Last week was a crazy week, as far as cybersecurity is concerned. The Russian hack into the U.S. elections, its use of social media, and the Paradise Papers leaks have all shone a light on international money laundering and cyber-espionage.
Meanwhile, fallout from the Equifax breach continues, Hilton just settled a claim relating to 2 recent data breaches, and Domino’s blamed a supplier for its recent breach.
In week 4 of the Big50-2017, we feature 5 more disruptive cyber-security startups.
You’ve already seen such security startups as bitglass, CYBRIC, and SafeLogic in previous weeks, and you will see several more in coming weeks.
This week’s batch of cybersecurity startups are developing everything from a deception technology to Active Directory protection to crypto services.
How these startups made it into the Big50-2017
To recap, the Big50-2017 competition started with more than 160 startups.
Through three rounds of challenges, the Startup50 team whittled that down to the 55 startups we are featuring in the Big50-2017. (Yes, there are 55 startups in the Big50. You got a problem with that?)
First, startups had to pass the fundamentals test. Have they raised sufficient have funding, attracted a solid team, developed a viable business idea that tackles a real-world problem? Do they have on-the-record customers, are they targeting a viable market niche, and have they launched an MVP that’s moved the needle?
Next, if the fundamentals were in order, startups had to fight their way through the Online Voting and Social Media challenge.
Those still standing, then had to face the Content Challenge. Startups pitched the Startup50 team their best story ideas for a forthcoming podcast.
The 55 startups featured in the Big50-2017 startups excelled in each of those three challenges.
Come back in fifteen minutes or so, and you’ll see our first featured cybersecurity startup of the week, a startup that will compete with one of the Big50-2017 security startups profiled last week, GuardiCore. Stay tuned. . .
