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Developer of a cloud security platform designed to accelerate delivery and provide comprehensive security. The company's platform has the unique ability to analyze infrastructure-as-code and build security into cloud-native applications for security and compliant design, enabling businesses to simplify application security with pre-built building blocks that support any architecture on any cloud provider.

JupiterOne, Inc. develops cloud-based cybersecurity asset management and automation software aimed at enhancing the security and compliance of organizations' cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, with additional offices in Charlotte, Salt Lake City, and Seattle, the company provides tools for chief information security officers and security operations teams to automate asset discovery, visibility, and compliance. Its primary offering, the JupiterOne software, facilitates risk analysis, vulnerability management, threat hunting, and incident response through continuous data aggregation and relationship modeling of cyber assets. Additionally, the JupiterOne Insights application allows users to create customized reporting dashboards and visualizations for monitoring code commits and repository activities. JupiterOne operates as a subsidiary of LifeOmic Security, LLC.

Hunters is a cybersecurity company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2018. It specializes in developing an artificial intelligence-based software solution designed to detect and prevent cyberattacks. The company's flagship platform, Hunters.AI, autonomously identifies threats that may evade traditional security measures, enhancing threat detection and response across various IT environments, including cloud and network infrastructures. By ingesting extensive security telemetry and intelligence from diverse data sources, the platform enriches threat signals with detailed attack intelligence. It employs machine learning and cloud-based analytics to correlate threat patterns and generate actionable visualized attack narratives, ultimately optimizing response times for cybersecurity teams.

Expel, Inc. is a managed security software company that specializes in providing SOC-as-a-service, which includes security monitoring and response for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Founded in 2016 and based in Herndon, Virginia, Expel leverages existing security signals from its customers to enhance the value of their current security investments. By connecting to customer technology remotely via APIs rather than agents, Expel can initiate monitoring within hours, allowing internal teams to concentrate on their unique security priorities. The company aims to streamline and improve the security operations of organizations, enabling them to respond effectively to emerging threats.

Developer of a development operations infrastructure platform designed to make security scalable across development pipelines. The company's platform offers various services such as policy management, project analysis, and automated governance to achieve control of security issues as part of development workflows to prevent bottlenecks and drag on the backlog, enabling clients to reduce risk and improve developer productivity.

Styra, Inc. develops a clod tool for security and compliance. It offers Styra Declarative Authorization Service, a solution that provides context-based admission control policy to mitigate risks, reduce human errors, and accelerate Kubernetes deployments. The company’s solution is also used for policy design and validation, policy distribution, policy monitoring and auditing, Compliance-as-Code, and shift security. Its solutions include applications, multi-cloud, micro services, containers, databases, and servers. Styra, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Redwood City, California.

Panaseer Limited develops a cloud-based cybersecurity intelligence platform that assists enterprise security teams in making informed risk decisions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with an office in New York, the company offers the Panaseer Security Data Lake, which provides real-time insights into an organization's assets, applications, users, and data sets. This platform identifies gaps in security controls and aligns them with industry standards while facilitating regulatory compliance. By ingesting data from various sources, both cloud-based and on-premises, Panaseer enables organizations to monitor and analyze their cybersecurity posture effectively. The platform automates reporting processes, tailoring insights for stakeholders at different levels, thereby enhancing decision-making across the organization. Security leaders utilize Panaseer’s capabilities to prioritize risks based on their potential impact on the business and optimize overall cyber hygiene practices.

JupiterOne, Inc. develops cloud-based cybersecurity asset management and automation software aimed at enhancing the security and compliance of organizations' cloud infrastructures. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, with additional offices in Charlotte, Salt Lake City, and Seattle, the company provides tools for chief information security officers and security operations teams to automate asset discovery, visibility, and compliance. Its primary offering, the JupiterOne software, facilitates risk analysis, vulnerability management, threat hunting, and incident response through continuous data aggregation and relationship modeling of cyber assets. Additionally, the JupiterOne Insights application allows users to create customized reporting dashboards and visualizations for monitoring code commits and repository activities. JupiterOne operates as a subsidiary of LifeOmic Security, LLC.

