At a glance.
- Rapid7 will acquire Noetic Cyber.
- KnowBe4 completes acquisition of Egress.
- Command Zero emerges from stealth with $21 million in seed funding.
Mergers and acquisitions.
Boston-based cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has agreed to acquire cyber asset attack surface management company Noetic Cyber. The company says "[t]he addition of Noetic’s CAASM solution to Rapid7’s existing cybersecurity solutions will provide more comprehensive visibility of a customer’s environment, including visibility into both internal and external assets, on-premise and in the cloud."
Florida-based security awareness training provider KnowBe4 has completed its acquisition of cloud email security company Egress. KnowBe4 says it "plans to integrate the recently acquired Egress products and operations over the coming months and focus on providing a unified customer experience."
Investments and exits.
Austin, Texas-based cyber investigation startup Command Zero has emerged from stealth with $21 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Insight Partners. According to SC Media, the company will allocate the funding "toward bolstering its autonomous cyber investigation platform's data breach probing capabilities."
Israeli cyber crisis readiness platform provider Cytactic has raised $16 million in a seed round led by Evolution Equity Partners. The company's founder and CEO Dr. Nimrod Kozlovski stated, "Given the strong demand, this investment will enable us to scale globally and expand our network of strong professional partnerships."
Executive moves.
Cyviation has appointed Eliran Almog as CEO.
Outpost24 has named Ido Erlichman as its new CEO.
Datadobi has appointed Denise Natali as Vice President of Americas Sales.