Kaseya
| Kaseya logo 2026 | |
Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology |
| Founded | 2001; 25 years ago (2001) |
| Founder | Mark Sutherland Paul Wong |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Products | Network monitoring System monitoring |
| Revenue | Increase US1ドル.3 billion (2022) |
| Owner | Insight Partners (majority owner) |
| Website | www |
Kaseya Limited (/kəˈseɪ.ə/ kə-SAY-ə) (commonly known as Kaseya) is an information technology company headquartered in Miami. Kaseya develops software for network monitoring, system monitoring, and other information technology applications, selling primarily to managed service providers (MSPs) and internal IT departments. MSPs, which provide outsourced IT services to small and medium businesses, use Kaseya products in their companies and resell the products to their customers. Kaseya is majority-owned by private equity firm Insight Partners and owns the naming rights to the Miami Heat arena, Kaseya Center. It was founded in 2000. A ransomware attack on Kaseya VSA software caused downtime for some Kaseya customers and downstream organizations in July 2021.
History
[edit ]2000–2012: Formation and early growth
[edit ]Kaseya was founded in 2000 in California by Mark Sutherland and Paul Wong, who previously worked together on a project for the National Security Agency.[1] In 2003, Gerald Blackie joined the company as its CEO.[2] The company's early products included Kaseya Virtual System Administrator (VSA), a remote monitoring and management web application.[3]
In 2012, Gartner praised Kaseya for its SaaS approach to inventory and patch management, mobile device management, and its PC backup, system performance monitoring, and other extensions.[4] The same report cautioned about "Immature Mac management capabilities; lack of application virtualization support (Microsoft App-V and VMware ThinApp) and potentially weak reporting capabilities."[4]
2013–2017: Investment and leadership changes
[edit ]In June 2013, Insight Partners acquired control of the company and Yogesh Gupta became CEO.[5] A few years later, in July 2015, Fred Voccola succeeded Gupta as CEO of the company.[6]
In 2017, Kaseya raised almost 45ドル million in a private equity round.[7] This included 19ドル million from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund.[8] Kaseya had plans to hire up to 130 employees in its Dublin office.[8]
2018–2026: Funding and transitions
[edit ]In 2018, the company moved its US headquarters from Boston to Brickell, Miami, with an agreement to receive tax credits from the county for creating new jobs.[9] Also in 2018, Kaseya acquired Unitrends, Spanning Cloud Apps, RapidFire Tools Inc., and IT Glue.[10]
A funding round in 2019, with Insight Partners and TPG as lead investors, raised 500ドル million.[10] This funding round valued the company at about 1ドル.75 billion.[10] In 2020, the company discussed interest in a potential initial public offering.[11] It had about 36,000 total customers in July 2021, which is when the Kaseya VSA ransomware attack happened (see Kaseya § Security issues).[12]
In 2022, Kaseya acquired a major competitor, Datto, in a 6ドル.2 billion transaction.[13] The deal was led by Insight Partners with investment from TPG, Temasek, and Sixth Street Partners.[14] [15] Funding for the transaction included over 3ドル billion in loans from private credit firms.[16] [17] Acquired Datto employees expressed concerns about losing their company culture.[18] Some Datto customers considered switching to different products.[19] In June 2023, Kaseya said the acquisition had enabled them to help MSP customers increase profits by reducing redundant subscription costs.[20] The company said in October 2023 that it had mostly resolved Kaseya/Datto billing issues, which had affected 8% of customers after the acquisition.[21]
In April 2023, the company acquired the naming rights to the Miami Heat's arena in a 17-year, 117ドル.4 million agreement.[22] A spokesperson for the company said Kaseya was valued at about 12ドル billion at that time.[23] Previously known as the American Airlines Arena, the FTX Arena, and the Miami-Dade Arena, the arena is now the Kaseya Center.[22] The Heat additionally have a deal with Kaseya to make the company its official IT solutions partner.[22]
Kaseya and Miami-Dade County arranged in 2023 for up to 4ドル.6 million in subsidies for the company if it added 3,400 jobs locally over the next three years.[9] [24] It had about 4,500 employees worldwide at the time, including 800 in Miami.[24] The company terminated about 150 Miami-based employees in 2024 for performance reasons.[25] The company laid off about 200 employees in October 2025 and some more in December 2025, and it said it continues to hire for other roles.[26] [27] It also laid off about 250 employees in January 2026.[28] As of January 2026, the company website said it had about 5,000 total employees.[28]