SafeGuard Cyber is a cloud-based technology company that specializes in protecting organizations' social assets from security threats and compliance risks. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, the company offers a comprehensive platform designed to detect, prevent, and respond to various digital threats, including malware, spam, and inappropriate conduct. SafeGuard Cyber automates the identification, remediation, and archiving of risky content across social media and internal collaboration tools, ensuring compliance with corporate governance standards and industry regulations. By leveraging machine learning, the platform provides real-time threat analytics, allowing enterprises to manage their digital risks effectively while embracing social media's potential. SafeGuard Cyber empowers businesses to innovate without fear of negative publicity or legal repercussions associated with social media use.

Securiti Inc. specializes in AI-powered cybersecurity and data protection solutions. The company offers a comprehensive PrivacyOps platform, PRIVACI.ai, which automates essential functions for privacy compliance, enabling organizations to manage data subject requests, consent management, and vendor risk assessments efficiently. Securiti's suite includes tools for automating data requests, discovering personal data across various sources, and tracking assessments, all designed to assist enterprises in adhering to global privacy regulations while enhancing their brand reputation. Established in 2018 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Securiti aims to empower organizations to responsibly manage personal data and streamline compliance efforts through advanced automation and a user-friendly interface.

ThreatQuotient, Inc. operates a threat intelligence platform that helps organizations manage and respond to cyber threats effectively. Founded in 2013 and based in Reston, Virginia, the company offers ThreatQ, which centralizes and correlates various external threat intelligence sources with internal security and analytics solutions. This platform provides contextual and operationalized intelligence, enabling security teams to identify, understand, and prioritize threats tailored to their specific infrastructure. ThreatQ features integrations with commercial and open-source intelligence feeds, as well as advanced threat solutions and security monitoring systems. This comprehensive approach enhances an organization's ability to respond to high-priority threats through automation and informed decision-making. Additionally, ThreatQuotient has operations in Germany and Australia, further extending its global reach in cybersecurity.

ThreatQuotient, Inc. operates a threat intelligence platform that helps organizations manage and respond to cyber threats effectively. Founded in 2013 and based in Reston, Virginia, the company offers ThreatQ, which centralizes and correlates various external threat intelligence sources with internal security and analytics solutions. This platform provides contextual and operationalized intelligence, enabling security teams to identify, understand, and prioritize threats tailored to their specific infrastructure. ThreatQ features integrations with commercial and open-source intelligence feeds, as well as advanced threat solutions and security monitoring systems. This comprehensive approach enhances an organization's ability to respond to high-priority threats through automation and informed decision-making. Additionally, ThreatQuotient has operations in Germany and Australia, further extending its global reach in cybersecurity.

Valtix Inc., founded in 2018 and based in Santa Clara, California, specializes in developing software solutions aimed at securing cloud networks. The company offers a multi-cloud network security platform that integrates robust security features with an emphasis on simplicity for cloud-first environments. This platform supports various topologies and cloud architectures, including secure island models and centralized security frameworks, allowing cloud teams to effectively address stringent security requirements. Valtix's approach is designed to streamline security processes while adapting to the dynamic needs of modern cloud infrastructures.

Isovalent is a cloud-native networking company based in Mountain View, California. Founded by long-time leaders in Linux networking, Isovalent develops enterprise open source software and commercial products that enable operators and security professionals to provide networking, security, and observability in distributed infrastructure such as Kubernetes. It specializes in the fields of cloud security, cybersecurity, and information technology. It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

RangeForce delivers the most effective way to level-up and accurately assess the skills of your cybersecurity team through a scalable, interactive, on-demand cyber-skill training platform and integrated cyber range.

Secure Code Warrior develops an online secure by making security visible and providing skills/tools to write secure code from start. It helps companies scale secure coding excellence as coders and development team build. The company empowers Developers to write secure code, achieving rapid improvements in security compliance and consistency, as well as a better quality and speed of code writing. Secure Code Warrior has developed the first gamified competitive Developer Quality Assurance platform that helps individual software developers build their own secure coding skills while providing organizations and executives with the visibility and metrics to understand the secure code skill strengths and weaknesses of their development teams and individual developers. It includes support for nearly 30 programming languages and frameworks and delivers more than 3,500 training modules that cover more than 140 different software weaknesses; including the all-important OWASP Top 10. Secure Code Warrior was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Exabeam, Inc. develops a security management platform that enhances the detection and response to cyberattacks and insider threats through advanced user behavior analytics. By collecting and analyzing log data, Exabeam's platform connects user activities across various accounts, devices, and IP addresses to create comprehensive activity timelines. This allows security analysts to identify risky behaviors and respond promptly. The platform employs statistical analysis and baseline profiling to flag suspicious activities and streamline incident response. Exabeam's offerings include Threat Hunter, a security intelligence query tool; a cloud-based Threat Intelligence Service that aggregates threat indicators; and a security data lake for storing critical log data. Additionally, Exabeam Spectrum provides flexible deployment options for its cloud solutions. The company's technologies focus on improving security operations by prioritizing attacker behavior over evolving malware, thus reducing false positive alerts. Founded in 2013, Exabeam is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an additional office in Foster City, California.

