Randori enters automated red-teaming scene with $9.75 million seed investment

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https://www.cyberscoop.com/randori-9-75-million-seed-funding-red-teaming/

By Zaid Shoorbajee
CYBERSCOOP
OCT 5, 2018

“Nation-state” hacking is a phrase often used to talk about the the 
scariest cyberthreats out there, but cybersecurity startup Randori is 
using it to market its platform.

The company announced on Thursday that it secured $9.75 million in seed 
funding for its automated red-teaming services.

The Boston-based company says that its platform lets customers launch 
“nation-state caliber” attacks on their own systems in order to assess 
their risks and vulnerabilities. Randori stresses that its platform 
carries out real attacks, not ones in simulated environments, in 
combination with “continuous reconnaissance.”

“Despite massive investments of time and capital, organizations often 
don’t know where they’re vulnerable until after they’re hit. Simulated 
environments can’t account for the changing tactics of today’s attacker,” 
said CEO Brian Hazzard in a press release.

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