NexDefense
Company

Last deal

$5.62M

Amount

Series A

Stage

16.11.2015

Date

3

all rounds

$8.15M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
NexDefense provides cyber security technology products and services specifically designed for Industrial Control Systems (ICS).

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NexDefense

founded date

01.05.2012

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series A

IPO status

Private

Description

The company's platform offers assets to enhance the reliability, resilience and safety of critical industrial control systems, providing unprecedented visibility and network intelligence to combat cybersecurity threats. The technology predates the company, as the US DOE funded and originally developed the software in 2010/2011. The NexDefense Integrity™ product suite can be found in utilities, oil & gas, defense & critical infrastructure (incl. water/wastewaster), manufacturing & mining, transportation, and building automation. The company's founders, leadership, and advisors have decades of related industry security and technology experience, investment, and entrepreneurship.
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Michael Assante
Michael Assante

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Michael Assante is an internationally recognized thought leader in cybersecurity of industrial control systems. Assante held the position of Vice President and Chief Security Officer at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and oversaw the implementation of cybersecurity standards across the North American electric power industry. Prior to joining NERC, Assante held notable positions at Idaho National Labs and was Vice President and Chief Security Officer for American Electric Power.Assante is a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer with experience in information warfare and information security management.

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Mark Buffington
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Mark Buffington

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Michael R. Sayre

Co-Founder, President & CEO

Michael Assante

Michael Assante

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