Sweet Security, a cloud security company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, has raised $12 million in seed funding and announced the launch of its Cloud Runtime Security Suite. The funding round was led by Glilot Capital Partners, with participation from CyberArk Ventures and angel investors including Gerhard Eschelbeck, former CISO at Google, and Travis McPeak, former product security leader at Databricks.
The company was founded by retired Brigadier General Dror Kashti, former CISO of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF); retired Colonel Eyal Fisher, former head of the Cyber Department at Unit 8200; and Orel Ben-Ishay, former Head of the Cybersecurity R&D center at Unit 81. With their extensive experience in cyber defense, the founders aimed to develop a cloud-native runtime security suite that enables security teams to quickly and precisely stop cloud workload attacks.
During his time leading the IDF’s digital transformation effort, Dror Kashti realized that existing cloud runtime security solutions were inadequate for preparing companies for breaches. While it is important for companies to secure their development environments, attacks often occur during runtime, requiring real-time detection tools. However, current detection tools either have limited functionality or are not optimized for the cloud. Sweet Security saw the need for cloud-native runtime protections that can provide a full narrative for understanding and stopping attacks as they unfold.
Sweet’s Cloud Runtime Security Suite offers a comprehensive defense solution for CISOs and security teams. It provides robust defenses throughout all stages of an attack, including Detection & Response, Discovery, and Prevention – all in runtime. Sweet’s runtime sensor can be deployed in under five minutes, providing immediate visibility into cloud-native clusters. It analyzes workload behavior anomalies and contextualizes them with traditional threat tactics, giving security teams real-time insights.
The company’s attack detection model and patent-pending auto learning technology enable the delivery of critical attack findings, allowing for mitigation before, during, and after attacks occur. This empowers CISOs to be accountable for cloud security and enables the organization to adapt its security processes for cloud-native environments. Sweet Security also offers security teams a range of runtime capabilities, including a fully contextualized attack narrative, extensive response capabilities, and detailed runtime topology.
Leading companies have already recognized the value of Sweet’s technology. Michael Shaulov, co-founder and CEO of Fireblocks, a cloud-first company, praised Sweet’s runtime security suite for providing real-time security detection and prevention capabilities with minimal business interruption. Srinath Kuruvadi, Managing Director and Head of Cloud Security at JPMorgan Chase & Co., acknowledged the industry’s need for comprehensive security solutions and commended Sweet’s vision and expertise.
Sweet Security’s seed funding was met with enthusiasm from investors. Kobi Samboursly, Founding Partner at Glilot Capital Partners, expressed confidence in the company’s ability to address the cloud runtime defense gap and highlighted the founders’ cloud security expertise and talent in building high-performing teams.
Dror Kashti, co-founder and CEO of Sweet Security, emphasized the company’s commitment to delivering a delightful cybersecurity solution for its customers. By simplifying cloud detection and response, Sweet aims to empower SOC and IR teams, allowing them to execute at a higher level and achieve greater job satisfaction.
Sweet’s Cloud Runtime Security Suite represents a significant advancement in cloud security, providing comprehensive and real-time protection for cloud workloads. As cloud attacks become more frequent and sophisticated, companies need effective security solutions like Sweet’s to defend against them. With its latest funding and industry partnerships, Sweet Security is well-positioned to drive this shift in cloud security and make a lasting impact on the industry.
For more information about Sweet Security and its Cloud Runtime Security Suite, visit their website at http://sweet.security.