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Illumio

Automated enforcement against cyberattacks

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501-1000 employees
  • B2B
  • Enterprise
  • SaaS
  • Cyber Security
  • Automation
Sunnyvale, CA

Company mission

To enable every organization to realize a future without high-profile breaches.

Top investors

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1% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Cybersecurity remains an ongoing battle, with evolving cyberthreats and ever-more determined cybercriminals, and major data breaches such as the SolarWinds hack have the potential to cause widespread disruption. Illumio is taking a different approach to most of the mainstream security companies, with a process called "microsegmentation". This makes it easier to guard companies from security breaches, and contain any breaches that occur.

Detection of viruses is no longer considered sufficient to keep companies and individuals safe. Illumio takes a “zero trust” approach, in which everything is viewed as suspicious, a similar approach to that which is used by the White House. The company operates at the cutting edge of microsegmentation, focusing on protecting cloud datacenters and workloads. With more and more companies moving to the cloud, this approach is crucial.

Illumio also protects endpoints, partnering with big players such as Citrix, Amazon Web Services, and Splunk. A collaboration with Appgate, a Zero Trust secure access company, delivers the industry's first integrated Zero Trust Network Access and Segmentation solution, which can reduce risk across hybrid infrastructure, and proves Illumio's dedication to innovating the space. Additionally, the company announced a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), that is tailored to assist federal agencies in reducing risk.

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Benefits

  • Life and Disability Programs
  • Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage
  • Health and Dependent Savings Accounts
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Wellness Reimbursement Program
  • Voluntary Benefit Programs
  • Company Sponsored Wellness Program
  • Retirement Savings
  • Equity Opportunities
  • Paid time off and Paid Holidays
  • Employee Incentive Program

Company values

  • Seek Truth
  • Run to challenges
  • Bring your best
  • Onwards Together
  • Leverage differences
  • Build trust

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Jun 2021

$225m

SERIES F

Feb 2019

$65m

SERIES E

Total funding: $552.1m

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Leadership

Started in Business Development, as an Analyst at VoiceNet Communications, and as a Director at VoiceNet. Worked at Cymtec Systems for over 8 years, promoted from VP of Sales to CEO. Seed Investor in Tory Burch, and Powermat. Current Strategic Advisor to Menlo Security, and Bolt.

Studied Computer Science at Cornell. Worked as an Engineer Manager for over 6 years at Trilogy. Software Architect at Funkware for over 3 years. Was Principal Systems Engineer at Cluster File Systems. Distinguished Engineer for over 5 years at Juniper Networks. Was CTO of Cymtec Systems.

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