Observable Networks, a cyber security startup, was founded in Clayton, MO by Dr. Patrick Crowley, a computer science professor at Washington University in 2011. Observable Networks has developed a cloud-based security system that offers advanced visibility into the behavior of
We are in beginning stages of a major shift occurring in the Cyber Security industry and CDN Ecosystem. It seems only a handful of companies understand what’s going on, and most are start-ups. Make no mistake, but the old guard
Saguna Networks is an innovative start-up that is taking mobile CDN to a whole new level, by extending CDN functionality into the mobile network, (3G and 4G RAN). Saguna Networks was started by Lior Fite and Danny Frydman, two veterans
Cyphort Inc, based in Santa Clara, has raised $23.7M dollars from Trinity Ventures and others. The company was founded by Ali Golshan and Fengmin Gong, two veterans of the security industry. Fengmin was Chief Scientist at McAfee, Chief Scientist and
Exabeam, the new startup based out of San Mateo, California, is suddenly getting a lot of attention for raising $13 million in series A funding from Norwest Ventures Partners, Aspect Ventures, and investor Shlomo Kramer. Scheduled to roll out by
Hexadite, a new security startup based in Tel-Aviv, has officially opened their doors this month, raising $2.5M from YL Ventures. The Hexadite team served in the Israeli Defense Forces, an elite intelligence unit within the Israeli Military, bringing deep experience
Forter, a new security startup based in Tel Aviv raised $3M from Sequoia Capital. The founders, Michael Reitblat and Liron Damri, previously worked at Fraud Sciences, which was acquired by Paypay in 2008 for $169M. Forter offers an advanced anti-fraud
Today, we are starting our very first series of Q&A sessions. In this session, we talk to Per Buer, the founder of Varnish Software. The topic of discussion is Comcast and Apple’s decision to use Apache Traffic Server (ATS) to
The Era of CDN Specialization is more relevant now, than it ever was before. Instart Logic, Incapsula, Aryaka Networks, and others are fragmenting the CDN Ecosystem more and more, by focusing and specializing in a specific set of services, being
RedSeal Networks is a leading cyber security company offering a next-gen network infrastructure security platform. The company was founded in 2004 and has raised $39M to date. They cater to the Fortune 1000, health care, service provider industry, government agencies
FireLayers, an Israeli security company based in San Francisco started in 2013, and is looking to change the game of securing cloud applications like Saleforce, Workday, MS Office 365, Box, NetSuite and Workday. The company was founded by Yair Grindlinger
ZeroFOX, based in Baltimore MD is up-and-coming security company that started in 2013, and has received over $12M in funding. ZeroFOX is backed by seasoned security executives from the likes of FireEye, Symantec, Barracuda Networks, McAfee, Fortify and Verdasys. ZeroFOX
Tenable Network Security is a leading security company based in Columbia, MD that started in 2002, and has secured $50M in Series A. Tenable has built up an extensive customer base of 15,000+ customers, and a community of 1 million
What is Stuxnet? According to Security Guru Mikko Hypponen, it is a historical game changer in the history of malware. Stuxnet is to malware, what Apple mobile was to Blackberry. Before it was discovered around 2010, many security experts had
Veracode is a security startup offering cloud-based vulnerability testing services for applications. They are recognized by Gartner as a Magic Quadrant Leader in their respective niche, and have generated $29.4M in revenue 2012. Veracode has more than 500 customers, including
