring and protection, and meets the compliance standards that our members need to operate seamlessly.

Øyvind Berget, Chief Technical Officer

Our Company

Our mission is to make the impact of SaaS breaches a thing of the past

Eliminating SaaS Security Blindspots Since 2017

Snowflake has hundreds of SaaS applications — to gain visibility into those SaaS applications could take months. With Obsidian we were able to do that in days, if not hours.

Obsidian was the obvious choice for us because of the depth in context and insights they provide across all critical areas of our SaaS ecosystem.

Seeing threats across SaaS solutions in a single pane of view is critical to us. Obsidian promises always-on monitoring and protection, and meets the compliance standards that our members need to operate seamlessly.

Hasan Imam

Glenn Chisholm

Xinran Wang

Craig Wickersham

Matt Wolff

Brian Murphy

Chithra Rajagopalan

Alfredo Hickman

Our Investors

Company News

Obsidian Security Partners with SentinelOne to Deliver Unified Threat Protection Across Endpoint and SaaS

Obsidian Security Launches 2025 SaaS Security Threat Report

Obsidian Security’s German Data Center, Built on AWS, Strengthens European Customer Data Sovereignty

Join Our Team