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: janews / Shutterstock Qevlar AI is one of Network World’s 7 network security startups to watch for 2024. Its autonomous alert-investigation platform uses AI and automation to streamline the process of sifting through alerts from SIEM/EDR tools. Qevlar AI at a glance Founded: 2023 What they do: Provide autonomous alert investigation software Funding: €4.5 million Headquarters: Paris, France CEO: Ahmed Achchak Competitors include: CrowdStrike, Cyware, Devo (through the acquisition of LogicHub), and Google (through its acquisition of Siemplify) Customers include: U.NEAT Why Qevlar AI is a startup to watch SOC teams are overwhelmed by both the volume of alerts they must handle and the lack of context around those alerts. This not only wastes time and resources, but also increases the likelihood of false positives and negatives. Qevlar AI intends to streamline this process through AI and automation. The startup’s autonomous alert investigation platform ingests alerts from security information and event management (SIEM) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools and uses built-in generative AI to analyze that data, replacing much of what is traditionally a manual process. Qevlar AI determines whether each alert is malicious or not, generates a comprehensive report, and suggests remedial action. SOC analysts only receive alerts deemed malicious, validating that assessment. Analysts also receive suggested next steps and then a comprehensive incident report of each investigation. Qevlar AI’s €4.5 million seed round was led by EQT Ventures. The round was also joined by several individual investors, including Olivier Pomel, CEO of Datadog; Mehdi Ghissassi, director of product at Google DeepMind; Florian Douetteau CEO of Dataiku; Edouard Viot, VP product of GitGuardian; and Tarik Dadi, CEO of Qantev. 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 Dazz aims to unify security remediation with AI-driven platform dope.security puts a new spin on secure web gateways Mitiga zeros in on cloud and SaaS security 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