Identity is a big part of any security strategy, helping to control access to applications and services within a company. Sometimes that involves a human and sometimes a machine, adding to the complexity and requiring a more automated identity management approach. Zilla Security, a Boston-based startup, believes it has come up with a solution to meet these more modern identity requirements.
Today, the company announced its $13.5 million Series A investment.
The company’s CEO and founder, Deepak Taneja, said his company believes identity has become a fundamental part of any security stack, which requires a new approach to protecting it.
“Over the past decade, there have been a lot of companies that have focused on verifying identities and making sure you’re building trust with the right identities,” Taneja told TechCrunch. APIs, we’re making sure that the right identities have the right access, which has become absolutely critical,” he said.
As he sees it, if you want to have a more granular approach to permissions, it requires moving beyond the directory approach to the traditional approach to identity management. “We offer a comprehensive solution. So on the one hand, people in the business looking at their own applications, their own solutions, from an enterprise security perspective, can get a fully integrated view of what people get in SaaS, infrastructure and infrastructure. Prime solutions, at a very detailed level It is grainy.
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Because there are so many configuration options, it often depends on the level of access, so this suggests a level of automation and intelligence needed to pull it off. By automating all of this, startups can help ensure that customers are at least as safe as possible before problems arise.
Taneja, who has been in the security business for more than 30 years, started in 2019. The company spent some time building the application and landed its first customer last April. Today, it has 60 customers using the solution.
He says that whatever happens in the economy in the short term, the product should play well. “I think what works for us is that we’re saving companies money when we’re delivering security value, adding management value, compliance and operational efficiency value,” he said.
The company has 35 employees and is currently hiring. He expects the amount to double next year. Taneja says his experience as a leader helps in building a diverse workforce. “I’ve learned in my career that the more diversity you bring to the company, the more ideas you have, the richer your journey and the better your solution. So we have a very engaging culture, driven in part by the fact that many employees are remote and can hire from anywhere.”
Today’s $13.5 million investment was led by Tola Capital and Firstmark Capital with support from Pillar VC.