In 2025, Fred Voccola stepped down as CEO to become Kaseya's vice chairman.[29] Rania Succar was chosen as Kaseya's new CEO.[30] A company spokesperson said that Kaseya had over 1ドル.5 billion in annual recurring revenue as of 2025.[29] [31] Also in 2025, the company refinanced 4ドル billion in debt,[31] [32] which dated to its 2022 acquisition of Datto.[16] A 2025 S&P Global Ratings report said that the company continues to consider an initial public offering in the future.[33]
Products and services
[edit ]Kaseya sells many products and services to managed service providers (MSPs) and company IT departments, with the goal of helping MSPs increase revenue and efficiency.[34] In 2018 CEO Voccola said "We can offer all of the functionality that an MSP wants at a fraction of the cost to those who went out and bought certain functionality from two, three, four or five different vendors."[34]
Kaseya has two remote monitoring and management (RMM) products for IT technicians to remotely monitor, manage, and patch devices,[35] along with related products for managing IT environments. Kaseya VSA supports desktops, laptops, and servers on Windows, macOS, and Linux,[36] available both as a SaaS product and for on-premise installation. Kaseya also provides Datto RMM as a second remote monitoring and management product.[35] IT Glue, acquired by Kaseya in 2018, is an IT documentation platform.[37] [38]
Kaseya provides several standalone products for IT risk management and information security management. It has backup and disaster recovery products,[39] under both the Kaseya and Datto brands, to help businesses recover data and restore operations after outages or cyberattacks. Kaseya's cybersecurity products include endpoint detection and response services,[40] including for reducing risks of phishing [41] [42] and ransomware.[43] It also sells services for network security scanning, automated network penetration testing, and managing compliance with information security standards.[44] [45]
Kaseya also sells products for managing network performance and reliability, including network switches, wireless access points, network monitoring tools,[46] power distribution units,[47] secure access service edge (SASE), and network operations center services.[43]
In April 2024, Kaseya released Kaseya 365, a service for MSPs that bundles many of its services into a per-endpoint monthly subscription, including remote monitoring, endpoint security, and backup.[48] In the product announcement, CEO Voccola said "On average, an MSP powered by Kaseya 365 can expect to increase the profit per endpoint upwards of 10ドル."[48] In October 2024 the company added Kaseya 365 User, intended to help MSPs protect customers against threats to user identity and security.[49]
Along with tools for MSPs to resell to their clients, Kaseya offers tools for internal business operations for MSPs, including professional services automation platforms.[50] In 2025, Kaseya released 365 Ops, a subscription service with AI and automation features for MSP operations.[51] [52] [53]
Kaseya's competitors include other companies with products for MSPs, such as ConnectWise, N-able (formerly part of SolarWinds), NinjaOne, Atera, Syncro, and SuperOps.ai.[54] [55] [56] Related companies include managed detection and response firms such as Huntress, Blackpoint Cyber, Trend Micro, eSentire, and Rapid7.[54]
Security issues
[edit ]Kaseya disclosed in 2014 that attackers had used a vulnerability in its VSA software to deploy cryptojacking malware.[1] The company's remote tool was infiltrated in 2018, and hackers were again able to commandeer affected computers to mine cryptocurrency.[1]
In 2015, Kaseya fixed a directory traversal vulnerability in their remote access tool.[57] The same bug was present in a no-longer-used part of the company's website until July 2021, when the company was notified by an independent security researcher.[58]
In July 2021, a supply chain ransomware attack on Kaseya VSA software, perpetrated by REvil, affected Kaseya's customers.[12] [59] The attack on July 2, 2021 used unpatched vulnerabilities that the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DVID) had reported to Kaseya in April 2021; Kaseya had released patches to fix four of the seven vulnerabilities.[60] Kaseya reported downtime for about 60 of its customers and up to 1,500 downstream businesses.[1] [59] [61] Kaseya started restoration on July 23, 2021, using a decryption key provided by a "trusted third party".[62] [63]
Former employees said that they had raised concerns about company security practices between 2017 and 2020, and that there had been smaller ransomware attacks involving VSA in 2018 and 2019.[64] [1] Also in July 2021, DVID reported three vulnerabilities in Kaseya's Unitrends backup service to Kaseya and government Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs); one CERT inadvertently disclosed the issue to the public before Kaseya fully patched it.[65]
