Need to secure non-human entities, leaky clouds, and complex environments? The companies included in our network security startups to watch series have bold ideas. Credit: Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock Having just secured $50 million in new funding round, Dazz is one of Network World’s 7 network security startups to watch for 2024. Its AI-driven platform combines security and vulnerability management with threat and exposure-management capabilities. Dazz at a glance Founded: 2021 What they do: Provide unified security remediation solutions Funding: $110 million Headquarters: Palo Alto, California CEO: Merav Bahat Competitors include: ArmorCode, Cycode, Konducto, OX Security, and Vulcan Cyber Customers include: Abnormal Security and BHG Financial Why Dazz is a startup to watch Dazz is targeting a market – security and vulnerability management – that research firm MarketandMarkets forecasts will top $18 billion by 2026. Dazz’s Unified Remediation Platform gives CISOs holistic visibility across all their on-premises and cloud environments while also providing application security posture management (ASPM) and continuous threat and exposure management (CTEM) capabilities. Powered by AI and automation, Dazz’s platform helps security teams prioritize and fix vulnerabilities across their code, clouds, applications, containers, and infrastructure. The startup is backed by $110 million in VC funding from Insight Partners, Greylock, Index Ventures, and Cyberstarts. That includes $50 million that was just announced in July 2024. The founding team has a strong security background. CEO and co-founder Merav Bahat previously served as GM of Microsoft’s Cloud Security line of business. CTO and co-founder Tomer Schwartz previously founded the Microsoft Security Response Center in Israel and co-founded Armis, an IoT security company. Yuval Ofir, co-founder and VP of R&D, previously headed R&D for Claroty, an IoT security company. Dazz Read more about network security startups Aembit brings identity management to non-human workloads Astrix Security manages non-human entities across networks and clouds Corelight boosts AI-driven network detection and response dope.security puts a new spin on secure web gateways Mitiga zeros in on cloud and SaaS security Qevlar AI tackles alert fatigue with autonomous investigation Jeff Vance is the founder of Startup50.com, a site that discovers, analyzes, and ranks tech startups. Follow him on Twitter, @JWVance, or connect with him on LinkedIn. Related content news Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities Network-as-a-service vendor Alkira looks to extend security down to user policies and posture for a full zero-trust approach. By Sean Michael Kerner Oct 23, 2024 6 mins SaaS Network Security Networking news IBM launches platform to protect data from AI and quantum risks The SaaS-based Guardium Data Security Center provides unified controls for protecting data across distributed environments, including hybrid cloud, AI deployments and quantum computing systems. By Michael Cooney Oct 22, 2024 4 mins Generative AI Hybrid Cloud High-Performance Computing analysis Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025 Agentic AI, post-quantum cryptography, AI governance, and hybrid computing are among the most pressing and potentially disruptive trends that enterprises are facing, Gartner reports. By Michael Cooney Oct 21, 2024 8 mins Generative AI Edge Computing Network Security analysis Has the time come for integrated network and security platforms? Platformization buy-in has been elusive in the past, but AI could be the impetus for enterprises to give new consideration to the idea of a consolidated network and security platform. By Michael Cooney Oct 21, 2024 5 mins SASE Generative AI Network Security PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe