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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Nov 13, 2019 – Cavirin is excited to announce the introduction of the market's first CIS benchmark for cloud security as a free service. The Cavirin free service offers genuine value when compared to the cost of CIS compliance from CSPs or other cloud security vendors. This free service offers organizations a runway to get started with their cloud security initiatives.

The free license includes CIS and network policy packs for AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud services and compute instances. The combined free policy packs provide over 7000 plus controls, along with interactive reports and our dashboard. Use the free license to CIS harden VMs and cloud services, thereby improving your cybersecurity posture.

Nisha Agarwal, VP, GTM and Products, Cavirin Systems said, "Security in the cloud requires a new approach. Without a physical perimeter, each software service must itself be locked down. The first step in securing your cloud is the ability to check and remediate to ensure proper configurations of critical cloud infrastructure. We at Cavirin know that building the "First Line of Defense" begins with requiring regular scanning and remediation. It is the first step in a strategic, security-oriented approach to implementing cloud services."

Peter Bierfeldt, VP Global Compliance/Information Security/Privacy, Reltio, said:
"We believe configurations of cloud services is an important first step in securing cloud environments. The Cavirin platform has empowered our governance & security teams to regularly scan & fix configurations for our OSs and cloud services across multiple clouds!"

Stuart Horne, EVP Business Development, DigitalOnUs stated:
"Configurations of cloud services is an important first step for cloud security. We have selected the Cavirin platform to implement robust policy checks across AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud workloads for our customers. It is easy to use, extensible, scalable, and provides significant value to our capabilities in assessing security risks."

Cavirin Free is available for download from both the AWS and GCP marketplaces or can be requested directly from the Cavirin site.
For more information on the Cavirin Free service, access to downloads and a comparison with the advanced paid offerings, please follow this link: https://www.staging2.cavirin.com/environments/cavirin-free.html

About Cavirin

Cavirin, headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., is a privately held global provider of risk, cybersecurity, and compliance posture intelligence for the hybrid cloud. We are committed to helping customers build their “First Line of Defense” via robust configurations across key cloud services and workloads. For further details, please visit: https://www.staging2.cavirin.com

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Company Delivers on CyberPosture Intelligence with Significant Platform Enhancements, New Hires and Recognition from CRN as a 2018 “Emerging Vendor” Leading Into Black Hat USA 2018

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – July 31, 2018 – Cavirin Systems, Inc., the only company providing cybersecurity risk and compliance posture for the enterprise hybrid cloud, today announced that the first half of  2018 has seen record-breaking growth for the company, with enhancements to its industry-leading CyberPosture Intelligence platform, significant executive team hires and global industry recognition. These milestones demonstrate the company’s achievements and continued leadership in delivering  an agentless approach to discover, assess, and help remediate both cloud accounts (AWS, Azure, and GCP) and workloads (on-premise, cloud, and container) so that organizations of all sizes can stay on top of any risk related issues that are discovered. 

According to a May 2018 report, Cool Vendors in Cloud Security, by Gartner, Inc, "Most cloud-using organizations are dissatisfied with the current state of cloud security management and are willing to consider use of third-party security orchestration mechanisms." The report, authored by analysts Jay Heiser, Neil MacDonald, Lawrence Orans, and Steve Riley, also notes that "starting in 2022, multipurpose cloud control suites will represent two-thirds of the cloud security marketplace."

Cavirin’s CyberPosture Intelligence platform removes security compliance as a barrier to cloud adoption by automating with the broadest set of customizable frameworks, benchmarks, and guidelines available. The solution secures both the public cloud control plane as well as target hybrid cloud workloads (servers), on-premise, within the public cloud, and within containers. The resulting CyberPosture score permits organizations to compare their current security posture against the desired ‘golden posture’ and immediately takes corrective action if required.

On the strength of the company’s product strategy as well as its recently announced Cavirin Connect channel program, CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Cavirin to its 2018 Emerging Vendors List in the Security category.  This list recognizes recently founded, up-and-coming technology suppliers who are shaping the future of the IT channel through unique technological innovations. In addition to celebrating these notable companies, the Emerging Vendors list serves as a valuable resource for solution providers looking to expand their portfolios with cutting-edge technology.

