WideField Security, a cybersecurity company providing complete visibility and protection across the identity lifecycle, has raised $11.3 million in a Series A round led by Crosspoint Capital, with participation from Engineering Capital and others. The company will use the funding to accelerate product development and market expansion amid rising identity-based threats.
WideField’s AI-powered platform addresses vulnerabilities that occur after authentication, such as session hijacking and token theft, giving enterprises real-time protection for human, machine, and AI identities across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises environments.
The funding will also support hiring across engineering, product, and go-to-market functions as the company scales globally.
KEY QUOTES
“Identity compromise is the root cause of too many breaches. This funding enables us to accelerate our mission to reduce data breaches stemming from identity compromises. We’re grateful for the support of our investors as we make identity security comprehensive and effective.”
Abhay Kulkarni, Co-founder and CEO, WideField Security
“Most identity security solutions stop at authentication, leaving enterprises vulnerable to post-authentication threats like session hijacking and token theft. WideField’s comprehensive approach to securing the full identity lifecycle closes the post-authentication gap that’s responsible for many of today’s most damaging breaches. We are proud to back the WideField team.”
Zach Siverston, Managing Director, Crosspoint Capital
“Like many enterprises, we had good authentication controls in place, but limited visibility into what happened after users and services authenticated. WideField immediately put eyes on our entire identity attack surface, including the machine identities. It’s rare to deploy a security tool and immediately see value. WideField delivered from day one.”
John McLeod, CISO, NOV
