As computing systems become increasingly bigger and more complex, forensics have become an increasingly important part of how organizations can better secure them. As the recent SolarWinds breach has shown, it\u2019s not always just a matter of being able to identify data loss, or prevent hackers from coming in in the first place. In cases where a network has already been breached, running a thorough investigation is often the only way to identify what happened, if a breach is still active and whether a malicious hacker can strike again.<\/p>\n
As a sign of this growing priority, a startup called Cado Security<\/a>, which has built forensics technology native to the cloud to run those investigations, is announcing $10 million in funding to expand its business.<\/p>\n Cado\u2019s tools today are used directly by organizations, but also security companies like Redacted<\/a> \u2014 a somewhat under-the-radar security startup in San Francisco co-founded by Facebook\u2019s former chief security officer Max Kelly and John Hering, the co-founder of Lookout. It uses Cado to carry out the forensics part of its work.<\/p>\n The funding for London-based Cado is being led by Blossom Capital, with existing investors Ten Eleven Ventures also participating, among others. As another signal of demand, this Series A is coming only six months after Cado raised its seed round.<\/p>\n The task of securing data on digital networks has grown increasingly complex over the years: Not only are there more devices, more data and a wider range of configurations and uses around it, but malicious hackers have become increasingly sophisticated in their approaches to needling inside networks and doing their dirty work.<\/p>\n\n