Since 2006…
Guarding data then, now, always.
We were just pups.
In 2006, the world of data was a much different place.
2006
Spirion founded and initial name was called Velosecure LLC.
2007-2008
Product Launch of on-premises solution “Identity Finder”
2009
Company began dominating Higher EDU field and hired its first Account Executive team
2010
Began penetrating healthcare, state and local governments and research laboratories – in addition to Higher EDU
2011
Heavy shift made to B2B audience and the innovation continued by adding Image Search capability to product offering
2012
Company began expanding its sophisticated data discovery technology to finance, retail, manufacturing and telecommunications
2013
Sensitive Data Classification and scanning of Linux endpoints added and product name re-rebranded to Sensitive Data Manager
2014
Sold to IGI – Company fully rebranded as Spirion – fun fact: SPI stands for sensitive personal information / irion is Celtic for “King” – Spirion is the King of sensitive data protection
2015
Spirion is globally recognized as a leader in sensitive data security after tracking down the lost data from Sony’s December 2014 breach. Spirion’s analysis was used as evidence in a successful class-action lawsuit.
2016-2017
Spirion pivots from pure data discovery to a powerful multi-step solution that minimizes personal data risks by reducing the target and tagging data based on its risk profile and adds Spyglass technology, showing advanced heat mapping of where unprotected sensitive data resides (both structured and unstructured data)
2018
Riverside Private Equity Firm acquires company with strong cloud investment
2019
New CEO, Kevin Coppins, named with focus on shifting company from single cybersecurity product to a multi-product, cloud privacy platform
2020
Spirion enters the cloud and launches Sensitive Data Platform + expands its offerings in both security and privacy by adding a threat monitoring tool and automated DSAR fulfillment. Spirion becomes the single source of truth for sensitive data.
2021
Spirion launches its Governance Suite to combine all Spirion products into one proactive privacy and security posture.
2022
Spirion Enhances depth and breadth of Privacy-Grade™️ discovery, classification and remediation for sensitive data.
2023
Spirion granted U.S. patent for data privacy practices, focusing on identity association for a consumer’s personal and sensitive data across multiple data locations and types.
2025
Spirion acquired by archTIS, a leading global provider of data-centric security solutions.
At Spirion, a division of archTIS, we believe that zero-trust is still key, but believe that the data must be what drives the strategy for implementing security. Finding the data should be the first step in any security or privacy program and filling out questionnaires isn’t good enough. Only by scanning the data can an organization be sure that they are protecting the right assets with the right security. Our customers confirm this with stories of finding millions of credit card or social security numbers on the laptops of people who shouldn’t have them. Most of the time, people are not malicious, they are simply trying to do their jobs. But malicious or not, this proliferation of sensitive data is a real problem and Spirion is here to solve it.
