PreSeries Predicts! The 5 Most Promising Startups in Cloud Security

PreSeries predictive algorithms crawl the web hungry for startup information. So far, almost 400k companies have been ruthlessly processed, scored, and ranked. Today, we offer you a sneak peek at the PreSeries Dashboard and our latest ranking of the 5 most promising startups in Cloud Security.

1 — ILLUMIO

Illumio, the leader in micro-segmentation, prevents the spread of breaches inside data center and cloud environments. Enterprises such as Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, Salesforce, and Oracle NetSuite use Illumio to reduce cyber risk and achieve regulatory compliance. The Illumio Adaptive Security Platform® uniquely protects critical information with real-time application dependency and vulnerability mapping coupled with micro-segmentation that works across any data center, public cloud, or hybrid cloud deployment on bare-metal, virtual machines, and containers.

2 — PROTECTWISE

ProtectWise™ provides cloud-powered Network Detection and Response (NDR). Delivering security entirely from the cloud, The ProtectWise Grid™ captures full-fidelity network traffic from enterprise, cloud and hybrid environments, to create a lasting network memory. The security platform provides real time and retrospective alerting and analysis in a rich, innovative visualizer. By harnessing the cloud, The ProtectWise Grid delivers unique advantages over current network security products, including the industry’s only automated retrospection and the ease and cost-savings of an on-demand deployment model.

3 — OBSERVEIT

Your biggest asset is also your biggest risk. Whether it is trusted third parties, privileged users, or business users, insiders present a massive risk to organizations because they have been given access to critical applications, systems and data to do their jobs. With more than 1,700 global customers across all major verticals, ObserveIT is the only insider threat management solution that empowers security teams to detect insider threats, streamline the investigation process, and prevent data exfiltration.

4 — NODESOURCE

Node.js powers the software we use every day, from web, mobile, and desktop applications to API back-ends, connected devices, and even robots. Valued for enabling increased agility, Node.js is growing in popularity as part of the long-term technology plans in many organizations. NodeSource was founded in 2014 to be the premier vendor for companies rapidly adopting Node.js. Today, the Node.js application runtime is the fastest-growing open source project on Earth, and is used in some capacity by every Fortune 500 organization.

5 — CONTRAST SECURITY

Contrast Security is the world’s leading provider of security technology that enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks, heralding the new era of self-protecting software. Contrast’s patented deep security instrumentation is the breakthrough technology that enables highly accurate assessment and always-on protection of an entire application portfolio, without disruptive scanning or expensive security experts. Only Contrast has sensors that work actively inside applications to uncover vulnerabilities, prevent data breaches, and secure the entire enterprise from development, to operations, to production.

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