10 Cybersecurity startups to watch in 2017
By Tony Campbell Editor
A recent influx of investment capital into
of the cybersecurity industry, with areas of
cybersecurity has driven innovation and
focus such as security risk mitigation, cloud
expansion in startup communities all around
security and adaptive behavioral modelling
the world. Cybersecurity is now a red-hot
technologies.
business proposition, which is why new
players at the RSA conference in February
companies, even when they are still in their
2017, here are ten of the most exciting new
infancy, can create entirely new segments
cybersecurity startups to watch in 2017.
10 | Darktrace
7 | Kenna
Darktrace focuses on a cyber “immune system” to manage and mitigate threats to network security in an enterprise or industrial setting using adaptive machine learning technology based in Bayesian mathematics. The company was founded in 2013, and received over $25 million in funding during 2016 alone. CEO: Nicole Eagan Headquarters: Cambridge, United Kingdom Founded: 2013 www.darktrace.com
Kenna security software is a risk intelligence platform intended to prioritize and mitigate vulnerabilities within a company’s infrastructure in a matter of minutes. This is particularly important for companies that need to provide risk reports to their stakeholders on a regular basis. Kenna was founded in 2011 and had a $15 million funding round in late 2016. CEO: Karim Toubba Headquarters: San Francisco, United States of America Founded: 2011 www.kennasecurity.com
9 | Evident.io Evident.io provides security and compliance monitoring for Amazon Web Services, public cloud services, infrastructure as a service and platform as a service. Their software allows for real time monitoring and security alerts for companies operating in the cloud. Evident.io was founded in 2013 and had a $22 million funding round in 2016. CEO: Tim Prendergast Headquarters: California, United States of America Founded: 2013 https://evident.io
8 | Intsights IntSights’ software subscription allows companies to detect, analyze, and remediate cyber-attacks to their infrastructure in real time. The company was founded in 2015 and had a $15 million funding round already this year. CEO: Guy Nizan Headquarters: New York, United States of America Founded: 2015 https://intsights.com
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After seeing all the big
6 | PerimeterX PerimeterX offers behavior based defense from automated or non-human cyber-attacks. The company was founded in 2014 and had a $12 million funding round in early 2016. CEO: Omri Iluz Headquarters: San Mateo, United States of America Founded: 2014 www.perimeterx.com
5 | Phantom Phantom was founded in 2014, and provides an automated security and orchestration platform that can perform incident response, triage, and remediation. The company has already received $13.5 million in funding in 2017. CEO: Oliver Friedrichs Headquarters: Palo Alto, United States of America Founded: 2014 www.phantom.us