Exabeam, Inc. develops a security management platform that enhances the detection and response to cyberattacks and insider threats through advanced user behavior analytics. By collecting and analyzing log data, Exabeam's platform connects user activities across various accounts, devices, and IP addresses to create comprehensive activity timelines. This allows security analysts to identify risky behaviors and respond promptly. The platform employs statistical analysis and baseline profiling to flag suspicious activities and streamline incident response. Exabeam's offerings include Threat Hunter, a security intelligence query tool; a cloud-based Threat Intelligence Service that aggregates threat indicators; and a security data lake for storing critical log data. Additionally, Exabeam Spectrum provides flexible deployment options for its cloud solutions. The company's technologies focus on improving security operations by prioritizing attacker behavior over evolving malware, thus reducing false positive alerts. Founded in 2013, Exabeam is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an additional office in Foster City, California.

Panaseer Limited develops a cloud-based cybersecurity intelligence platform that assists enterprise security teams in making informed risk decisions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with an office in New York, the company offers the Panaseer Security Data Lake, which provides real-time insights into an organization's assets, applications, users, and data sets. This platform identifies gaps in security controls and aligns them with industry standards while facilitating regulatory compliance. By ingesting data from various sources, both cloud-based and on-premises, Panaseer enables organizations to monitor and analyze their cybersecurity posture effectively. The platform automates reporting processes, tailoring insights for stakeholders at different levels, thereby enhancing decision-making across the organization. Security leaders utilize Panaseer’s capabilities to prioritize risks based on their potential impact on the business and optimize overall cyber hygiene practices.

BehavioSec is a pioneer in behavioral biometrics, offering a platform that enables continuous user verification based on their unique interaction patterns with devices. Founded in 2008 from academic research, the company's Behavioral Biometrics as a Service (BBaaS) is utilized by Global 2000 companies to significantly reduce account fraud and data theft. The platform employs advanced machine learning algorithms to authenticate users in real-time, enhancing security while maintaining a seamless digital experience across web and mobile applications. With a global presence that includes operations in Europe and Asia Pacific, BehavioSec has established itself as a leader in enterprise-grade security solutions, safeguarding millions of users and billions of transactions. The company has garnered investment from notable firms, including Forgepoint Capital and Cisco, and continues to innovate in the field of digital identity verification.

ThreatQuotient, Inc. operates a threat intelligence platform that helps organizations manage and respond to cyber threats effectively. Founded in 2013 and based in Reston, Virginia, the company offers ThreatQ, which centralizes and correlates various external threat intelligence sources with internal security and analytics solutions. This platform provides contextual and operationalized intelligence, enabling security teams to identify, understand, and prioritize threats tailored to their specific infrastructure. ThreatQ features integrations with commercial and open-source intelligence feeds, as well as advanced threat solutions and security monitoring systems. This comprehensive approach enhances an organization's ability to respond to high-priority threats through automation and informed decision-making. Additionally, ThreatQuotient has operations in Germany and Australia, further extending its global reach in cybersecurity.

GuardiCore Ltd. is a data center and cloud security company founded in 2013 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The company specializes in providing solutions that enhance the protection of critical applications through improved visibility, micro-segmentation, and real-time threat detection and response. GuardiCore's technologies are designed to identify and mitigate advanced threats within data center networks, enabling enterprises to track and neutralize intruders effectively. By automating breach detection and implementing immediate mitigation measures, the company addresses security challenges in high-traffic virtual environments, ensuring organizations can respond swiftly to illicit activities within their data centers.

Flashpoint is a leader in risk intelligence, providing organizations with comprehensive coverage of threatening activities on the internet. The company develops actionable threat intelligence and automation software that draws critical data from the deep and dark web. This allows security teams to receive timely alerts when their organization, industry, or stakeholders face increased risks. By partnering with both commercial and government customers, Flashpoint helps them quickly identify and mitigate critical security threats, enhancing their cyber and physical security while addressing issues such as fraud and insider threats.

