CloudPassage

CloudPassage was founded by Carson Sweet, Talli Somekh, and Vitaliy Geraymovych in 2010.{{cite web | title =CloudPassage raises $6.5 million |author =Steven E.F. Brown |work =San Francisco Business Times | date=April 27, 2011 | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2011/04/27/cloudpassage-raises-6-million.html| accessdate= July 31, 2014}} The company used cloud computing and big data analytics to implement security monitoring and control in a platform called Halo.{{cite web |title =CloudPassage Halo Enterprise Uses Botnet to Secure Cloud |author =Chris Talbot |website =Talkin' Cloud |date =September 26, 2013 |url =http://talkincloud.com/cloud-computing-security/cloudpassage-halo-enterprise-uses-botnet-secure-cloud |accessdate =July 31, 2014 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140808062311/http://talkincloud.com/cloud-computing-security/cloudpassage-halo-enterprise-uses-botnet-secure-cloud |archive-date =August 8, 2014 |url-status =dead }} 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.{{cite web | title =CloudPassage Pushes Authentication for Cloud Servers |author =Nick Kolakowski |work= SlashDot | date=June 12, 2012 | url = http://slashdot.org/topic/cloud/cloudpassage-pushes-authentication-for-cloud-servers/ |archivedate= July 2, 2012 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120702021427/http://slashdot.org/topic/cloud/cloudpassage-pushes-authentication-for-cloud-servers/ | accessdate=October 7, 2016 }} By 2013, CloudPassage expanded Halo to support large enterprises with advanced security and compliance requirements with a product called Halo Enterprise.{{cite web | title =CloudPassage Extends Cloud Security Solution to the Enterprise |author =Mike Lennon |work =Security Week | date=September 27, 2013 | url = http://www.securityweek.com/cloudpassage-extends-cloud-security-solution-enterprise | accessdate= July 31, 2014}}{{cite web | title =CloudPassage Halo Enterprise - Cloud Security Solution For Large Enterprises |author = Ritu Saxena|work =Tools Journal | date=September 26, 2013 | url = http://www.toolsjournal.com/cloud-articles/item/2300-cloudpassage-haloenterprise-cloud-security-solution-for-large-enterprises | accessdate= July 31, 2014}}

The first round of venture funding for the company raised $6.5 million. In April 2012, CloudPassage raised $14 million.{{cite web | title =Cloud Server Security Firm CloudPassage Raises $14 Million |author =Mike Lennon |work =Security Week | date=November 4, 2012 | url = http://www.securityweek.com/cloud-server-security-firm-cloudpassage-raises-14-million| accessdate= July 31, 2014}} The financing round was led by Tenaya Capital. In February 2014, CloudPassage announced that it had raised $25.5 million in funding led by Shasta Ventures.{{cite web | title = CloudPassage lands $25.5M to 'keep the bad guys out of clouds' |author = Eric Blattberg |website =VentureBeat | date=February 13, 2014 | url =https://venturebeat.com/2014/02/13/cloudpassage-raises-25-million/ | accessdate= July 31, 2014}}{{cite web | title = Wiretap Wrapup: New Deals For Tintri, CloudPassage And More |author =Peter Delevett |website =Silicon Beat | date= February 13, 2014| url = http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/02/13/wiretap-wrapup-new-deals-for-tintri-cloudpassage-and-more/| accessdate= July 31, 2014}} In total, the company has invested over $30 million in its technology and raised approximately $88 million in capital.

The CloudPassage platform provides cloud workload security{{Cite web|title = Andras Cser's Blog|url = http://blogs.forrester.com/andras_cser/15-06-02-market_overview_cloud_workload_security_management_solutions_automate_or_die|website = blogs.forrester.com|accessdate = January 4, 2016}} and compliance for systems hosted in public or private cloud infrastructure environments, including hybrid cloud and multi-cloud workload hosting models.{{cite web |title =CloudPassage: "Only Security Platform Purpose-Built for Cloud" |author =Roger Strukhoff |work =Cloud Computing Journal |date =December 21, 2011 |url =http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2107908 |accessdate =July 31, 2014 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043239/http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/2107908 |archive-date =August 8, 2014 |url-status =dead }} The flagship product the company offers is called Halo.{{cite web | title =Industry Innovators: Virtualization & cloud security |author =Peter Stephenson |work =SC Magazine | date=March 12, 2012 | url = http://www.scmagazine.com/industry-innovators-virtualization-cloud-security/article/268730/3/| accessdate= July 31, 2014}}{{cite web | title =Shaping the future of information security |author = Berislav Kucan|work =Net Security | url = http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1676 | accessdate= July 31, 2014}} Halo secures virtual servers in public, private, and hybrid cloud infrastructures and provides file integrity monitoring (FIM){{cite web | title =The Top 20 Cloud Security Vendors Of 2011 |author = |publisher =CRN | date=March 29, 2011 | url = http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/229400449/the-top-20-cloud-security-vendors-of-2011.htm?pgno=1| accessdate= July 31, 2014}} while also administering firewall automation, vulnerability monitoring, network access control, security event alerting, and assessment.{{cite web |title = Security SaaS Provider CloudPassage Now Protects Windows Servers|author = Jeffrey Schwartz|work = Redmond Magazine|date = July 25, 2012|url = http://redmondmag.com/blogs/the-schwartz-cloud-report/2012/07/cloudpassage-protects-windows.aspx|accessdate = July 31, 2014}}{{cite web | title =CloudPassage adds important security functions to virtualized environments |author =Linda Musthaler |work =Network World | date=June 6, 2014 | url =https://www.networkworld.com/article/925548/cloud-computing-cloudpassage-adds-important-security-functions-to-virtualized-environments.html| access-date= July 31, 2014}} The Halo platform also provides security applications such as privileged access management, software vulnerability scanning, multifactor authentication, and log-based IDS.

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.{{cite web | title =Hackers find cloud servers easy prey | author =Dune Lawrence | website =SF Gate | date =December 22, 2013 | url =http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Hackers-find-cloud-servers-easy-prey-5086769.php | accessdate =July 31, 2014 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044559/http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Hackers-find-cloud-servers-easy-prey-5086769.php | archive-date =August 8, 2014 | url-status=dead }} The top prize was $5,000 and the winning hacker was a novice that completed the task in four hours. CloudPassage programmed the servers to use basic default security settings to show how vulnerable cloud computing programs can be to security threats.

In May 2011, Gigaom named CloudPassage in its list of the Top 50 Cloud Innovators. That same month, eWeek recognized CloudPassage as one of 16 Hot Startup Companies Flying Under the Radar.{{cite web | title =Cloud Computing: 16 Hot Startup Companies Flying Under the Radar in 2011 |author =Chris Preimesberger |work =eWeek | date=April 5, 2011 | url =http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/16-Hot-Startup-Companies-Flying-Under-the-Radar-in-2011-195433/| accessdate= July 31, 2014}}

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

The CloudPassage large-scale security program, Halo, won Best Security Solution in 2014 at the SIIA Codie awards.{{cite web | title =Halo Enterprise - CloudPassage | publisher =SIIA CODiE Awards | date =2014 | url =http://www.siia.net/codies/2015/pw_2014.asp | accessdate =April 28, 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140907065005/http://www.siia.net/codies/2015/pw_2014.asp | archive-date =September 7, 2014 | url-status=dead }}

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