– USA, CA – Kenna Security, the enterprise leader in risk-based vulnerability management, today announced a $48 million Series D funding round that adds Sorenson Capital and Citi Ventures as new investors.
Ken Elefant, Managing Director of Sorenson Capital will join Kenna Security’s board of directors. The investment brings Kenna’s total raised to $98 million.
“Kenna Security has led risk-based vulnerability management and is the first company to bring truly predictive and proactive capabilities to this market,” said Elefant. “We’ve been impressed with their extensive client portfolio and pioneering technology. Our investment will help position the company for the next stage of its global growth.”
Kenna’s existing investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners, U.S. Venture Partners, Costanoa Ventures, Hyde Park Angels and OurCrowd, joined the funding round.
“This round of funding demonstrates significant confidence in Kenna’s continued growth potential as the global market for risk-based vulnerability management expands,” said Karim Toubba, CEO of Kenna Security. “Kenna will continue to accelerate its international expansion and drive further innovation that helps companies better manage their overwhelming cybersecurity challenges through data science.”
The pressure to digitally transform businesses, coupled with a tech stack of ever-increasing complexity have created such a deluge of data that it is simply impossible for any organization to ensure 100% coverage of its attack surface. Yet research shows that only 5% of vulnerabilities in an enterprise have exploits developed against them.
It’s clear that effective security depends on quickly determining which vulnerabilities warrant action and which of those have the highest priority, but prioritization remains one of the biggest challenges in vulnerability management. Kenna Security has solved this challenge using data science and machine learning to prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk and reduce the average time to patch the riskiest vulnerabilities by more than 40 days compared to other strategies.
Kenna has grown revenue by more than 1000 percent over three years, and introduced groundbreaking technology, such as the industry’s first vulnerability exploit prediction and peer benchmarking capabilities, and was granted a patent for truly predictive vulnerability management.
About Kenna Security
Kenna Security is the enterprise leader in risk-based vulnerability management. The Kenna Security Platform enables organizations to work cross-functionally to determine and remediate cyber risks. Kenna leverages Cyber Risk Context Technology to track and predict real-world exploitations, focusing security teams on what matters most. Headquartered in San Francisco, Kenna counts among its customers many Fortune 100 companies and serves nearly every major vertical.
For more information: https://www.kennasecurity.com
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