Security metrics have always been a challenge for CISOs. Security leaders have to be able to show the benefits of the security investments they have made so far – and what improvements adding new technologies would bring. When news of a breach or attack becomes public, security leaders have to be able to answer the question, “Are we affected? How secure are we?” Pulling the relevant information is rarely straightforward or quick.
This is the problem Israeli startup SeeMetrics, which just emerged from stealth with $6 million in seed funding, hopes to solve with its security portfolio management platform. The platform consolidates all metrics data from across the organization and gives security teams a consolidated view into the security stack to identify coverage and gaps, writes Kelley Mak, a partner at Work-Bench Management. Work-Bench led the seed round for SeeMetrics this week, along with 8VC, AGP, Essence VC, K5 Global, and Verissimo, along with other unnamed angel investors.
Cybersecurity performance management solutions help CISOs assess the performance of the security stack performance at that moment, says Mike Admon, CTO/CISO of SeeMetrics. The company’s CPM platform…
