other uses see internet identity disambiguation . iid type private industry internet security founded 1996 headquarters 1142 broadway suite 400 tacoma washington 98402 united states key people lars harvey ceo rod rasmussen president and chief technology officer website www.internetidentity.com iid previously internet identity is a privately held internet security company based in tacoma washington united states . it primarily provides cyberthreat data a platform to exchange cyberthreat data and anti phishing malware and domain control 1 security services to us federal government agencies financial service firms and e commerce social networking and internet service provider isp companies . microsoft uses iid as a data feed for its anti phishing software 2 3 as well as a partner in their domain defense program . 4 other customers include becu boeing employees credit union monster.com and yakima valley credit union . 5 contents 1 history 2 products and services 2.1 activetrust 2.2 activetrust data 2.3 threat intelligence 2.4 dns services 2.5 mitigation 3 industry partnerships 4 references 5 external links history edit iid was founded in 1996 providing outsourced domain management services . in 1997 the company claims to have discovered and disabled one of the earliest phishing attacks . 6 since then iid s business has revolved around protecting companies against cyber attacks . in 2013 iid accepted its first round of institutional funding for 8 million from bessemer venture partners . 7 products and services edit activetrust edit activetrust is iid s threat intelligence management system . the company claims it gets threat data from thousands of sources and determines what data is useful to defend against cyberattacks . activetrust feeds this data into fortune 500 companies and u.s. government agencies cybersecurity appliances leading iid to claim that activetrust is the world s largest commercial cyberthreat data exchange . 8 activetrust data edit provides a list of the latest malicious or compromised ip addresses domains and e mail accounts and identifies those bad players the organization is connected to through its extended enterprise . activetrust data was formerly known as activeknowledge . threat intelligence edit iid s threat intelligence team investigates analyzes and validates threat data to identify patterns and trends revealing ongoing attacks and future hazards . the ti team takes shared data from activetrust and uses filtering and analysis to add structure and context . dns services edit detects diagnoses and mitigates dns domain name system security and configuration issues for an organization and its extended enterprise . this tool reportedly helped iid identify the dns hijacking of twitter in december 2009 . 9 10 it also reportedly helped find that half of all fortune 500 companies were infected with dnschanger . 11 mitigation edit provides anti phishing and malware security solutions that help organizations ensure that online brands are trusted . mitigation was formerly known as activecontrol and power shark . industry partnerships edit iid holds leadership positions in various security industry groups including with the anti phishing working group apwg internet corporation for assigned names and numbers icann and messaging anti abuse working group maawg . 12 references edit napster.com whois dns & domain info domaintools . whois.domaintolls.com . retrieved 4 january 2015 . microsoft enhances phishing protection for windows msn and microsoft windows live customers . microsoft news center . november 17 2005 . retrieved december 21 2010 . chris preimesberger november 11 2005 . microsoft expands its anti phishing database . eweek . retrieved december 21 2010 . microsoft launches enforcement campaign targeting web site cybersquatters who use online ads . microsoft news center . august 22 2006 . retrieved december 21 2010 . credit union times october 6 2010 . new fraud alert network . credit union times . retrieved december 21 2010 . 1 dead link eric blattberg november 5 2013 . iid accepts 8m its first vc funding after 17 years for security social network . venturebeat . retrieved march 19 2015 . william jackson february 11 2014 . social platform for sharing cyberthreat intell goes live . government computer news . retrieved march 19 2015 . jenna wortham and nick bilton december 18 2009 . web attack on twitter is third assault this year . new york times . retrieved december 21 2010 . kelly jackson higgins december 18 2009 . twitter hit by dns hijacking attack . dark reading . retrieved december 21 2010 . brian krebs february 2 2012 . half of fortune 500s us govt . still infected with dnschanger trojan . krebs on security . retrieved march 19 2015 . rod rasmussen . icannwiki.org . retrieved 4 january 2015 . external links edit iid official website iid customers and partners microsoft s anti phishing partners page article in the honolulu advertiser internet identity s icann wiki page 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