Kfir Tishbi, the former engineering lead at Datorama, a marketing analytics company acquired by Salesforce in 2018, has spoken out about the pressing issue of data management in security. According to Tishbi, the sheer volume of data generated by various tools and systems is overwhelming, leading to a "vicious cycle" where more tools are created to address the problem, only generating even more data.
A Data-Driven Problem
Tishbi’s observation is echoed by Raanan Raz, his former colleague at Datorama. Raz explains that the goal of data-driven decision-making in security is often hindered by the complexity and noise generated by multiple tools and systems. "We want to make sure that decisions and actions are data-driven and not based on half-truths," Raz emphasizes.
The Solution: Avalor
To address this problem, Tishbi and Raz co-founded Avalor, a platform designed as a single source of truth for cybersecurity assets, controls, identities, vulnerabilities, bugs, and other critical data points. Avalor aggregates, normalizes, de-duplicates, and tracks risk data from discovery to remediation.
Investor Confidence
Avalor has secured $25 million in Series A funding, led by TCV with participation from Salesforce Ventures, bringing its total raised to $30 million, inclusive of a $5 million seed round led by Cyberstarts last year. The new investment will be used to expand operations in the U.S. and Israel, focusing on growing Avalor’s R&D, product, sales, marketing, and customer success teams.
A Data Fabric for Security Teams
Avalor’s data fabric helps security teams make faster, more accurate decisions by providing real-time access to complete, accurate, and precise information in any format from any source. This includes legacy systems, data lakes, data warehouses, SQL databases, and applications.
Addressing the Complexity of Security Data
According to a 451 Research survey, the average IT and security team uses between 10 to 30 security monitoring solutions for apps, network infrastructures, and cloud environments. Avalor’s data fabric aims to simplify this complexity by providing a unified view of all relevant data.
Avalor’s Growth Plans
With 35 employees currently, Avalor expects to double its workforce by the end of the year.
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