Corelight secures $25 million in Series B funding led by General Catalyst

Corelight announced it has secured an additional $25 million in Series B financing led by General Catalyst. With this additional round of capital, the company will accelerate investments in product development, research, sales, and marketing with the a… Continue reading Corelight secures $25 million in Series B funding led by General Catalyst

Cybersecurity veteran Richard Bejtlich joins Corelight as principal security strategist

Corelight welcomed Richard Bejtlich, former chief security strategist at FireEye, author and cybersecurity expert, to the team as principal security strategist. Bejtlich, a proponent of the open source Bro Network Security Monitor (aka “Bro”) – t… Continue reading Cybersecurity veteran Richard Bejtlich joins Corelight as principal security strategist

Twenty Years of Network Security Monitoring: From the AFCERT to Corelight

I am really fired up to join Corelight. I’ve had to keep my involvement with the team a secret since officially starting on July 20th. Why was I so excited about this company? Let me step backwards to help explain my present situation, and forecast the… Continue reading Twenty Years of Network Security Monitoring: From the AFCERT to Corelight

Corelight raises $25 million to grow Bro-based business

San Francisco-based Corelight has announced a $25 million Series B funding round, filling its coffers to boost its efforts in commercializing the open source Bro network security monitor. Developed in 1995, Bro was created to study complex patterns in internet traffic in high-performance environments. It has been supported by a host of government agencies, including grants from the National Science Foundation. Corelight has built its products on top of Bro, giving government agencies and large enterprises a way to make sense of the traffic they see on a daily basis. The company’s products support incident response, threat hunting, and other forensic capabilities. “The question today isn’t if the bad guys have access to your network — they do — but instead, what they’ve done once they’ve gotten in,” said Steve Herrod, managing director at General Catalyst and Corelight board member. “Corelight helps security professionals get to breach impact and remediation […]

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Corelight closes $9.2M Series A to help enterprises battle ransomware

 It’s already been a year of multiple high profile ransomware attacks and now cybersecurity startup Corelight has bagged a $9.2 million Series A round, led by Accel Partners. Read More Continue reading Corelight closes $9.2M Series A to help enterprises battle ransomware