Cloud Security Company Accurics Raises $20 Million

Cloud security company Accurics says it has raised $20 million across seed and Series A funding rounds in the past six months.

The company says the seed round was led by ClearSky while the Series A round was led by Intel Capital. Accurics plans on using the investment to support its market momentum and continue improving its technology.

Cloud security company Accurics says it has raised $20 million across seed and Series A funding rounds in the past six months.

The company says the seed round was led by ClearSky while the Series A round was led by Intel Capital. Accurics plans on using the investment to support its market momentum and continue improving its technology.

Accurics emerged from stealth mode in April, when it also announced that it had raised $5 million in funding. At the time, the company also released a free tool that allows organizations to quickly assess their risk posture.Accurics

Accurics provides a platform that is designed to protect cloud-native infrastructure throughout the DevOps lifecycle, and enabling what it describes as “self-healing” infrastructure. The product analyzes vulnerability feeds, IAM privileges and other data to help organizations detect and fix exposure paths.

Organizations can also use the Accurics platform to detect and address violations of various standards, regulations and best practices, including SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, GDPR and AWS best practices.

The company has also announced integrations with HashiCorp, GitHub, and CircleCI.

“We envision a world where organizations can innovate with confidence—and our mission is to fill the gap between benefit and threat by enabling cyber resilience as organizations embrace cloud native infrastructure,” said Accurics Co-founder & CEO Sachin Aggarwal. “We’re gratified by the level of support from investors and customers, and we pledge to continue developing solutions that meet this critical need.”

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Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is a contributing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher for two years before starting a career in journalism as Softpedia’s security news reporter. Eduard holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial informatics and a master’s degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering.

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