As more companies make the move to adopt the cloud, the importance of cloud security vendors and their offerings is at an all-time high. According to research firm Gartner’s predictions for 2016, security needs to be top of mind for companies as they extend their business processes to the cloud. That includes securing workloads, data and accessing the security of cloud providers, the research firm said. Big-name vendors and startups alike are looking to capitalize on the continued shift to the cloud, jumping into the market with security solutions for data, containers, applications and more. Take a look at 20 of the coolest security-focused companies that are shaking up the market this year.
Waratek
Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland
Winner of the prestigious RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox competition in 2015, Waratek offers a runtime application protection solution, dubbed AppSecurity for Java, that uses on-premise or cloud-based containers to provide a “bulletproof vest” against both known and unknown software vulnerabilities in new or legacy applications.
