2022 SC Awards Finalists: Most Promising Unicorn

Expel was born to overcome problems with legacy security providers and deliver a delightful customer experience. Unlike other vendors who throw people at problems, Expel uses automation to replace tedious, repetitive work and focuses on empowering analysts to make good decisions in the moments that require human judgment and relationships. Instead of using scary language, Expel talks about security in simple terms so even non-security folks can understand. And the collaborative experience in Expel WorkbenchTM enables customers to choose how they run their security operations – whether that’s following along with live investigations, or receiving alerts at every step from when an investigation starts until it’s done. This unmatched transparency means customers always know what’s happening in their investigations, but can dedicate their time to strategic security priorities rather than sifting through alerts.

The Lookout Security Platform, the company’s Security Service Edge (SSE) solution, safeguards data with security that goes everywhere the organization’s data goes. Whether it’s in a data center, public cloud or downloaded to an endpoint that the company doesn’t manage. By integrating the company’s advanced Mobile Threat Defense solution with SSE technologies, including CASB, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Secure Web Gateway (SWG), the Lookout platform enables organizations to make smart access decisions that mitigate threats, and protect sensitive data while enabling employees to access what they need. It has built-in access control technologies that continuously assess telemetry from endpoints and secure infrastructure.

Netskope can both allow and prevent data access based on a deep understanding of who the user is, what they are trying to do, and why they are trying to do it. This data-centric approach is the only effective way to manage risk across a mix of third-party applications and a remote-heavy workforce that needs always-on access to cloud apps and data to stay productive. Netskope’s Security Cloud delivers a comprehensive, cloud-native platform of technologies that enable secure enterprise digital transformation and secure remote connectivity using integrated Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Firewall, and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) capabilities.

With Pentera, CISOs can view exactly how attackers and ransomware threats will exploit their network and infrastructure. Pentera’s the only platform that safely automates real adversary tactics and techniques inside of the network. This fast tracks a CISO’s ability to identify and prioritize the critical weaknesses across security programs that create systemic risk and that adversaries exploit. The Pentera platform automates real-time penetration tests at scale, safely performing the actions a malicious adversary would — reconnaissance, sniffing, spoofing, cracking, (harmless) malware injection, file-less exploitation, post-exploitation, lateral movement and privilege escalation — all the way to data exfiltration. As part of Pentera’s June 2021 platform update, Pentera released RansomwareReady, a module that emulates the world’s most destructive ransomware strains.

The solution ReliaQuest offers is a unique combination of unifying technology and service proficiencies to force multiply security teams by increasing visibility and reducing complexity so they can effectively manage risk and do more with less. ReliaQuest GreyMatter is a cloud-native Open XDR platform that brings together telemetry from any security and business solution, whether on-premises, or in one or multiple clouds, to unify detection, investigation, response and resilience. ReliaQuest combines the power of technology and 24/7/365 security expertise to give organizations the visibility and coverage they require to make cybersecurity programs more effective.