Native has raised $42 million to improve security across multiple clouds. Its cloud security control plane translates security policies into provider-native enforcement across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. It also has pre-deployment simulation to keep business running smoothly.
Adversaries are using AI to speed up the process of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. This makes it harder for human analysts to find attacks and respond quickly. Attackers are also using zero-day vulnerabilities more and more, going after flaws before patches are made available to the public. In response, businesses are putting more money into secure-by-design cloud architecture, which means that security is built into the cloud environment from the start.
Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure all have deep native security controls, but many businesses only use a small part of what is available because mistakes in deploying those controls could hurt the business. It's hard to use them all the time, and in many cases, the security controls end up being different for different accounts, services, and clouds. There is a difference between the organization's cloud security plan and what the security team can actually keep up with at scale.
Related: Cloud Outages Emphasize the Importance of Safe and Strong Infrastructure Recovery This is the problem that Native, which came out of stealth mode this week, is trying to solve with the cloud security control plane for the multicloud enterprise.
Native's platform turns security goals into architecture that is secure by design and can be enforced across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. That means security teams tell Native what they want, and Native turns that into configurations that are specific to each provider and applies them to the environment. The business said that companies in the media, technology, and financial services sectors are already using the platform.
Instead of adding another layer of monitoring or detection, Native uses the security controls that are already in place in the cloud environment and uses provider-native enforcement mechanisms. The team can still use the platform to make sure that the controls are being applied consistently, even if the organization doesn't have a lot of security knowledge about every cloud environment it uses.
The company said in a statement that Native's platform also has pre-deployment impact simulation, smart rollout strategies, and built-in approval workflows to make sure that nothing gets in the way of business operations. Related: The Post-Quantum Web Might Be Safer and Faster The co-founders have a lot of experience with cloud security. Amit Megiddo is the CEO, Gal Ordo is the CPO, and Eyal Faingold is the CTO.
Before this, Megiddo was in charge of AWS's Amazon GuardDuty, Ordo was in charge of AWS Security Hub, and Faingold was the vice president of cloud security at Check Point. Phil Venables, who used to be the CISO of Google Cloud, is on the board. Native also raised $42 million as part of the launch, including a $31 million Series A round led by Ballistic Ventures.
