Company:CloudPassage

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CloudPassage
IndustrySecurity company
Founded2010[1]
FounderCarson Sweet, CEO
Headquarters
San Francisco
,
United States
BrandsHalo
ServicesCloud security, Software as a service
Websitewww.cloudpassage.com

CloudPassage is a company that provides an automation platform, delivered via software as a service, that improves security for private, public, and hybrid cloud computing environments.[2][3][4][5] CloudPassage is headquartered in San Francisco .[6]

History

CloudPassage was founded by Carson Sweet, Talli Somekh, and Vitaliy Geraymovych in 2010.[6][7] The company used cloud computing and big data analytics to implement security monitoring and control in a platform called Halo.[8] CloudPassage spent a year in stealth developing the Halo technology, coming out of stealth mode to a closed beta in January 2011. In June 2012, the company launched the commercial product that included configuration security monitoring, network microsegmentation, and two-factor authentication for privileged access management.[9] By 2013, CloudPassage expanded Halo to support large enterprises with advanced security and compliance requirements with a product called Halo Enterprise.[10][11]

The first round of venture funding for the company raised $6.5 million.[7] In April 2012, CloudPassage raised $14 million.[12] The financing round was led by Tenaya Capital.[12] In February 2014, CloudPassage announced that it had raised $25.5 million in funding led by Shasta Ventures.[13][14] In total, the company has invested over $30 million in its technology and raised approximately $88 million in capital.

Product

The CloudPassage platform provides cloud workload security[15] and compliance for systems hosted in public or private cloud infrastructure environments, including hybrid cloud and multi-cloud workload hosting models.[16] The flagship product the company offers is called Halo.[17][18] Halo secures virtual servers in public, private, and hybrid cloud infrastructures and provides file integrity monitoring (FIM)[18][19] while also administering firewall automation, vulnerability monitoring, network access control, security event alerting, and assessment.[20][16][21] The Halo platform also provides security applications such as privileged access management, software vulnerability scanning, multifactor authentication, and log-based IDS.[21]

In December 2013, CloudPassage set up six servers with Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems and combinations of popular programs and invited hackers to attempt to hack into the servers.[22] The top prize was $5,000 and the winning hacker was a novice that completed the task in four hours.[22] CloudPassage programmed the servers to use basic default security settings to show how vulnerable cloud computing programs can be to security threats.[22]

Awards and recognition

In May 2011, Gigaom named CloudPassage in its list of the Top 50 Cloud Innovators.[3] That same month, eWeek recognized CloudPassage as one of 16 Hot Startup Companies Flying Under the Radar.[23]

SC Magazine named CloudPassage an Industry Innovator in the Virtualization and Cloud Security category in 2012.[17] Also in 2012, The Wall Street Journal named CloudPassage a runner-up in the Information Security category of its Technology Innovation Awards.[2]

