VICTORIA, British Columbia (BUSINESS WIRE) #cybersecurity ― HYAS ,
a leading provider of attribution intelligence solutions for infosec and
cybersecurity professionals, today announced that long-time industry
visionary and investor,Ariel
, has joined as Data Protection Officer. Building on themomentum of its recent $6.2 million Series A round led by M12,
Microsoft’s venture fund, the company has also secured additional
funding fromSusa
, an early stage technology fund based in San Francisco thatinvests in companies with strong competitive moats.
With over 25 years of experience delivering comprehensive solutions to
the most demanding aspects of information security processes and
policies, Silverstone has overseen hundreds of secure networking
systems. He has held leadership positions at Expedia and Symantec and
most recently served as Vice President of Security Strategy, Privacy and
Trust at GoDaddy. In his role as Data Protection Officer, Silverstone
will drive HYAS privacy policies including GDPR and data protection
compliance.
“HYAS stands out in an incredibly crowded market and represents a real
shift in threat protection for the enterprise,” said Silverstone.
“Attribution intelligence the ability to analyze and action data that
is highly customized to specific threat environments is a game
changer. I’m incredibly excited to invest in HYAS and join Chris Davis
and his incredibly talented and innovative team.”
Susa
is an early stage technology fund based in San Franciscothat invests in companies with strong competitive moats. The fund was a
seed investor in rapidlygrowing companies like Flexport ,
Qadium ,
and Robinhood .Susa’s
goal is to help founders build transformational companies.
“HYAS is poised to disrupt the industry,” said Seth Berman, General
Partner at Susa Ventures. “Cyber attacks are not slowing down in fact,
hackers are getting more innovative and have found ways to outsmart even
the most advanced and robust network protection solutions. HYAS is the
only vendor in the market that is able to provide the intelligence
needed to track and stop malicious actors.”
“We’re thrilled with HYAS’ momentum and both Ariel Silverstone and Susa
Ventures have played an instrumental role in our growth,” said Chris
Davis, CEO of HYAS. “It’s going to be an exciting year for our company
as we build our team, continue development of our products and help the
Fortune 100 eliminate cyber threats.”
For more information on HYAS and its services please visit www.hyas.com .
About HYAS
HYAS is a venture-backed startup that provides attribution intelligence
solutions to help infosec and cybersecurity professionals identify
threats and the cybercriminals behind them. Its online detection,
analysis and investigation tools are powered by exclusive datasets that
give HYAS an unparalleled view into malicious activity and the
infrastructure used to conduct it. Its proprietary database of
cybercrime indicators contains billions of data points, with millions of
new points added every day. Unlike other cybersecurity service
providers, HYAS focuses on pinpointing the perpetrators of these digital
attacks and works closely with clients and international law enforcement
to bring them to justice.
Contacts
Media:
Katie Creaser
Affect
212-398-9680
hyas@affect.com
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