In July 2025, another MSP software provider identified two security vulnerabilities in Kaseya Network Detective and coordinated with Kaseya to resolve the issues.[66] In September 2025, Kaseya's chief information security officer, who was hired a few months after the July 2021 incident, said he had significantly improved the company's security program.[67] [68]
Business practices
[edit ]Kaseya faced backlash in 2022, with customers unhappy with the company's end user license agreement (EULA), which had been in effect since November 2020.[69] The EULA auto-renewed contracts for "additional Terms equal to the greater of the expiring Term length or three (3) years." In response to customer feedback, Kaseya modified the EULA so that all contracts subject to automatic renewal renewed for the same duration as the prior agreement.[69] Kaseya also gave customers the ability to cancel an agreement any time up to 30 days before its expiration.[69] Additionally, Kaseya implemented a policy to send multiple renewal notifications 90 days in advance.[69]
In 2025, Kaseya announced it was phasing out high watermark billing, a pricing model that charges MSPs based on the highest usage level reached during a billing cycle.[70] The phase out began with three Kaseya products: SaaS Protect, Spanning, and Azure Backup.[70] It was to be expanded over time.[70]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e O'Brien, Matt (July 13, 2021). "Firm hacked to spread ransomware had previous security flaws". Associated Press .
- ^ Santosus, Megan (2005年11月07日). "Kaseya Promotes Rent-to-Own with MSPs". eWEEK. Retrieved 2026年04月23日.
- ^ Fordham, Stuart (2009年10月01日). "Kaseya Virtual System Administrator". Redmond Magazine. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ a b "Gartner Magic Quadrant & Client Management Tools: Worth A Look?". Channel Futures. February 8, 2012.
- ^ Tontsi, Phumeza (June 27, 2013). "Insight Venture Partners makes investment in Kaseya". ITWeb .
- ^ Mann, Joseph A. (February 2, 2018). "Kaseya helps businesses keep their IT systems running". Miami Herald. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ^ Mellor, Chris (1 October 2018). "IT management software crowd Kaseya buys cloudy data protection crew Spanning". The Register. Archived from the original on 2025年07月09日. Retrieved 2025年10月01日.
- ^ a b Kelly, Louise (2017年11月16日). "State fund backs software firm expansion with 19ドルm". Irish Independent. pp. T3–01. Retrieved 2026年04月23日.
- ^ a b Correa, Monica (February 28, 2023). "Brickell-based Kaseya gets incentive to add 3,400 IT jobs". Miami Today .
- ^ a b c Cooper, Laura (2019年05月03日). "Insight Beefs Up Kaseya Backing as Company Gains 500ドル Million". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Panettieri, Joe (2020年09月03日). "Kaseya's Potential IPO: Call It A Milestone, Not An Exit -". ChannelE2E. Retrieved 2026年01月21日.
- ^ a b McMillan, Robert (2021年07月03日). "Ransomware Attack Affecting Likely Thousands of Targets Drags On". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Armental, Maria (2022年06月23日). "Vista Exits Datto Investment With 6ドル.2 Billion Sale to Kaseya". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Schuetz, Molly (11 April 2022). "Software Maker Datto to Be Bought by Kaseya for 6ドル.2 Billion". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ^ "Software maker Datto to be taken private by Kaseya for 6ドル.2 bln". Reuters. April 11, 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ a b Hemingway, Jonathan (2025年02月27日). "Kaseya launches syndicated leveraged loan deal to refinance private credit". PitchBook. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Kovar, Joseph F. (April 19, 2022). "Datto's SEC 8-K Filing On Kaseya Deal: Termination Fees, Alternative Suitor Scenarios". CRN. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ Johnson, O'Ryan (July 19, 2022). "'I'm Not Being A D*ck:' Kaseya CEO Voccola's Freewheeling Town Hall Spotlights Culture Clash With Incoming Datto Employees". CRN. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ Kovar, Joseph F. (April 18, 2022). "Datto MSPs Blast Kaseya Deal: This 'Is Bad For MSPs In Datto-Land'". CRN. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ Jones, Connor (2023年06月28日). "Kaseya says Datto acquisition has been critical for delivering partner savings". ChannelPro. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ O'Heir, Jeff (3 October 2023). "Kaseya Intros AI Bots, Credit for Unused Appliances, Passive Recurring Revenue". Channel Futures. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ a b c "Heat arena, formerly FTX, renamed Kaseya Center on 17-year deal". ESPN . April 4, 2023.
