Investors drop $20M on startup CyberGRX’s platform for auditing supply-chain cyber risks
Silicon Valley venture capitalists are betting $20 million on a cybersecurity startup that launched in March and is staffed with former NSA and CIA talent. Denver-based CyberGRX on Tuesday announced it had successfully raised funding to help develop and expand its main product, a software tool that is used to gauge security risks associated with a wide array of different third-party vendors. “As enterprises’ dependence on their partner ecosystems grows, so does their exposure to breaches from these key vendors, partners and customers,” explained CyberGRX CEO Fred Kneip, “the combination of outsourcing, globalization and the digitization of business has created new security and resiliency risks that many businesses are just starting to address [and understand].” Founded by former Blackstone executives, CyberGRX describes its platform — called the “third party global cyber risk exchange” — as a sort of rating agency like Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s. CyberGRX has now raised $29 million total. […]
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