Bitglass What they do: Provide a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) service. Problem they solve: As enterprises move critical workloads to the cloud (both public and private), they are struggling to secure data and maintain regulatory compliance. For instance, public cloud apps like Office 365 are being widely adopted in the enterprise, driving new security…
GuardiCore What they do: Provide datacenter and cloud security tools. Problem they solve: Data breaches threaten businesses and organizations of all types – Equifax, Home Depot, and the DNC could all speak to this. As the cost-per-breach continues to rise, new datacenter and cloud security threats continue to overwhelm enterprise IT teams. According to Ponemon’s…
Illumio What they do: Provide an “adaptive security platform.” Problem they solve: According to Illumio, there are more than 250 million servers inside data centers and clouds that are poorly secured and need protection against rapidly evolving threats. Security professionals are burdened with the sheer number of firewall rules, zones, VLANs, and subnets. And it’s not just…
After the Equifax breach, the Russian hack into the U.S. election, the Shadow Brokers heist, etc., cybersecurity startups are hot in 2017. Then again, when are they not? In week 3 of the Big50-2017 reveal, we feature 5 cool cybersecurity startups. You’ve already seen such security startups as PointPredictive and Deep Instinct in previous weeks,…
Snowflake Computing What they do: Provide cloud-based data warehousing services. Problem they solve: According to a company spokesperson, “The data warehousing market has seen painfully little innovation in the last decade. It remains dominated by technology designed decades ago for a very different world.” As more and more data migrates to the cloud, legacy data…
Osprey Security What they do: Provide a real-time endpoint threat detection and prevention platform that protects against “sophisticated attackers and malware.” Problem they solve: According to Osprey Security, “for a typical organization, your endpoint systems represent the largest attack surface for a malicious threat actor.” A wide range of endpoints (POS terminals, PCs, tablets, etc.)…
PointPredictive What they do: Provide Pattern Recognition Fraud Models that “instantly scan application risk for a mortgage lenders, auto lenders and retail merchants.” Problem they solve: Online or off, fraud is a MASSIVE problem in our economy. Auto loan fraud is a $6 billion a year problem. Mortgage Fraud is estimated at $20 billion annually,…
MapVida What they do: Develop data and predictive analytics tools that put “neighborhood data – such as demographics, environmental factors, and business atmosphere – into meaningful context to help business owners, investors, developers, marketers, and others find their ideal neighborhoods or customers.” Problem they solve: As globalization marches on (yes, even in this isolationist Trump…
SafeLogic What they do: Provide FIPS-2 encryption validation services. Problem they solve: FIPS 140-2 is a U.S. government computer security standard used to approve cryptographic modules in security systems. Validation is required to sell security products to the federal government, but the certification process is slow, painful, and expensive. To achieve FIPS 140-2 validation, vendors…
The most difficult challenge startups must succeed at to earn their way into the Big50 is the Online Voting and Social Media Challenge. Every startup in this year’s lineup beat out 100+ other startups to get here. The only way to bypass the voting round is by winning your way into the Big50 the year…
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