Cybersecurity startup Cylake, founded by prominent Israeli cybersecurity entrepreneur Nir Zuk, has raised $45 million in funding led by Greylock and other technology investors.
The company is developing a comprehensive cybersecurity platform powered by artificial intelligence and data-driven analysis that can operate without reliance on public cloud infrastructure, allowing organisations to maintain full control and sovereignty over their data.
Cylake said its approach to cybersecurity is based on two central ideas. The first is that the next generation of AI-driven cybersecurity requires a holistic view of organisational infrastructure, combining data and context from multiple layers into a unified protection platform. Fragmented systems or partial data, the company says, can create security gaps that attackers may exploit.
The second principle focuses on data sovereignty. Many of the world’s largest and most highly regulated organisations can’t rely on cybersecurity solutions that depend on public cloud services because of regulatory or security requirements. Cylake said its platform is designed to operate entirely in on-premises environments or within private clouds.
