NanoSec Co
Behavioral network visibility & security for any application.
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NanoSec Co. was a cybersecurity firm established in 2015 by co-founders Vishwas Manral, Hitesh Chaudhary, and Murali Inaganti. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company positioned itself as a provider of a cloud-native application security platform. The business was founded to address the growing complexities of securing applications deployed across various cloud environments. Founder and CEO Vishwas Manral brought significant experience in networking and security technologies to the venture, having been involved in creating numerous standards in the field.
The company's core offering was a security platform designed to protect applications on any cloud infrastructure at scale. It provided clients with visibility into application processes, tools to prevent data exfiltration, and methods for detecting vulnerabilities within open-source software components. The platform operated on a zero-trust model, focusing on application-level protection and micro-segmentation to detect and stop the lateral movement of threats within a network. This approach was intended to help organizations reduce operational costs and mitigate risks associated with migrating workloads to the cloud. NanoSec served clients across several sectors, including retail, IT, and healthcare.
A significant milestone in the company's history was its acquisition by McAfee in August 2019. This event marked an "acqui-hire," indicating that McAfee was interested in both the technology and the expertise of the NanoSec team. The acquisition was a strategic move by McAfee to bolster the container security capabilities of its MVISION Cloud and MVISION Server Protection products. By integrating NanoSec's technology, McAfee aimed to enhance its offerings for governance, compliance, and security in hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. Prior to the acquisition, NanoSec had received investment from IIT Startups.
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