Alert fatigue is real! If we look at just one slice of cybersecurity -- DLP -- only 65% of alerts are investigated within 24 hours. Of those that are investigated, an astounding 47% are false positives. And that pattern is consistent for most security domains.
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@upwindsecurity is tackling this problem for cloud security, focusing on real-time prioritization and remediation of cloud services alerts for threats and vulnerabilities.
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To further its efforts, Upwind just raised a monstrously huge Series A round of $100M at a valuation of $900M -- narrowly missing the coveted unicorn status.
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Cloud security startup Upwind nets $100M in Series A, triples valuation to $900M

The Israeli company, founded by former Spot.io executives, plans to accelerate its global expansion plans and enhance its cloud security platform.

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