Kenna Security is a technology company.
Kenna Security has raised $98.0M across 6 funding rounds.
Key people at Kenna Security.
Kenna Security has raised $98.0M in total across 6 funding rounds.
Kenna Security is a cybersecurity company specializing in risk-based vulnerability management software. Its flagship product, Kenna.VM, uses machine learning, data science, and threat intelligence to prioritize vulnerabilities, predict exploitations, and guide remediation efforts for enterprises overwhelmed by security data.[1][2][3][4] It serves large organizations in sectors like banking, healthcare, eCommerce, and IT, solving the problem of "vulnerability chaos" by focusing teams on high-risk issues, reducing remediation time by 50%, reporting time by 90%, and investigation time by 75%.[1][2]
Acquired by Cisco in 2021, Kenna integrates into Cisco's SecureX platform, enhancing threat response and risk scoring across hybrid environments.[3][5][8] This has positioned it as a pioneer in modern vulnerability management, though Cisco recently announced end-of-life for the standalone product line.[6]
Kenna Security emerged over a decade ago to tackle the inefficiency of traditional vulnerability management, where teams drowned in unprioritized scanner data without enough resources to patch everything.[4][6] Founded to "extract the signal from the noise," it pioneered risk-based prioritization using data science, correlating vulnerability scans, asset data, exploit feeds, and billions of security events.[2][4] Key leadership included CEO Karim Toubba, who emphasized transforming cyber risk management at scale.[3]
Early traction came from proving that not all vulnerabilities pose equal risk, using machine learning for predictive modeling—a conceptual leap that reshaped industry practices.[6] The 2021 acquisition by Cisco marked a pivotal moment, integrating Kenna's capabilities into a broader platform while maintaining its Chicago HQ and San Francisco office.[1][3]
Kenna rode the wave of exploding vulnerability data amid rising cyber threats, hybrid work, and complex IT environments, where manual prioritization failed.[3][6] Its timing was ideal post-2010s scanner overload, popularizing terms like "risk-based" and "predictive" management that every major vendor now adopts.[6] Market forces like evolving attacker tactics and resource constraints favored its data-driven approach, influencing the shift from vulnerability management to broader exposure management bridging SecOps, DevOps, and cloud.[6]
By sparking this movement, Kenna elevated industry standards, inspiring successors like Nucleus while Cisco's integration amplified its reach in unified security platforms.[3][5][6][8]
Post-acquisition, Kenna.VM evolves within Cisco's ecosystem, focusing on integrated vulnerability management amid Cisco's platform unification.[8] Trends like AI-driven threat prediction, zero-trust architectures, and exposure management will shape its path, demanding deeper automation across vectors beyond vulnerabilities.[6] Its influence may wane as a standalone pioneer but endure through Cisco's scale, potentially reemerging in next-gen tools—or fading if end-of-life accelerates, paving way for agile challengers. This underscores Kenna's lasting spark: turning vulnerability chaos into prioritized defense.
Key people at Kenna Security.
Kenna Security has raised $98.0M in total across 6 funding rounds.
Kenna Security's investors include Altos Ventures, Broadhaven Capital Partners, Commerce Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Freestyle Capital, FTAC Ventures, General Atlantic, Hanaco Ventures, OurCrowd, Owl Ventures, Sorenson Ventures, Union Square Ventures.
Kenna Security has raised $98.0M across 6 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $48.0M Series D in September 2019.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2019 | $48.0M Series D | Altos Ventures, Broadhaven Capital Partners, Commerce Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Freestyle Capital, FTAC Ventures, General Atlantic, Hanaco Ventures, OurCrowd, Owl Ventures, Sorenson Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Noah Pickholtz | |
| Mar 1, 2018 | $25.0M Series C | 8-Bit Capital, Altos Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, General Atlantic, M.G. Siegler, Hanaco Ventures, Locus Ventures, Merus Capital, OurCrowd, Owl Ventures, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Charlie Cheever, Chung-Man Tam, Farzad Nazem, Jeff Arnold, MG Siegler, Neill Occhiogrosso, Noah Pickholtz, Noosheen Hashemi, Oliver Jung, Rakesh K. Loonkar, Shlomo Kramer, Waseem Daher, Wayne Pan | |
| Dec 1, 2016 | $15.0M Series B | 8-Bit Capital, Altos Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, General Atlantic, M.G. Siegler, Hanaco Ventures, Locus Ventures, Merus Capital, OurCrowd, Owl Ventures, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Charlie Cheever, Chung-Man Tam, Farzad Nazem, Jeff Arnold, MG Siegler, Neill Occhiogrosso, Noah Pickholtz, Noosheen Hashemi, Oliver Jung, Rakesh K. Loonkar, Shlomo Kramer, Waseem Daher, Wayne Pan | |
| Oct 1, 2014 | $4.0M Series A | 8-Bit Capital, Altos Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, General Atlantic, M.G. Siegler, Locus Ventures, Merus Capital, Owl Ventures, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Charlie Cheever, Chung-Man Tam, Farzad Nazem, Jeff Arnold, MG Siegler, Neill Occhiogrosso, Noosheen Hashemi, Oliver Jung, Rakesh K. Loonkar, Shlomo Kramer, Waseem Daher, Wayne Pan | |
| Nov 1, 2012 | $5.0M Series A | 8-Bit Capital, Altos Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, General Atlantic, M.G. Siegler, Locus Ventures, Merus Capital, Owl Ventures, Robot Ventures, Union Square Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Charlie Cheever, Chung-Man Tam, Farzad Nazem, Jeff Arnold, MG Siegler, Neill Occhiogrosso, Noosheen Hashemi, Oliver Jung, Rakesh K. Loonkar, Shlomo Kramer, Waseem Daher, Wayne Pan | |
| Feb 1, 2011 | $1.0M Seed | 8-Bit Capital, M.G. Siegler, Locus Ventures, Merus Capital, Robot Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Charlie Cheever, Chung-Man Tam, Farzad Nazem, Jeff Arnold, MG Siegler, Neill Occhiogrosso, Noosheen Hashemi, Oliver Jung, Waseem Daher, Wayne Pan |
