Controlscan
AcquiredAlpharetta, US · 701 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
VikingCloud provides cybersecurity and compliance solutions designed to protect businesses and their locations. The platform combines AI-driven threat detection, compliance management, and expert support to help organizations manage risk across multiple sites and geographies.
Also known as VikingCloud
Founders & leadership
Board
Investors · 3
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$949.7K disclosed across 2 rounds · 2014–2016
▶$562.5KraisedJul 2016 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Sean BanksDirector
- Joan HerbigExecutive Officer, Director
- Mark GodschalkDirector
- Tom RobertsDirector
- John FasanoExecutive Officer
- Mark JohnsonDirector
- Offering amount
- $562.5K
- Amount sold
- $562.5K
- First sale
- Jun 2016
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$387.2KraisedJan 2014 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Tom RobertsDirector
- Sean BanksDirector
- Mark JohnsonDirector
- Joan HerbigExecutive Officer, Director
- Jack McDonnellDirector
- John FasanoExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $387.2K
- Amount sold
- $387.2K
- First sale
- Jan 2014
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Controlscan, headquartered in Alpharetta, United States, is a cybersecurity and compliance business whose web presence at controlscan.com now operates under the VikingCloud brand. The offering spans two main areas: cybersecurity services intended to keep distributed business locations protected and connected, and payment-security compliance services, including PCI DSS assessment and audit readiness supported by Qualified Security Assessors (QSAs).
Delivery is centred on an AI-powered platform marketed as the Asgard Platform, positioned to help organizations make continuous, predictive risk-mitigation decisions on a 24x7 basis, combined with expert-led support from account managers, technical managers, QSAs and consultants. Solutions are packaged by vertical, with stated areas of expertise covering retail, restaurants, hotels and hospitality, fuel and convenience stores, pharmacies, clinics and healthcare, auto service centres, and travel and tourism.
Business model
The company sells cybersecurity and compliance services and assessments to businesses, including managed protection for multi-location operators, risk assessments, PCI DSS assessment and audit support, and access to its Asgard Platform. It also works through partners such as payment solutions software providers and IT service firms that resell or embed its protection for their own customers.
Traction
Company-stated figures include 98% customer retention, more than 4 million business locations protected, over 300 corporate brands under management, and more than 33 billion client cybersecurity threat events stopped per month.
Latest developments
Recent published outputs include a press release reporting that 66% of travel agencies experienced customer data compromises in the past year, a white paper on the cost of fragmented PCI programs, and a 2026 SMB Threat Landscape Report.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
The company positions itself as a global leader in PCI compliance, citing more than 100 Qualified Security Assessors across 16 countries and service coverage in over 70 countries.
Technology
The AI-powered Asgard Platform underpins service delivery, aggregating threat and risk data to support continuous, predictive risk-mitigation decisions around the clock. The company states it has been granted 22 patents.
Go-to-market
Direct sales anchored on a cybersecurity and compliance assessment as an entry point, supported by an expert-led services model, published research and thought-leadership content (threat landscape reports, white papers, press releases), and channel partnerships with payment software providers and IT firms serving end customers.
Businesses of all sizes, from global enterprises to multi-location operators running from roughly ten to ten thousand sites, with vertical focus on retail, restaurants, hotels and hospitality, fuel and convenience stores, pharmacies, healthcare clinics and regional health systems, auto service centres, travel and tourism, plus financial services and payment software providers.
Geography
Headquartered in Alpharetta, United States, with stated service coverage in more than 70 countries and QSAs based in 16 countries; referenced customers include organizations in the U.S. Midwest and California, Sweden and Latin America.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Controlscancontrolscan.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Controlscan do?
- Cybersecurity and PCI compliance provider, now operating under the VikingCloud brand at controlscan.com.
- Who are Controlscan's investors?
- Controlscan's investors include Escalate Capital Partners, Thompson Street Capital Partners, TTV Capital.
- How much funding has Controlscan raised?
- Controlscan has disclosed $949.7K raised across 2 rounds.
- Where is Controlscan headquartered?
- Controlscan is headquartered in Alpharetta, US.