ZEST Security raises $5 million Seed round for cloud risk resolution platform
ZEST Security raises $5 million Seed round for cloud risk resolution platform
The Israeli startup’s platform provides paths that offer both mitigation and remediation using code and existing controls to eliminate cloud vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
ZEST Security, which develops an AI-powered cloud risk resolution platform to eliminate enterprise cloud security risks at scale, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $5 million in Seed funding from Hanaco Ventures, Silvertech Ventures and angel investors.
Founded by Snir Ben Shimol, CEO and Uri Aronovici, CTO, both ex-Israeli Intelligence officers, ZEST aims to bridge the gap between identifying security risks and efficiently remediating them. The startup’s platform provides paths that offer both mitigation and remediation using code and existing controls to eliminate cloud vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
“In recent years, the focus has been on cloud risk identification, but what we now have is a ‘failure to remediate’ problem,” said Shimol. “We founded ZEST to solve a big challenge within a new market. By providing security teams with resolution paths –whether that’s mitigation using existing tools, or preventative remediation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)–organizations can finally level the playing field with threat actors. Just three years ago, building a product like this wouldn’t have been possible. We have a unique opportunity to tackle this now by taking advantage of developments in GenAI and the rapid adoption of DevOps systems.”
Before founding ZEST, Snir built the global cyber security platform and services organization at Varonis. Shimol then held the role of CSO at Cider Security to build the first AppSec OS. Aronovici has 10+ years of hands-on and leadership experience in cloud and product security working at large organizations including Akamai Technologies and Check Point Software.
