Bob Hambly
Last year was the worst ever for data breaches, so it’s little surprise that VCs poured $829 million into security software in 2013. They want to protect financial, defense, and pharma industry data from hackers so that secret business operations stay secret.
Bromium
This software isolates potentially compromising actions (like opening a questionable PDF) from the network to confine malware in a secure container for review. Raised $40 million in a Series C round, October 2013
Adallom
Using cloud based services like Google Docs or an online sales database can open up vulnerabilities. Adallom monitors employee deviations from standard behavior (like if they suddenly access hundreds of files). $15 million, Series B, January 2014
Shape Security
Some types of malware use ever-mutating code to stay hidden from antivirus products. This system gives bad guys a taste of their own medicine, constantly rewriting the code that runs sensitive websites. $40 million, Series C, February 2014
