CloudPassage

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]

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

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". Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  2. "Information Security". The Wall Street Journal. October 16, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  3. Derrick Harris; Stacey Higginbotham (May 18, 2011). "The Structure 50: The Top 50 Cloud Innovators". Gigaom. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  4. Derrick Harris; Stacey Higginbotham (May 18, 2011). "The Structure 50: The Top 50 Cloud Innovators". Gigaom. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  5. "Cloud Security Startup Comes Out Of Stealth To Secure Cloud Servers". CRN. January 26, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  6. Leena Rao (April 11, 2012). "Cloud Server Security Software Startup CloudPassage Raises $14M From Benchmark And Others". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  7. Steven E.F. Brown (April 27, 2011). "CloudPassage raises $6.5 million". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  8. Chris Talbot (September 26, 2013). "CloudPassage Halo Enterprise Uses Botnet to Secure Cloud". Talkin' Cloud. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. 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. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  10. Mike Lennon (September 27, 2013). "CloudPassage Extends Cloud Security Solution to the Enterprise". Security Week. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  11. Ritu Saxena (September 26, 2013). "CloudPassage Halo Enterprise - Cloud Security Solution For Large Enterprises". Tools Journal. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  12. Mike Lennon (November 4, 2012). "Cloud Server Security Firm CloudPassage Raises $14 Million". Security Week. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  13. Eric Blattberg (February 13, 2014). "CloudPassage lands $25.5M to 'keep the bad guys out of clouds'". VentureBeat. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  14. Peter Delevett (February 13, 2014). "Wiretap Wrapup: New Deals For Tintri, CloudPassage And More". Silicon Beat. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  15. "Andras Cser's Blog". blogs.forrester.com. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  16. Roger Strukhoff (December 21, 2011). "CloudPassage: "Only Security Platform Purpose-Built for Cloud"". Cloud Computing Journal. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  17. Peter Stephenson (March 12, 2012). "Industry Innovators: Virtualization & cloud security". SC Magazine. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  18. Berislav Kucan. "Shaping the future of information security". Net Security. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  19. "The Top 20 Cloud Security Vendors Of 2011". CRN. March 29, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  20. Jeffrey Schwartz (July 25, 2012). "Security SaaS Provider CloudPassage Now Protects Windows Servers". Redmond Magazine. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  21. Linda Musthaler (June 6, 2014). "CloudPassage adds important security functions to virtualized environments". Network World. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  22. Dune Lawrence (December 22, 2013). "Hackers find cloud servers easy prey". SF Gate. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  23. Chris Preimesberger (April 5, 2011). "Cloud Computing: 16 Hot Startup Companies Flying Under the Radar in 2011". eWeek. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  24. "Halo Enterprise - CloudPassage". SIIA CODiE Awards. 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
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