[7] In February 2005, while based in Menlo Park, California, the company joined the Freescale Semiconductor Developers Alliance Program, and delivered that group's first security software.

[9][10] Mocana CEO Adrian Turner published an article in the San Jose Mercury News on the risks associated with non-PC networked devices;[11] and the New York Times reported that Mocana's researchers had "discovered they could hack into a best-selling Internet-ready HDTV model with unsettling ease," and highlighted the opportunity for criminals to intercept information like credit card billing details.

[15] The product's design is based in the assumption that many assurances of security from the device and its operating system may be compromised.

[6] In addition, Mocana offers consulting services, evaluating and advising on security threats in networked devices.

[19] Mocana's security technology is used in airplane in-flight entertainment systems, medical devices, battlefield communications, automobile firmware, and cell phone carrier networks.

[6] Mocana senior analyst Robert Vamosi was cited in a 2011 piece in Bloomberg Businessweek comparing tech companies' approaches to security.