Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security Leader oak9 Raises $8 Million in Additional Funding
Summary
The architecture of seamlessly embedding security in the development process is congruent with how we envision IaC to be secured in future.We launched the Next Level Fund to identify diverse, disruptive startups and help them increase their visibility and accelerate their business, said Alice Vilma, Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager, Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund. "As the markets adoption of Infrastructure as Code has accelerated, increased security of cloud applications has emerged as a critical need that oak9 can solve, said Alex Brown, Deal Lead and Board Observer at venture capital firm HPA. Weve been pleased to see initial customers validate the impact of oak9s innovative Security as Code platform and prove out the companys vision. oak9s proprietary Security as Code (SaC) blueprints support 20-plus compliance standards out-of-the-box including HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI, SOC2 and ISO27001. Headquartered in Chicago, oak9 is a Built in 2022 Start-up to Watch backed by investors Menlo Ventures, HPA, Cisco Investments, and Morgan Stanleys Next Level Fund.