ProtectCom

ProtectCom is a German software company founded in 1999 in Saarbrücken under the name ProtectCom GmbH. Its main business areas are the development of monitoring and security software, as well as IT consulting and security analysis of networks and IT systems. The company became known for its own product Orvell Monitoring, a visual PC monitoring solution for the German market, with which it claims to have become the market leader for visual PC monitoring solutions in Germany. The company works with partners such as StarDot Technologies and Veriato (United States) and WebSpy (Australia). ProtectCom's software is aimed at monitoring employee activity on company computers, in home offices, and in private environments. The company gained new customers particularly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the monitoring software was expanded for remote monitoring, i.e. for home office use. During the pandemic, the company achieved growth of initially 15%, later 30% after the November lockdown in Germany, in Germany and Switzerland. The company has been criticized because its software solutions are aimed at monitoring employees. The use of the software takes place in a legal gray area. The company itself warns against illegal surveillance through its software in the private sector. For home users, however, the company offers the spy software mSpy, which advertises that it helps parents fulfill their parental supervision duty. The company's headquarters were moved from Saarbrücken to Munich in 2011. Since 2018, the company has been located in Völklingen, and the renaming to Protectvision took place in 2019. In 2001, ProtectCom was awarded the negative Big Brother Award in the category "Arbeitswelt" (world of work) for its surveillance product Spector. The software imported from the USA logs everything that happens at a computer workstation, from logging keystrokes to screenshots to complete logging of all communication.

ProtectCom was founded in 1999 as ProtectCom GmbH in Saarbrücken, Germany. The company operated in the fields of IT consulting and security analysis of networks and monitoring of IT systems. It cooperated with StarDot Technologies and Veriato (United States) as well as WebSpy (Australia). With the software Orvell Monitoring, the company developed its own product for the German market, with which it became the market leader for visual PC monitoring solutions in Germany. Particularly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the company was able to gain new customers. In 2001, ProtectCom was awarded the negative Big Brother Award in the category "Arbeitswelt" for its surveillance product Spector. The software imported from the USA logs everything that happens at a computer workstation, from logging keystrokes to screenshots to complete logging of all communication. In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the monitoring software was expanded for remote monitoring, i.e. for home office use. During the pandemic, the company achieved growth of initially 15%, later 30% after the November lockdown in Germany, in Germany and Switzerland. The company's headquarters were moved from Saarbrücken to Munich in 2011. Since 2018, the company has been located in Völklingen, and the renaming to Protectvision took place in 2019. The company has been criticized because its software solutions are aimed at monitoring employees. The use of the software takes place in a legal gray area. The company itself warns against illegal surveillance through its software in the private sector. For home users, however, the company offers the spy software mSpy, which advertises that it helps parents fulfill their parental supervision duty.

• 2019

  Renamed to Protectvision.

• 2018

  Company relocated to Völklingen.

• 2011

  Headquarters moved from Saarbrücken to Munich.

• 2001

  Awarded the negative Big Brother Award in the category "Arbeitswelt" for the surveillance product Spector.

• 1999

  Founded as ProtectCom GmbH in Saarbrücken.

Provider of PC monitoring and security software for businesses and private users, with a focus on employee monitoring and parental control.

• Orvell Monitoring

  Visual PC monitoring software for the German market, used for employee monitoring and parental control.

• mSpy

  Spy software for home users, advertised as helping parents fulfill their parental supervision duty.

• Spector

  Surveillance software imported from the USA that logs keystrokes, screenshots, and all communication.

1. 1Orvell Monitoring | Benutzeraktivitäten am PC aufzeichnen – sicher & transparentorvell.de
2. 2ProtectComwikidata.org
3. 3Protectvisionde.wikipedia.org