“Cavirin has seen tremendous momentum in the past months, driven by numerous strategic actions such as the launch of our successful Channel Connect Partner Program, several key new hires at the executive level and a myriad of industry accolades including the recognition as a CRN Emerging Vendors List in Security,” said Jack Kudale, COO at Cavirin. “We are committed to providing our customers and partners with innovation in the cybersecurity industry and look forward to continuing the delivery of cybersecurity risk posture and compliance to the enterprise hybrid cloud market.”

Global Channel Reach

Further driving Cavirin’s momentum in the security space is the launch of the Cavirin Connect Partner Program which allows resellers, integrators and MSSPs to deliver cutting-edge cloud security to their customers. Inaugural program members include Astadia in the United Kingdom; Bodega Technologies, InterVision, Veristor, and Logicworks in the United States, Lite Distribution in Australia, Scalar in Canada and Titans Security in Israel.

New Hire Appointments

Since January, Cavirin has announced the addition of several key executive hires including:

• Tom Hance as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations
• Mukul Kumar as Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Cyber Practice
• Joe Kucic as Chief Security Officer

Together, these experienced executives in the enterprise security space will help the company deliver on its 2nd half of 2018 objectives, building on 1st half momentum that saw bookings growing over 100% between the first and second quarters.

Industry Recognition

Beyond the coveted CRN recognition, Cavirin has stacked up several industry accolades including:

• 2018 Red Herring Top 100 North America winner
• Gold: 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in ‘Best Compliance Solution’ category
• Silver: 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in ‘Best Cloud Security’ and ‘Best Cybersecurity Company’ (50-99 employees) category
• 2018 Fortress Cyber Security Award recipient in the ‘Software and Apps’ category
• Trust Award finalist in the Best Risk/Policy Management Solution category for the 2018 SC Awards
  

Product Enhancements

For the first time, the Cavirin CyberPosture Intelligence platform will be available for demos at booth #871 at Black Hat USA 2018, which takes place August 8-9 in Las Vegas.  The solution will be generally available this calendar quarter. In addition, Joe Kucic, Cavirin CSO, will be participating on a live panel, ‘Key Factors for CISO Success,’ August 8 at 10:30 a.m. PT.  Registration is here.

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1, Gartner “Cool Vendors in Cloud Security” by Jay Heiser, Neil MacDonald, Lawrence Orans, Steve Riley, May 7, 2018.

Company bolsters security for enterprises adopting hybrid and multi-cloud ecosystems

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – April 10, 2019 – Cavirin Systems, Inc., the only company providing risk, cybersecurity and compliance management for the enterprise hybrid cloud, will be demonstrating its closed-loop security for Google Cloud, as well as Google Cloud Security Command Center (Cloud SCC) integration at Next ‘19 (booth # S1409) which takes place April 9 -11, 2019, in San Francisco. A leader in providing Google Cloud support, Cavirin delivers on the demands for continuous security and compliance across platforms with its recently announced Google Cloud security capabilities.

As enterprises increasingly adopt hybrid and multi-cloud solutions, it is critical that these environments are protected. Augmented with machine learning, Cavirin closes the gap between monitoring and remediation, while Google Cloud SCC integration offers users a single point of security management across their different security tools. Combined with Cavirin’s CyberPosture scoring, which provides the user with a real-time score that reflects their current cybersecurity posture across both workloads and cloud services, Cavirin’s Google Cloud capabilities ensure a more secure hybrid cloud for critical applications.

“Our partnership with Google Cloud highlights a commitment to offering enterprises security across their hybrid environments, reducing the time to identify an attack and then remediating,” said Anupam Sahai, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Cavirin. “By closing the loop through monitoring, risk scoring and auto-remediation, enterprise customers will reap the benefits of a secure ecosystem, keeping any financial, reputational and legal security issues out of the question.”

Capabilities to be demonstrated at Next ‘19 include:

