Opal has announced it has added additional strategic investors, including Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI).
“We’ve seen a lot of investor interest in the identity and access management space. What really stood out to us about SVCI is their experience as operators. Each of them has evaluated, purchased, and implemented many cybersecurity solutions. Working with them felt like an opportunity we couldn’t pass up”
Opal recently announced a US$10 million Series A with the prominent VC firm, Greylock. Opal’s platform enables enterprises to manage employee access scalably with the principle of least privilege, where employees are granted only what they need and nothing more. By decentralizing access management away from bottlenecked teams like Security and IT, Opal empowers organizations to grant access with a more selective, context-driven approach, which lessens their attack surface and compliance burden.
“We’re privileged to have the opportunity to work with SVCI,” said CEO of Opal, Stephen Cobbe. “Our partnership will help us better understand executive priorities in security and access management, which is crucial for us to prioritize the most pressing problems in the space.”
SVCI Delivers Deep Domain Expertise
SVCI brings together over 60 active CISOs to provide personal investments and mentorship to cybersecurity companies spanning a variety of industries. Members are invite-only and rigorously vetted, and together provide over 1000 years of experience in the industry. The organization’s investment strategy is mentorship-driven, with services including 1:1 peer feedback, networking, group brainstorming and more. As one of 13 companies in SVCI’s expanding portfolio, Opal will receive hands-on support and real-world insight from industry leading CISOs to continue its expansion.
“Access management is not just a technology problem—it’s also about people, process and most of all, scale,” said CISO at UiPath, Yassir Abousselham. “Opal’s approach to decentralize approvals and automate time-bounded provisioning via popular productivity platforms enables organizations to move beyond compliance and adopt true least privilege at scale.”
“We’ve seen a lot of investor interest in the identity and access management space. What really stood out to us about SVCI is their experience as operators. Each of them has evaluated, purchased, and implemented many cybersecurity solutions. Working with them felt like an opportunity we couldn’t pass up,” said Stephen Cobbe.
