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Sonrai Security

Category: AI in Cybersecurity

Sonrai Security is a cloud security company that helps enterprises secure their data, identities, and cloud platforms. Sonrai Security was founded in 2017. The company is led by Brendan Hannigan. Based in New York, United States. Team size: 201-500. Total funding raised: $88.5M. Latest round: Series C, $50.0M, 2021-10, led by ISTARI. Key investors include ISTARI, Polaris Partners, TenEleven Ventures, Menlo Ventures, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation.

Founded
2017
Headquarters
New York, United States
Team size
201-500
Total funding
$88.5M

Value proposition

Provides a comprehensive platform to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data and identities across multi-cloud environments, reducing risk and ensuring compliance.

Products and solutions

Sonrai Dig Platform, Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM), Data Security, Workload Security

Unique value

Sonrai Security's core innovation is its patented graph technology that builds a comprehensive map of all identity and data relationships in the cloud. This allows for deep visibility into complex interactions and potential risks that are often missed by other security tools.

Target customer

Enterprises with complex multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud).

Industries served

Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Government

Technology advantage

The key advantage is the ability to analyze and visualize the relationships between identities, data, and workloads across multiple cloud platforms. This provides a unified view of risk and enables automated remediation of security vulnerabilities. Their focus on identity and data governance in the cloud gives them a specialized edge.

How they differentiate

Sonrai Security differentiates itself by focusing on identity and data security within complex, multi-cloud environments. Its core technology is an identity graph that maps all relationships between identities (both human and non-human) and data, providing deep visibility into potential access risks. The recent introduction of an AI agent, WALLy, highlights a focus on automated remediation of cloud privilege risks.

Main competitors

Wiz, Orca Security, Palo Alto Networks (Prisma Cloud)

Key partnerships

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud, HashiCorp

Notable customers

While specific customer names are not publicly disclosed, Sonrai Security targets large enterprises, particularly in the finance, healthcare, and technology sectors.

Major milestones

Secured $50M in a Series C funding round in October 2021., Achieved SOC 2 certification, demonstrating its commitment to security and compliance., Launched the WALLy AI agent for automated remediation of cloud privilege risks., Expanded its platform to provide a comprehensive security solution covering identity, data, and workloads across major cloud providers.

Growth metrics

The company reported over 300% revenue growth and a doubling of its enterprise customer base in 2021.

Market positioning

Sonrai Security is positioned as a specialized leader in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). It targets large enterprises that operate in complex, multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) environments, with a particular emphasis on data governance and protecting high-value data.

Geographic focus

While headquartered in New York, Sonrai Security operates globally, targeting enterprise customers in major markets such as North America and Europe. Its key investors and customer base reflect an international presence.

Patents and IP

Sonrai Security holds multiple patents related to its cloud security technology. According to Justia Patents, they have been granted patents for a 'Cloud least privilege and data access framework' and other related technologies. CB Insights reports that Sonrai Security has filed at least 9 patents.

About Brendan Hannigan

Former General Manager of IBM's Security Systems Division and former CEO of Q1 Labs, which was acquired by IBM.

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