dope.security’s 2023 Year in Review
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With your support, we achieved so much in 2023
As we depart 2023, and take off for 2024, we’re reflecting on our journey together. It’s been a year of flight, growth, and rollouts and we are thrilled you’ve been a part of it.
Here are some of our highlights:
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Google Ventures joins the First Class flight
Our Series A in Q1 was led by Google Ventures, with participation from Preface Ventures, and our partner since inception, boldstart ventures.
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Premium inflight features
In 2023, we rolled out One-Click SSL Error Bypass, Instant Policy Push, Shadow IT the dope way, Shadow AI Detection & Blocking.
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dope.security touches down
On the ground, we made a splash at RSA San Francisco 2023 back in April, as well as appearances at the New York Stock Exchange, and Black Hat Las Vegas.
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Riding in style
We disrupted the CISO community with CISOs in Cars. From Mountain View California to a city near you. Listen to our episodes featuring influential CISOs in their respective industries on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
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Partners joined us in the friendly skies
Just to name a few: e92plus, Fulcrum, CyberBuyer, armadillo, Endida all saw the vision and joined us in bringing a first-class cybersecurity experience to users.
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The awards kept flying in
We’re proud to have been recognized by Globee Awards, Cyber Defense Magazine, Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards, and CRN as a SWG Solution and Cybersecurity Startup of 2023.
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Oh yeah, and we’re patented
One patent wasn’t enough for us, so in 2023 we went and got a few more, solidifying our technology as a major force.
Y’all racked up some stats, too.
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A whole lot of personal browsing was going on
Things got personal in 2023 as we saw over 60% of application accounts accessed on work devices were from personal accounts. We can change that: did you know that you could block personal logins to your CAC apps?
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And these were some of the top-accessed Shadow IT apps
No surprise here that ChatGPT and AI saw a huge spike in usage in 2023.
Get ready for a dopamine hit
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Arriving shortly: CASB Neural
You love the way that we’ve rebuilt and improved the SWG, buckle your seatbelts for CASB. We’re fusing beautiful design and deep learning AI in 2024.
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That’s a wrap
Thanks for joining us for 2023. We’re excited to see what this year brings! And as always, follow us here to see the latest Fly-Direct news & updates.