ATstake, Inc. (stylized as @stake) was a computer security professional services company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
In January 2000, Atstake acquired L0pht Heavy Industries (who were known for their many hacker employees), bringing on Mudge as its Vice President of Research and Development.
[1] In July 2000, Atstake acquired Cerberus Information Security Limited of London, England, from David and Mark Litchfield and Robert Stein-Rostaing, to be their launchpad into Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
[3] In addition to Dan Geer and Mudge, Atstake employed many famous security experts including Dildog, Window Snyder, Dave Aitel, Katie Moussouris, David Litchfield, Mark Kriegsman, Mike Schiffman, the grugq, Chris Wysopal, Alex Stamos, Cris Thomas, and Joe Grand.
[8] The technology underlying SmartRisk Analyzer was extended, and eventually brought to market by the Symantec spinoff Veracode.