Exabeam, Inc. develops a security management platform that enhances the detection and response to cyberattacks and insider threats through advanced user behavior analytics. By collecting and analyzing log data, Exabeam's platform connects user activities across various accounts, devices, and IP addresses to create comprehensive activity timelines. This allows security analysts to identify risky behaviors and respond promptly. The platform employs statistical analysis and baseline profiling to flag suspicious activities and streamline incident response. Exabeam's offerings include Threat Hunter, a security intelligence query tool; a cloud-based Threat Intelligence Service that aggregates threat indicators; and a security data lake for storing critical log data. Additionally, Exabeam Spectrum provides flexible deployment options for its cloud solutions. The company's technologies focus on improving security operations by prioritizing attacker behavior over evolving malware, thus reducing false positive alerts. Founded in 2013, Exabeam is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an additional office in Foster City, California.

GuardiCore Ltd. is a data center and cloud security company founded in 2013 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The company specializes in providing solutions that enhance the protection of critical applications through improved visibility, micro-segmentation, and real-time threat detection and response. GuardiCore's technologies are designed to identify and mitigate advanced threats within data center networks, enabling enterprises to track and neutralize intruders effectively. By automating breach detection and implementing immediate mitigation measures, the company addresses security challenges in high-traffic virtual environments, ensuring organizations can respond swiftly to illicit activities within their data centers.

Flashpoint is a leader in risk intelligence, providing organizations with comprehensive coverage of threatening activities on the internet. The company develops actionable threat intelligence and automation software that draws critical data from the deep and dark web. This allows security teams to receive timely alerts when their organization, industry, or stakeholders face increased risks. By partnering with both commercial and government customers, Flashpoint helps them quickly identify and mitigate critical security threats, enhancing their cyber and physical security while addressing issues such as fraud and insider threats.

Verodin, Inc. is a software company based in Purcellville, Virginia, focused on enhancing cybersecurity effectiveness for organizations. Incorporated in 2014, Verodin develops the Security Instrumentation Platform (SIP), which enables businesses to measure and validate the effectiveness of their cybersecurity controls across various domains, including endpoint, email, cloud, and network infrastructures. The platform provides evidence that helps organizations assess their security postures and continuously improve their defenses against cyber threats. As of May 2019, Verodin operates as a subsidiary of FireEye, Inc., further strengthening its position in the cybersecurity landscape.

Illusive Networks Ltd. specializes in cybersecurity solutions that utilize deception technology to protect organizations from advanced cyber threats. The company offers a range of services, including compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security solutions. Their product suite includes the Illusive Networks Management Platform for centralized cyber security management, the Attack Surface Manager for continuous network vulnerability discovery, and tools for attack detection and intelligence that provide actionable insights into cyber incidents. Illusive Networks serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology. Founded in 2014, the company operates from its headquarters in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and has an additional office in New York, New York.

Skyport Systems specializes in developing Hyper-Secured Infrastructure (HSI) designed to protect mission-critical IT and corporate assets. The company offers an integrated solution known as the SkySecure System, which combines engineered hardware, software, and service components into a single turn-key system. This platform ensures continuous protection and integrity verification for application workloads, consolidating compute, virtualization, networking, and storage without compromising security or performance. By simplifying and securing enterprise IT infrastructure, Skyport Systems enables organizations to streamline operations, saving time and resources while empowering application owners with greater control over their infrastructure.

LiveAction, Inc. specializes in application-aware network performance management and quality-of-service (QoS) control solutions. The company offers its flagship product, LiveNX, a network performance management platform that provides enterprises with tools to monitor, analyze, and configure various aspects of their networks, including QoS, NetFlow, and WAN management. LiveNX enhances network diagnostics, automates device discovery, and monitors service delivery to ensure compliance with service level agreements. The platform's dynamic dashboard presents a comprehensive view of network performance, facilitating proactive alerts on potential issues. Additionally, LiveAction provides solutions for voice and video optimization, application performance troubleshooting, cyber security, and capacity planning. Targeting both public and private sector enterprises, the company serves multiple industries, including government, healthcare, education, and finance. Founded in 2008 and based in Palo Alto, California, LiveAction was previously known as ActionPacked Networks, Inc. and rebranded in February 2014.

eSentire specializes in providing advanced cybersecurity solutions designed to protect enterprises from sophisticated cyber threats. The company focuses on managed detection and response services that emphasize internal security, assuming that networks may already be compromised. By leveraging a combination of human expertise and machine learning, eSentire identifies behaviors indicative of advanced threats from various sources, including cybercriminals and insider risks. Their offerings include managed risk programs, digital forensics, and incident response services tailored to the specific risk profiles of clients in sectors such as insurance, engineering, healthcare, and government. This approach enables organizations to secure both internal and cloud environments effectively, mitigating the risk of cyber incidents and ensuring business continuity.

