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Human Security

Brooklyn, US · Founded 2012 · 520 employees on LinkedIn · 18 known investors

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HUMAN is a cybersecurity company focused on detecting and stopping automated bot attacks and digital fraud. This page presents its leadership and culture, describing the organization as mission-driven.

Also known as HUMAN · HUMAN Security · White Ops

Founders & leadership

Human Security was founded in 2012 by Ashur Kalb, Tamer Hassan, Michael Tiffany, Dan Kaminsky, and Ash Kalb.

AK
Ashur KalbCo-founder
THTamer Hassan
Tamer HassanCo-founderCo-founder and Executive Chairman of HUMAN, a cybersecurity company focused on detecting bot attacks and digital fraud. Hassan previously served as a major in the U.S. Air Force as a Combat Search and Rescue helicopter pilot and Tactical Officer, with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
MTMichael Tiffany
Michael TiffanyCo-founderCo-founder of Human Security, a cybersecurity company focused on detecting bot attacks and digital fraud. Tiffany previously founded a unicorn-stage company and has been involved with the hacker community at ninjas.org.
DKDan Kaminsky
Dan KaminskyCo-founder
AKAsh Kalb
Ash KalbCo-founderAsh Kalb is a co-founder of Human (formerly White Ops), a cybersecurity company protecting digital advertising from bot fraud that was acquired by Goldman Sachs. He previously worked as a corporate and M&A attorney at Skadden Arps, served as COO and general counsel at Sentieo (acquired by AlphaSense), and holds a J.D. from Columbia Law and a B.A. from Cornell.

Board

SF
Steven FredrickBoard director
PEPhilip Eliot
Philip EliotBoard of Directors2014–2020Investor at Paladin Capital Group

Investors · 18

Also in the syndicate · 4

NightDragon SecurityVertexVertex Venture Holdings Pte. Ltd.WestCaplead

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$61.1M disclosed across 2 of 3 rounds · 2014–2024

▶$11.1MraisedJun 2014 · 21 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Michael TiffanyExecutive Officer, Director
  • Daniel KaminskyExecutive Officer, Director
  • Tamer HassanExecutive Officer
  • Ashur KalbExecutive Officer
  • Steven FredrickDirector
  • Philip EliotDirector
Offering amount
$13.1M
Amount sold
$11.1M
Minimum investment
$10K
Proceeds to insiders
$65K
First sale
Jun 2014
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2012
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

HUMAN Security (HUMAN) provides a unified cybersecurity platform intended to distinguish human users from bots and AI agents and to prevent, detect and respond to automated attacks and digital fraud. The platform is organized around four protection areas mapped to stages of the customer journey: advertising protection (ad fraud, ad quality, click fraud, malvertising, brand safety, viewability, agentic visibility), application protection (bot detection and mitigation, scraping, data contamination, AI and LLM governance, agentic commerce), account protection (account takeover, compromised accounts, fake accounts) and transaction protection (transaction abuse, client-side supply chain, PCI DSS compliance).

Detection is delivered through a decision engine that the company says evaluates more than 2,500 signals per interaction and applies over 400 algorithms and adaptive machine-learning models to produce decisions in milliseconds while minimizing false positives. HUMAN also operates the Satori Threat Intelligence and Research team, which investigates and publicly discloses fraud operations and works with partners to disrupt cybercrime; disclosed investigations include Phish 'n' Ships (a fake-shop operation), Konfety (malicious apps generating fraudulent ad requests) and BADBOX 2.0 (infected consumer devices)."]

Business model

HUMAN sells its bot- and fraud-prevention platform to enterprises, positioning protection across advertising, applications, accounts and transactions; the company states its platform safeguards millions of dollars in daily transactions for large enterprise customers.

Traction

The company reports verifying more than 20 trillion digital interactions weekly across 3 billion unique devices, and publishes customer case studies covering connected-TV ad fraud prevention (TripleLift), malicious redirect elimination (Venatus Media), fraudulent order reduction (Sweetwater), bot attack mitigation (Samsonite) and website script management (Priceline).

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market

Market position

Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Bot and Agent Trust Management Software, Q2 2026, with the highest possible scores in nine criteria and the only vendor rated 5/5 for threat research. Ranked #1 by customers in G2's Summer 2026 Grid for Bot Detection and Mitigation.

Technology

A decision engine that examines more than 2,500 signals per interaction, correlates disparate data to detect anomalies in milliseconds, and applies more than 400 algorithms and adaptive machine-learning models for high-fidelity decisioning. Telemetry is drawn from verification of over 20 trillion digital interactions weekly across roughly 3 billion unique devices. The Satori Threat Intelligence and Research team supplies threat research and disruption work.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise sales supported by analyst reports, G2 customer reviews, customer case studies and published threat research from the Satori team.

Enterprises with significant digital advertising, web and mobile application, account and transaction exposure. Named customers referenced in case studies include TripleLift, Venatus Media, Sweetwater, Samsonite and Priceline.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Detection algorithms and ML modelsJan 2026400 algorithms
Digital interactions verified weeklyJan 202620,000,000,000,000 interactions/week
Forrester Wave highest possible scoresJan 20269 criteria
HeadcountAug 2026520
Signals analyzed per interactionJan 20262,500 signals
Unique devices coveredJan 20263,000,000,000 devices

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Human Security went on to found or lead other companies.

Timeline · 5

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2026
Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Bot and Agent Trust Management Software, Q2 2026

HUMAN received the highest possible scores in nine criteria and was the only vendor rated 5/5 for threat research.

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Jan 2026
Ranked #1 in G2 Summer 2026 Grid for Bot Detection and Mitigation

Customers ranked HUMAN first in G2's Summer 2026 Grid report for bot detection and mitigation.

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Jan 2026
Satori research: BADBOX 2.0 operation

HUMAN's Satori Threat Intelligence and Research team reported the BADBOX 2.0 operation infected more than one million consumer devices.

source ↗

Jan 2026
Satori research: Konfety ad fraud operation

At the peak of the Konfety investigation, malicious apps generated 10 billion fraudulent ad requests per day.

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Jan 2026
Satori research: Phish 'n' Ships disruption

Satori disrupted a fake shop operation that cost digital consumers approximately $10 million.

$10M source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

▸Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Human Security do?
HUMAN Security operates a platform that detects bots, AI agents and cyberfraud across advertising, apps, accounts and transactions.
Who founded Human Security?
Human Security was founded by Ashur Kalb, Tamer Hassan, Michael Tiffany, Dan Kaminsky, Ash Kalb in 2012.
Who are Human Security's investors?
Human Security's investors include 11.2 Capital, Canaan Partners, DCVC (Data Collective), Evolution VC Partners, Grit Capital Partners, Gula Tech Adventures, NightDragon, Paladin Capital Group and 6 more.
How much funding has Human Security raised?
Human Security has disclosed $61.1M raised across 2 of its 3 known rounds.
Where is Human Security headquartered?
Human Security is headquartered in Brooklyn, US.