- ^ "After FTX meltdown, county has 117ドル million solution in Kaseya Center as Heat's home" . Miami Herald . April 4, 2023.
- ^ a b Sreeharsha, Vinod (February 28, 2023). "Who's the mystery tech company going on a hiring spree with Miami-Dade's millions?". Miami Herald. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ^ "Kaseya Calls Scores Of Employee Cuts 'Performance-Based Terminations'". CRN. April 4, 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ^ Sreeharsha, Vinod (October 22, 2025). "Firm with Miami arena naming rights is cutting 200 jobs. What's next for Kaseya?". Miami Herald. Retrieved 21 April 2026 – via Yahoo! Finance.
- ^ Sreeharsha, Vinod (December 26, 2025). "Miami tech company and arena namesake Kaseya loses more workers to job cuts". Miami Herald. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ^ a b Fairfield, CJ (January 8, 2026). "Kaseya Lays Off 5 Percent Of Workforce, Says The Move Is Aimed At Aligning 'Go-To-Market Teams'". CRN. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ^ a b Fairfield, CJ; Johnson, O’Ryan. "MSP Shocker: Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola Steps Aside, Search For New Leader Underway". crn.com. Retrieved 2025年09月19日.
- ^ Quicke, Simon (4 June 2025). "Kaseya hires 'passionate SME advocate' as next CEO". computerweekly.com.
- ^ a b Fairfield, CJ (October 28, 2025). "'A Kinder Kaseya' Emerges Under CEO Rania Succar". CRN. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ^ "Morgan Stanley Revives 4ドル Billion Finastra Debt Refinancing Plan". Bloomberg. July 17, 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ^ Ng, Hon; Thomas, James W (24 February 2025). "Kaseya Inc. Assigned 'B' Issuer Credit Rating; Outlook Stable; First-Lien Debt Rated 'B' (Recovery: '3'); Second-Lien Debt Rated 'CCC+' (Recovery: '6')". S&P Global. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ^ a b Doyle, T.C. (December 19, 2018). "Kaseya Expands IT Complete Platform with Acquisition of IT Glue". Channel Futures. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ a b Chowdhary, Krishi (2024年11月13日). "Kaseya VSA review: World-class IT discovery and patch management solutions – but at a premium". TechRadar . Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ "12 best patch management software and tools for 2026". TechTarget: Search Enterprise Desktop. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ "Kaseya Keeps Up Acquisition Spree With IT Glue Buy". CRN. December 18, 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ Panettieri, Joe (2018年12月19日). "Kaseya Acquires IT Glue -". ChannelE2E. Retrieved 2025年10月15日.
- ^ Kovar, Joseph F. (May 3, 2018). "Kaseya Acquires Unitrends, Integrates Data Protection To IT Management Platform". CRN . Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ Kovar, Joseph F. (September 5, 2018). "Kaseya Acquires RapidFire Tools To Beef Up IT Assessment, Compliance Capabilities". CRN. Archived from the original on 2023年05月31日. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Alspach, Kyle (October 7, 2025). "Kaseya Acquires Email Security Trailblazer Inky, Boosts AI-Powered Protection". CRN. Archived from the original on 2026年01月13日. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Novinson, Michael (August 24, 2020). "Kaseya Buys Graphus To Make Phishing Defense Easy For MSPs". CRN .
- ^ a b Fairfield, C.J. (15 September 2022). "Kaseya Exec: Our Security Products Will Make Life Easier For MSPs". CRN. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ Panettieri, Joe (2018年09月05日). "Kaseya Acquires RapidFire Tools". ChannelE2E. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Davis, Jessica C. (2024年04月30日). "MSPs Become the Front Line of Cybersecurity". ChannelE2E. Retrieved 2026年01月05日.