• Closed-loop Security for Google Cloud via Google StackDriver Monitoring and Google Functions for Auto-Remediation: This closes the loop from monitoring to change management by offering automated identification and correction of account and services security issues before they become an issue. Manual remediation through prioritized gap reports are supported as well. Services supported include Virtual Private Clouds, Subnets, IAM, GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud KMS and more. Additional services will follow in subsequent releases.
• Workload Assessment and Remediation: Discovery of and visibility into GCP workloads, both VM and container. The solution assesses and then scores these assets against a broad set of controls, including the NIST CSF, CIS, SOC2, PCI, HIPAA, and GDPR, and then offers auto-remediation via Ansible Playbooks.
• Google Cloud Security Command Center Integration: Helps security teams prevent, detect, and respond to threats targeting their Google Cloud Platform resources from a single pane of glass. It permits visibility and control into risk posture monitoring and remediation of the customer’s Google Cloud services and resources configurations, alerting the user to any changes including the what, who, and when, so he or she can take action. Cavirin’s Google Cloud SCC Companion is available via the GCP Marketplace.
• Application of Machine Learning to Mapping of Technical Controls: Cavirin is one of the first to apply machine learning to recommend technical controls for industry standards (e.g. NIST 800-171) and regulatory frameworks (e.g. HIPAA) with associated weights and severities, which in turn drives the ability for customers to drive compliance based on risk, using Cavirin’s CyberPosture scores.

Cavirin removes risk, security, and compliance as a barrier to cloud adoption by automating with a broad set of customizable frameworks, benchmarks and guidelines. The company’s solution secures both the public cloud control plane as well as target hybrid cloud workloads (servers), on-premise, within the public cloud, and within containers. Cavirin maintains its cost-optimized footprint, quick deployment on-premise or within AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, and less than 30 minutes to first remediation on-par with SaaS-based offerings.

For more information, to read our blog, to set up a trial, or to request a Google Cloud SCC, please visit the Cavirin Google Cloud Resources Page.

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Company also demonstrates strong business momentum with over 100% quarter-over-quarter booking growth and appointment of Joe Kucic as Chief Security Officer

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - July 10, 2018 –Cavirin Systems, Inc., the only company providing cybersecurity risk and compliance posture for the enterprise hybrid cloud, has been named to Red Herring’s Top 100 North America 2018, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region. Selections for the 2018 edition of the Red Herring 100 North America award are based upon technological innovation, financial performance, innovation, business strategy and market penetration. The award is on the back of continued market momentum, with bookings growing over 100% between the first and second quarters of 2018.

“2018’s crop of Top 100 winners has been among our most intriguing yet. What has excited me most is to see so many people forging niches in high-tech and cutting-edge sectors,” said Alex Vieux, chairman at Red Herring. “We believe Cavirin embodies the drive, skill, and passion on which tech thrives. Cavirin should be proud of its achievement: the competition was incredibly strong.”

According to a recent survey conducted by ESG with more than 250 CISOs, security is still a key issue when it comes to adopting a hybrid cloud architecture. Cavirin's CyberPosture Intelligence secures both the public cloud control plane as well as target hybrid cloud workloads (servers), on-premise, within the public cloud, and within containers. The resulting CyberPosture score permits comparison with the organization’s current security posture against the desired ‘golden posture’ and immediately take corrective action.

The appointment of Joe Kucic as Cavirin’s security evangelist reflects the company’s commitment to addressing the practical cloud security concerns of its customers. In his role, Joe will be the ‘face of the company’ in working with CSOs, CIOs, and CISOs and their teams across both enterprises and managed service providers / global system integrators. Joe most recently held key executive positions at Verizon, helping drive their security strategy. His corporate experience includes Citi, CA Technologies, and General Motors.

“We are honored to be named to Red Herring’s Top 100 North America 2018 list as it is one of the technology industry’s most prestigious awards. We take pride in knowing that Cavirin is the only company providing cybersecurity risk posture and compliance for the enterprise hybrid cloud which is evident in our doubling of bookings quarter over quarter,” said Jack Kudale, chief operating officer at Cavirin. “To be recognized as a highly innovative company among the ranks of the continent’s elite is a testament to our company’s vision and our continued innovation in the cybersecurity industry. In addition, we will continue to build market momentum with the appointment of Joe in a key customer-facing role.”

Red Herring has been selecting the most exciting and promising start-ups for more than two decades. Twenty criteria underlie the scoring and process, which include, but are not limited to: level of specialty, disruptiveness of the solution in its respective markets, technological advantage, and the management team’s experience and track record. This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the company’s actual track record and standing, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list a valuable tool for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry. Brands such as Alibaba, Google, Kakao, Skype, Spotify, Twitter, and YouTube have all been singled out in Red Herring’s storied history.

Cavirin's CyberPosture Intelligence platform is deployable within minutes on-premise or within Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Google Cloud, delivering first remediation guidance in under thirty minutes. The solution uniquely offers both cloud security posture management as well as continuous compliance for Linux, Windows, and Docker workloads (servers). 

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