The CloudPassage large-scale security program, Halo, won Best Security Solution in 2014 at the SIIA Codie awards.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". http://www.cloudpassage.com/about. Retrieved July 14, 2014. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Information Security". The Wall Street Journal. October 16, 2012. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444024204578046912382672912?mod=googlenews_wsj. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Structure 50: The Top 50 Cloud Innovators". Gigaom. May 18, 2011. http://gigaom.com/2011/05/18/structure-50/. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  4. ↑ "The Structure 50: The Top 50 Cloud Innovators". Gigaom. May 18, 2011. http://gigaom.com/2011/05/18/structure-50/15/. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  5. ↑ "Cloud Security Startup Comes Out Of Stealth To Secure Cloud Servers". CRN. January 26, 2011. http://www.crn.com/news/cloud/229100280/cloud-security-startup-comes-out-of-stealth-to-secure-cloud-servers.htm?itc=refresh. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Leena Rao (April 11, 2012). "Cloud Server Security Software Startup CloudPassage Raises $14M From Benchmark And Others". https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/11/cloud-server-security-software-startup-cloudpassage-raises-14m-from-benchmark-and-others/. Retrieved October 7, 2016. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Steven E.F. Brown (April 27, 2011). "CloudPassage raises $6.5 million". San Francisco Business Times. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2011/04/27/cloudpassage-raises-6-million.html. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  8. ↑ Chris Talbot (September 26, 2013). "CloudPassage Halo Enterprise Uses Botnet to Secure Cloud". http://talkincloud.com/cloud-computing-security/cloudpassage-halo-enterprise-uses-botnet-secure-cloud. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  9. ↑ Nick Kolakowski (June 12, 2012). "CloudPassage Pushes Authentication for Cloud Servers". SlashDot. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120702021427/http://slashdot.org/topic/cloud/cloudpassage-pushes-authentication-for-cloud-servers/. Retrieved October 7, 2016. 
  10. ↑ Mike Lennon (September 27, 2013). "CloudPassage Extends Cloud Security Solution to the Enterprise". Security Week. http://www.securityweek.com/cloudpassage-extends-cloud-security-solution-enterprise. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  11. ↑ Ritu Saxena (September 26, 2013). "CloudPassage Halo Enterprise - Cloud Security Solution For Large Enterprises". Tools Journal. http://www.toolsjournal.com/cloud-articles/item/2300-cloudpassage-haloenterprise-cloud-security-solution-for-large-enterprises. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Mike Lennon (November 4, 2012). "Cloud Server Security Firm CloudPassage Raises $14 Million". Security Week. http://www.securityweek.com/cloud-server-security-firm-cloudpassage-raises-14-million. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  13. ↑ Eric Blattberg (February 13, 2014). "CloudPassage lands $25.5M to 'keep the bad guys out of clouds'". https://venturebeat.com/2014/02/13/cloudpassage-raises-25-million/. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  14. ↑ Peter Delevett (February 13, 2014). "Wiretap Wrapup: New Deals For Tintri, CloudPassage And More". http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/02/13/wiretap-wrapup-new-deals-for-tintri-cloudpassage-and-more/. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  15. ↑ "Andras Cser's Blog". http://blogs.forrester.com/andras_cser/15-06-02-market_overview_cloud_workload_security_management_solutions_automate_or_die. Retrieved January 4, 2016. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Roger Strukhoff (December 21, 2011). "CloudPassage: "Only Security Platform Purpose-Built for Cloud"". Cloud Computing Journal. http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2107908. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Peter Stephenson (March 12, 2012). "Industry Innovators: Virtualization & cloud security". SC Magazine. http://www.scmagazine.com/industry-innovators-virtualization-cloud-security/article/268730/3/. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Berislav Kucan. "Shaping the future of information security". Net Security. http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1676. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  19. ↑ "The Top 20 Cloud Security Vendors Of 2011". CRN. March 29, 2011. http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/229400449/the-top-20-cloud-security-vendors-of-2011.htm?pgno=1. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  20. ↑ Jeffrey Schwartz (July 25, 2012). "Security SaaS Provider CloudPassage Now Protects Windows Servers". Redmond Magazine. http://redmondmag.com/blogs/the-schwartz-cloud-report/2012/07/cloudpassage-protects-windows.aspx. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Linda Musthaler (June 6, 2014). "CloudPassage adds important security functions to virtualized environments". Network World. http://www.networkworld.com/article/2360763/cloud-computing/cloudpassage-adds-important-security-functions-to-virtualized-environments.html#social. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Dune Lawrence (December 22, 2013). "Hackers find cloud servers easy prey". http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Hackers-find-cloud-servers-easy-prey-5086769.php. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  23. ↑ Chris Preimesberger (April 5, 2011). "Cloud Computing: 16 Hot Startup Companies Flying Under the Radar in 2011". eWeek. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/16-Hot-Startup-Companies-Flying-Under-the-Radar-in-2011-195433/. Retrieved July 31, 2014. 
  24. ↑ "Halo Enterprise - CloudPassage". SIIA CODiE Awards. 2014. http://www.siia.net/codies/2015/pw_2014.asp. Retrieved April 28, 2015. 



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