RAD Security raises $14M to expand AI-driven cloud security platform – News

Cloud-native threat detection and response startup RAD Security Inc. announced today that it had raised $14 million in new funding to expand its platform, go-to-market efforts, partnerships and artificial intelligence security initiatives.

Founded in 2021, RAD Security specializes in cloud-native threat detection and response solutions. The company’s platform is focused on securing runtime environments and software supply chains, emphasizing real-time Kubernetes security posture management and identity threat detection and response.

RAD Security’s platform continuously monitors behavior across clusters in hybrid-cloud environments and proactively alerts clients upon detecting security issues. Upon finding issues, the platform can then automatically quarantine or eliminate suspicious configurations and workloads.

One of the platform’s key features is what RAD Security calls “behavioral workload fingerprinting,” which establishes a consistent, predictable baseline of an organization’s cloud environment. The approach allows for the detection of anomalous activities by identifying deviations from established norms. The platform also takes on zero-day vulnerabilities in the software supply chain by codifying baseline behaviors into verifiable fingerprints.

RAD Security’s platform additionally tackles the risks presented by AI adoption with real-time, behavior-driven defense for AI systems and workloads, from infrastructure to models, while offering the visibility needed to identify modern threats. The platform ensures that all AI workloads remain compliant and secure.

The Series A funding round was led by Cheyenne Ventures with participation from new investors Forgepoint Capital Management, Lytical Ventures and Akamai Technologies Inc. and existing investors .406 Ventures, Vertex Ventures Holdings Pte Ltd. and Gula Tech Adventures.

Part of the funding will be used to adapt and expand the RAD platform to tackle new risks from AI adoption, including enhancing its agentic capabilities to address emerging needs. RAD Security also plans to scale up its marketing, sales and strategic partnerships to expand its presence in key industries such as government, high-tech, fintech, insurance and e-commerce.

“With this funding, we’re not just enhancing cloud security, we’re addressing the future of AI security in real time,” said co-founder and Chief Executive Brooke Motta. “In multiple conversations with CISOs, we’ve uncovered that AI is now critical to business operations. But with that comes the need for security solutions that can evolve as your technology stack evolves.”

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