Varnish Software is one of the leading open source HTTP Web Accelerators on the market today. Varnish was founded by Per Buer in the mid 2000’s, and more than 1.7M websites use Varnish Cache, as it is known. The impressive
Spikes, Inc., a startup based in Silicon Valley started in 2012, and has raised $1M in funding. They offer a highly secure, hardened web browser system that protects companies against browser-borne malware. Next to email, the browser is the most important
AlientVault, the leading cyber security startup offering an open source SIEM and IDS has raised more than $66M to date, from the likes of Intel Capital and Kleiner Perkins. The co-founders of AlienVault, Julio Casal and Dominique Karg, originally developed
George Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch started CrowdStrike after Google was hacked in Operation Aurora back in 2009. CrowdStrike got off to a fast start raising $56M within a three year period. Even though CrowdStrike is a relatively young startup, it
Shape Security is an up-and-coming cyber security company offering a web security appliance that protects websites against automated bot attacks and malware. Their product is called the ShapeShifter, and is the first botwall ever introduced into the marketplace. The core
BioCatch, an Israeli startup with US offices in Boston is an up-and-coming cyber security company, offering a new cutting edge technology in the field of Identify and Access Management (IAM). The platform is an advanced behavioral authentication system that works
The Cool Startup Damballa is a leading cyber-security platform for detecting and mitigating advance persistent threats and malware. They started in 2006 and have raised $44.5M to date. Their “Failsafe” platform runs on big data that processes 22 billion records
MaxCDN, one of the up-and-coming CDNs is privately funded, and boast more than 10,000+ paying customers. Recently, they merged the NetDNA brand into MaxCDN, making it one company. I think that was a great move, as they are now able
Verdasys, the leading cyber-security company of content aware Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for endpoints, started in 2003, and has raised $41M to date. Their DLP platform detects and stops the leakage of sensitive data. According to Gartner, Verdasys is a
Lookout, the highly successful mobile security company started in 2007, has raised $132M. It has more than 50M users worldwide. The mobile security application comes in two flavors, business and personal edition. The mobile security app supports both iPhone and
Seculert, an Israeli startup founded in 2010, offers a next generation cloud-based advance threat management system that detects, and eliminates botnets. The founding team has decades of experience working for top tier security companies. The Seculert platform is easy to
Contrast Security (CS), founded in 2012, is an up-and-coming startup focused on securing applications during the development, testing and production phases. The founders previously started a consulting company many years back called Aspect Security, that now reviews 50 million lines
Lastline, a cyber security startup, was founded by three computer science professors in 2011. Lastline has developed a security platform similar to FireEye. The timing for this startup is right on, as it is now at the forefront of the
Lacoon Mobile Security, the hot mobile security startup backed by Shlomo Kramer, was founded by Michael Shaulov, Ohad Bobrov, and Emanuel Avner. Lacoon is one the most innovative companies in mobile security space, protecting mobile users and enterprises from zero-day
Yottaa, the fast growing CDN based in Boston, changed its business model a few years after launch. They went from a pure-play CDN, offering the standard CDN features such as WAF, FEO and DSA, to a hybrid CDN focused on
