Watchtowr
New York, US · Founded 2021 · 73 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors
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watchTowr offers a preemptive exposure management platform that maps an organization's external attack surface, uses AI to prioritize vulnerabilities likely to be exploited, runs automated red teaming to validate exploitability, and deploys mitigation rules to edge defenses like WAF, IDS, and IPS. It draws on an in-house threat research group and a global honeypot network to detect real-world exploitation.
Founders & leadership
Watchtowr was founded in 2021 by Benjamin Harris.

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Frequently asked questions
- What does Watchtowr do?
- watchTowr offers a preemptive exposure management platform that maps an organization's external attack surface, uses AI to prioritize vulnerabilities likely to be exploited, runs automated red teaming to validate exploitability, and deploys mitigation rules to edge defenses like WAF, IDS, and IPS. It draws on an in-house threat research group and a global honeypot network to detect real-world exploitation.
- Who founded Watchtowr?
- Watchtowr was founded by Benjamin Harris in 2021.
- Who are Watchtowr's investors?
- Watchtowr's investors include Peak XV Partners, Prosus Ventures, Wavemaker Impact, Wavemaker Pacific, Wavemaker Partners.
- Where is Watchtowr headquartered?
- Watchtowr is headquartered in New York, US.


