Orca Security: Sophisticated, Deep yet Simple Sonar for the Cloud
Story by Murali Joshi and Matt Jacobson
Whale expert and author of Beneath the Surface, John Hargrove, once described an orca’s beauty, elegance and intelligence, “I sensed a presence in the orcas that is closer to the power of the myths surrounding their species, a consciousness that is both approachable and beyond human probing.”
The unification of an orca’s natural beauty and intelligence is “both compelling and unfathomable.” It is a rare and beautiful creature born with deep-range, biological sonar that enables it to identify objects with extreme accuracy from afar.
This marriage of sophisticated architecture and deep visibility drew us closer to the vision and story behind Orca Security. A very unique aspect of the story is that a team of eight product-focused security leaders with deep domain expertise came together to found the company. This pod of eight Orcas led by Avi, Gil, Liran and Matan started this journey two years ago to build a platform unlike anything else that existed, mirroring the tenacity and vision of an orca. We believe Orca Security is not only uniquely rare in terms of this founding team, but also in the unparalleled architecture they created in powering an agentless, deep visibility cloud security platform.
We believe Orca Security is fundamentally breaking the constraints of the past and redefining a new industry standard for cloud security. While the world focused on agent-based services and point solutions, Orca built a 100% agentless platform combined with the wide range virtual sonar to quickly analyze all cloud assets for risks across cloud service providers. This offers a rare combination of breadth and depth. The SideScanning technology and extraordinary innovation mirrors orca whales at sea, silently, coolly traversing and probing a cloud environment to identify threats. Unlike the challenges of legacy incumbents and emerging point solutions, Orca’s virtual sonar allows security leaders and teams to manage, assess, monitor and remediate with minimal and often no intervention.
Like the natural beauty of an orca leaping majestically from the waters, Orca Security’s vision is bold, elegant and leaves an enduring impression. Early customers raved about the exceptional execution — product velocity, user experience, instant deployment and strong support, among other effusively positive insights. We often heard powerful statements such as, “Orca’s technology is unlike anything I’ve seen before during my time as a security leader.” Some of the most influential chief security officers and technology experts around the globe resonate with this rarity and beauty of sophistication, yet simplicity that was born from a pod of security leaders architecting the best product for the cloud from first principles.
We at ICONIQ Growth have been fortunate to partner with several category-defining infrastructure and security software businesses, including Snowflake, Datadog, Netskope, Gitlab, Fastly, Twistlock and others who have mastered the elegance of complex architecture and simplicity. We are thrilled to partner with Avi, Gil, Liran, Matan and the incredible Orca Security team as they build virtual sonar for the cloud. A journey both “compelling and unfathomable” has just begun.
