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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "About Us". Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Information Security". The Wall Street Journal. October 16, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Leena Rao (April 11, 2012). "Cloud Server Security Software Startup CloudPassage Raises $14M From Benchmark And Others". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  7. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Peter Stephenson (March 12, 2012). "Industry Innovators: Virtualization & cloud security". SC Magazine. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  18. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Linda Musthaler (June 6, 2014). "CloudPassage adds important security functions to virtualized environments". Network World. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  22. ^ a b c 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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