SVCI - Silicon Valley CISO Investments

After deeply exploring the AI security and identity fields, SVCI - Silicon Valley CISO Investments, has chosen to invest in Knostic! LLMs tend to overshare and leak data. As enterprises adopt M365 Copilot, Glean, and other LLM search tools, they run into a wall - LLMs can’t keep a secret. Employees can ask for potentially anything, from salary information to M&D due diligence results, and get it simply by asking. Moreover, LLMs are inference engines, they are built to connect the dots and construct an answer, even without direct access. Knostic identifies and remediates enterprise LLM oversharing gaps, and provides actionable insights to push forward enterprise AI adoption. Check out what we do at https://www.knostic.ai/

?? ?? BIG NEWS: Drata has acquired SafeBase! ?? ?? I’m thrilled to announce that Drata has acquired SafeBase, marking a massive milestone in our journey to create the world’s most comprehensive Trust Management Platform. By combining SafeBase's leading trust center solutions with Drata's automation-driven compliance, vendor risk management, and GRC solutions, we're redefining what's possible in trust, security, and assurance. ?? What This Means for Our Customers: ? Proactive Trust Building: Real-time, dynamic trust centers. ? Faster Security Reviews: AI-powered automation to accelerate revenue. ? Streamlined Risk and Compliance: Advanced, AI-driven automation for audits and continuous vendor risk management. ? Scalable GRC Programs: Solutions that grow with you. This is more than just an acquisition — Al Yang and I believe this is the union of two customer-obsessed teams with aligned missions to empower businesses to build, maintain, and demonstrate trust at scale. I share more about our history and future in the blog post here: https://lnkd.in/gR-MnpK6 ?? Why is now the time for Trust Management? With the rise of cloud dependencies, growing security risks, and increasing regulatory demands, the need for a holistic Trust Management platform has never been greater. The combined power of our platforms positions us to lead the market like never before. To our customers, partners, and investors: Thank you for your trust and support. This is just the beginning, and we’re honored to continue building the future of Trust Management with you. Here’s to the exciting journey ahead! ?? #TrustManagement #Innovation #Growth #DrataAcquiresSafeBase #grc

??Drata has acquired SafeBase! ?? Together, we’re delivering the world’s most comprehensive Trust Management Platform, designed to meet the growing needs of enterprise customers in today’s complex regulatory landscape with products in compliance automation, vendor risk management, modern GRC, security assurance, and trust. Drata and SafeBase are shaping the future of customer trust—where companies, customers, and vendors collaborate transparently and efficiently. The future of trust is here: ?Trust Centers now become dynamic hubs for real-time compliance and security data. ?Enterprises seamlessly share and verify security and compliance information, fostering stronger partnerships. ?Regulatory challenges are met confidently with automated, AI-driven processes that scale with growth. SafeBase and Drata combined will now empower customers to continuously ensure and proactively communicate security, compliance and trust—every company’s most valuable asset. Read more about the acquisition from our CEO and Cofounder, Adam Markowitz: https://lnkd.in/g57eDMWH

It’s a surreal and incredibly proud day for all of us at Tines as we announce our Series C fundraise and company valuation of $1.125 billion. Behind those numbers is an enormous amount of hard work from our team and a tidal wave of customer love. This funding will help us invest in what matters most to them - product innovation, usability and scalability, world-class support, AI features that actually add value, and of course, the security capabilities that allow them to trust Tines with their most important workflows. I recently marked seven years as co-founder and CEO at Tines and I can honestly say I’ve never been more excited about what’s ahead. A huge thank you to our new and existing investors Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Activant Capital Accel, Felicis, CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, Blossom Capital, and Addition for joining us on the journey. Read more about our funding and what’s next: https://lnkd.in/eGzaW9wK

??? Orca Security is revolutionizing Application Security within our Cloud Security Platform. Today, we've delivered an amazing set of features to truly unify cloud and application protection: ?? SAST capabilities to detect and secure vulnerabilities in first-party code ?? OSS license detection across the application lifecycle ?? AI-powered remediation converts alerts to pull requests in one click These new features build on what Orca has been adding for our users, including container image scanning, IaC scanning, secrets detection, Cloud to Dev to capabilities to trace cloud risks to code origins, and more. With 62% of organizations harboring severe code vulnerabilities and 70% storing unencrypted secrets, traditional approaches aren't enough. Discover how we're bridging the gap between cloud and code to eliminate blind spots and stop vulnerabilities at their source: https://lnkd.in/gdia87W7 #CloudSecurity #CNAPP #AppSec #ApplicationSecurity #DevSecOps?