Avanan
exited stealth today with a new technology that is transforming the
cybersecurity industry: one-click deployment of the industry's most
advanced security technologies from all leading vendors, now easily
implemented for enterprise data in the cloud.
Avanan's
cloud security platform protects Office 365, Box, Google or any other
enterprise SaaS application by offering cloud-based versions of
best-of-breed technology from more than 60 leading vendors like Check
Point, Symantec and Palo Alto Networks. With a click of a button, you
can now deploy Malware Scanning, Advanced Threat Protection, Data
Leakage Prevention, Anomaly Detection, Encryption, Cloud Access Control,
File Sanitization, Shadow IT Detection, Shadow SaaS Protection and
more. Avanan is the only SaaS security solution to provide the complete security stack with proven technologies.
"We
came from the world of network security, where our customers told us
that their data was moving to the cloud, but the security offered by
‘cloud access security brokers (CASB)' was limited to a few young
startups with immature and proprietary technologies. As we have seen in
security, no single vendor has ever been able to provide best of breed
in all technologies, so, we set out to solve the problem with a
completely different approach-creating a platform that interoperates any
security with any cloud. All with a click of a button," said Gil
Friedrich, co-founder and CEO of Avanan.
In the few
weeks that it has been available, the technology has been quickly
adopted by more than 20 customers including U.S. Fortune 500 and
NASDAQ-traded tech companies, as well as large universities and
hospitals. Coming out of stealth, Avanan participated and won the first
place prize at Geektime 2015, the largest startup conference held in
Israel. Avanan's HQ is in New York City, and the R&D facility is in
Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Avanan is founded by the same
team that led one of Israel's largest security companies, ForeScout
Technologies, to pivot into Network Access Control and become the leader
of the market.
Avanan is backed by Magma VC and StageOne, two leading Israeli venture capital firms.
"When
we met Avanan, it was the first cloud security that finally made sense.
Because it relies on best-of-breed technologies, out of the gate it
provides a level of cloud security that is better than all the existing
solutions. We believe that this is the future of security," said Tal
Slobodkin, managing partner at StageOne Ventures and former lead of
Cisco's corporate M&A and Investment activities.