There’s a lot of noise in the security startup space, and investors are funneling literally billions of dollars in the market, hoping to bet on the next big thing. The standouts for CRN for 2015 (so far) include companies that have launched security solutions for containers, applications, endpoint, threat detection and more. That breadth of options and emergence of new innovative technologies will prove key as security continues to be the top challenge for many companies, and for solution providers who look to find answers for those problems for their customers.
Checkmarx offers a solution that helps application companies build in security best practices from the get-go. The solution, called CxSAST, uses artificial intelligence replication of code to let software developers make sure their projects are clean of vulnerabilities and backdoors before launch. The company recently announced $84 million in Series D funding in June, let by Insight Ventures.
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