Webroot acquires assets of Oregon cybersecurity startup

BROOMFIELD — Webroot Inc., a Broomfield-based cybersecurity company, has acquired the assets of Portland, Ore.-based Securecast, a security-awareness training platform.

The Securecast platform will be integrated into the Webroot Security Awareness Training, helping managed service providers and businesses reduce the risks and costs of phishing, ransomware, and other cyber threats with end-user education, the company said in a press release.

Webroot Security Awareness Training is available as a beta program, with general availability scheduled for later this fall. The beta will allow participants to operate phishing simulations and provide a test course to address the weakest link in an organization’s security posture: the human factor. The platform enables businesses to reduce their security risks by continually educating their users and testing their awareness on cybersecurity best practices.

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The Webroot 2017 Quarterly Threat Trends report revealed that, in the last two years, 65 percent of businesses experienced as many as 10 cybersecurity incidents. During that time, phishing attacks were the most common threats they faced, and 45 percent of businesses reported infections related to insider negligence.

“As cyberattacks like phishing become increasingly sophisticated, users are exposed to a variety of hidden threats that will compromise their own data along with their employer’s data,” Chad Bacher, senior vice president of product strategy and technology alliances for Webroot, said in a prepared statement. “Building on Securecast, Webroot will offer our MSP partners the security awareness training they need to address this evolving threat landscape, and build a profitable new line of business.”