January 5, 2024 at 05:30AM
Vigilant Ops, a cybersecurity startup based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, recently secured a $2 million seed investment from DataTribe. The investment aims to aid organizations in managing software bills of materials through Vigilant Ops’ automated platform. The platform caters to regulated organizations, offering vulnerability monitoring and security patch notifications to ensure software security compliance.
Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
– Vigilant Ops, a cybersecurity startup, has received a $2 million seed investment from DataTribe to assist organizations in managing software bills of materials (SBOMs).
– Founded in 2019, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Vigilant Ops offers an automated platform for the creation, maintenance, and sharing of certified SBOMs. The platform is tailored for regulated organizations that purchase and create software, providing vulnerability monitoring and security patch notifications.
– DataTribe’s chief marketing officer, Tony Surak, highlighted the increasing importance of software security within the cybersecurity domain due to evolving government policies placing development regulations on software manufacturers.
– The funding will support Vigilant Ops in expanding the capabilities of its InSight platform to cover multiple critical infrastructure sectors beyond the healthcare industry. The latest release of the InSight platform already includes support for automatically importing various SBOM formats.
– Vigilant Ops intends to develop a complete inventory of software components regulated by legislation and regulations spanning various industries, such as communications, energy, finance, IT, manufacturing, and telecom.
– Vigilant Ops CEO Ken Zalevsky emphasized the importance of securing products that enable critical infrastructure to foster innovation in new technologies and services.
– There is a growing emphasis on mandatory SBOMs following the Biden administration’s 2021 push, with both government guidance and private organizations offering resources to help with SBOM implementation.
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