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
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