Sensity Systems capitalizes on conversions to LED lighting—a process that will affect 4 billion lights worldwide over the next few years—to create a high-speed, sensor-based, multiservice, open networking platform known as a Light Sensory Network (LSN). LSNs help lighting owners improve lighting control and energy efficiency, as well as business processes that go well beyond lighting. By embedding networking technology and sensors within LED luminaires themselves, Sensity uses energy-efficient LED lighting as the foundation for its turnkey NetSense platform, the first Light Sensory Network implementation. By working closely with developers of software applications and services that run on the NetSense platform, Sensity enables facility and municipal lighting owners to link energy efficiency and cost savings to the improvement of business goals as diverse as public safety, parking control, asset management, and retail analytics. Sensity is the first company that has assembled all the relevant technology expertise, process integration know-how, and strong partnerships required to make the Light Sensory Network a reality. Privately held Sensity Systems, founded in 2010 and previously known as Xeralux Inc., is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The company’s global customers include Fortune 500 businesses, commercial and industrial property owners, retail facilities, municipal and regional agencies, universities, school districts, hospitals, transportation authorities, warehousing and distribution facilities, and horticulture operations.

6WIND S.A. specializes in creating networking software tailored for developers, enterprises, and the telecommunications sector. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France, with additional offices in the United States, China, Japan, and South Korea, the company offers a range of solutions including network function virtualization, software-defined networking, and data center virtualization. Its flagship product, 6WINDGate, significantly enhances packet processing performance, achieving over ten times the throughput of standard Linux networking stacks. This software supports a comprehensive range of networking protocols and is designed to optimize performance on commercial off-the-shelf hardware, thereby reducing capital and operational expenditures. 6WIND’s products, such as Turbo Router and Secure Site-to-Site VPN solutions, cater to the needs of various sectors, enabling improved operational efficiency and faster deployment of networking services.

Flashpoint is a leader in risk intelligence, providing organizations with comprehensive coverage of threatening activities on the internet. The company develops actionable threat intelligence and automation software that draws critical data from the deep and dark web. This allows security teams to receive timely alerts when their organization, industry, or stakeholders face increased risks. By partnering with both commercial and government customers, Flashpoint helps them quickly identify and mitigate critical security threats, enhancing their cyber and physical security while addressing issues such as fraud and insider threats.

eSentire specializes in providing advanced cybersecurity solutions designed to protect enterprises from sophisticated cyber threats. The company focuses on managed detection and response services that emphasize internal security, assuming that networks may already be compromised. By leveraging a combination of human expertise and machine learning, eSentire identifies behaviors indicative of advanced threats from various sources, including cybercriminals and insider risks. Their offerings include managed risk programs, digital forensics, and incident response services tailored to the specific risk profiles of clients in sectors such as insurance, engineering, healthcare, and government. This approach enables organizations to secure both internal and cloud environments effectively, mitigating the risk of cyber incidents and ensuring business continuity.

In 2012, Semsol Information Technology, Co. (founded in 1999) and Innotive Korea, Inc. (founded in 2006) merged to form N3N. N3N provides software solutions that help large enterprises manage and improve their business operations. The company's products are used globally by major brands for Internet of Things applications and by major jurisdictions for Smart City management. Our customers achieve absolute command and control over their business operations, with limitless visibility.

Grid Net is a provider of software solutions aimed at enhancing smart grid operations for utility companies and their partners. The company's flagship product, the Grid Net Machine-to-Machine Network Operating System, is specifically designed to manage grid devices and facilitate advanced grid applications across various broadband networks, whether public or private and wired or wireless. By focusing on strategic deployments of high-value grid applications, Grid Net enables utilities to achieve immediate returns on investment while ensuring long-term value. The company emphasizes open and interoperable systems that support secure and scalable smart grid services, including smart metering. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Grid Net also has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Tokyo, and is supported by notable investors in the technology and energy sectors.

Broadband networking technology.

Navarro Networks was a developer of Ethernet-based ASIC components based in Plano, Texas, in the United States.