Upwind Introduces an Identity Security Solution: Utilizing Its Unique Runtime Context to Address the CIEM Problem
Summary
Upwind’s unique solution uses runtime application and infrastructure data from Application, VMS, Kubernetes, and Identity providers to understand how identities leverage their permissions and uncover and surface critical risks. Targeting the core of digital trust and authentication, identity-based attacks continue to rise in the cyber threat landscape. To prevent potential security incidents, organizations aim to ensure that identities are configured with the “least privilege” they need to perform their tasks and seek to minimize permissions based on actual usage – often leading to friction as they attempt to balance security best practices with the need for organizational agility. Amiram Shachar, Upwinds Co-Founder and CEO: "Our Identity Security offering reduces the attack surface through proactive identity risk resolution, performs sophisticated identity-related threat detection and mitigation, optimizes policies for streamlined least privilege and makes it easy to run executive reports for compliance and auditing.” Upwind is the runtime-powered cloud security platform that leverages runtime data to secure your cloud infrastructure, saving security teams countless hours of work by pointing them directly to the root cause of critical risks. It was founded by Amiram Shachar and his founding partners from Spot.io (which was sold to NetApp for $450 million) and is backed by top cybersecurity investors Greylock, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, Craft Ventures, Cerca Partners, Sheva, a VC fund founded by former NBA player Omri Casspi, and Penny Jar, a VC fund backed by NBA superstar, Steph Curry.