Above Security raises $50M to redefine insider risk in the age of AI agents
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Use case
Above reveals subtle insider risk — remote tooling plus evasion research — so HR and security can remediate before any IP exposure occurs.
The grandmaster of prophylaxis — he didn't wait for threats to materialize. Petrosian neutralized his opponent's ideas before they were ever played, making danger disappear before it arrived.
Employment status assessed and IP risk contained without surveillance overreach.
Security and HR act together with a proportionate, coordinated response.
Clear engineering policies established that balance autonomy with protection.
You're fully remote. You value employee autonomy and trust your engineering team. But when something feels off, you need behavioral context for security investigations — without defaulting to heavy-handed surveillance. Sound familiar?
An engineer's activity includes installing remote desktop tools and researching methods to evade activity monitoring. Individually, both could reflect legitimate curiosity or tooling decisions. Collectively, they raise the real possibility of dual employment or covert exfiltration — risk you have no way to assess without a full behavioral view.
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Above correlates identity, system changes, and browser signals over time — building a defensible timeline: tool installs → evasion research → repeated remote access patterns. If an engineer is preparing an escape square, Above sees it being built.
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Above maps an escalating research arc: remote desktop evaluation → bypass method research → idle status evasion → calendar isolation → stealth tool selection prioritizing invisibility over function. Each search logged. Each escalation visible. What looks like scattered curiosity becomes a methodical preparation sequence — and Above has the receipts.
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Security and HR get exactly the context they need — no more, no less — to assess the situation and respond appropriately, preserving your company's culture of trust.