- ^ Kobialka, Dan (2023年01月24日). "Datto Releases Cloud-Managed Ethernet Switches, Remote Access Solutions for MSPs". MSSP Alert. Retrieved 2026年01月15日.
- ^ Freeman, Rich (2017年06月07日). "Datto Adding Power Distribution Unit and RMM Integration to its Networking Product Line". The ChannelPro Network. Retrieved 2026年01月15日.
- ^ a b Fairfield, CJ (April 30, 2024). "Kaseya Launches Kaseya 365: 'It's Been Over 14ドル Billion Of Investment To Deliver This Platform'". CRN. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ "Kaseya launches Kaseya 365 User subscription, acquires SaaS Alerts". ChannelPro. 2024年10月30日. Retrieved 2025年11月25日.
- ^ Panettieri, Joe (2016年02月09日). "Kaseya Buys Vorex; Launches PSA Price War". ChannelE2E. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Hutton, Christopher (29 April 2025). "Kaseya Expands 365 Platform to Ops Market at Connect". Channel Futures. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ "Kaseya Unveils Practical AI-Driven Tools and Commercial Flexibility at Connect 2025". ChannelE2E. 2025年04月29日. Retrieved 2026年01月30日.
- ^ "Kaseya 365 Ops gives MSPs efficiency and scale". Techzine Global. 2025年04月30日. Retrieved 2025年11月25日.
- ^ a b Davis, Jessica C. (2024年05月02日). "Will Kaseya 365 Trigger an MSP Tool Price War?". ChannelE2E. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Woodburn, Doug (2025年01月09日). "Kaseya Just Became MSP Software Top Dog. Can It Hold On?". IT Channel Oxygen. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Panettieri, Joe (2022年04月12日). "Kaseya-Datto Alternatives: MSP Software Rivals Prepare Migration Offers". ChannelE2E. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ "Kaseya Virtual System Administrator contains multiple vulnerabilities: Vulnerability Note VU#919604". CERT Coordination Center. 2015年07月13日. Retrieved 2024年10月12日.
- ^ "Kaseya Left Customer Portal Vulnerable to 2015 Flaw in its Own Software". Krebs On Security. 2021年07月08日. Retrieved 2024年10月12日.
- ^ a b Wile, Rob; Wilner, Michael (July 6, 2021). "One of Miami's oldest tech firms is at the center of a global ransomware computer hack". Miami Herald . Archived from the original on October 6, 2021.
- ^ "The Unfixed Flaw at the Heart of REvil's Ransomware Spree". Wired . July 8, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
- ^ Scroxton, Alex (6 July 2021). "About 60 Kaseya customers hit by REvil". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 2026年04月25日.
- ^ "Ransomware key to unlock customer data from REvil attack". BBC News . BBC. July 23, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ Uberti, David (2021年07月22日). "Kaseya Gets Tool to Unlock Data After Ransomware Attack". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ "Kaseya Failed to Address Security Before Hack, Ex-Employees Say". Bloomberg. July 10, 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ^ Abrams, Lawrence (July 26, 2021). "Researchers warn of unpatched Kaseya Unitrends backup vulnerabilities". BleepingComputer. Retrieved 2026年04月23日.
- ^ Gately, Edward (July 11, 2025). "Kaseya Security Flaws Potentially Endanger MSPs". Channel Futures. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ^ Vasquez, Christian (March 11, 2025). "Former FBI agent thought he had seen it all in cybercrime. Then he became a corporate executive in charge of information security". Fortune. Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ Rundle, James (2025年09月11日). "Four Years After Kaseya's Nightmare Hack, a Cyber Turnaround Is Underway". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved 2026年04月22日.
- ^ a b c d Freeman, Rich (8 August 2022). "Kaseya, Responding to Partner Complaints, Changes Auto-Renewal Terms". ChannelPro Network. Retrieved 2024年12月14日.
- ^ a b c Browning, Jonathan (2025年04月30日). "Kaseya Doubles Down on Partner Success with New Ops and SIEM tools". The ChannelPro Network. Retrieved 2025年12月09日.