Skyhigh Networks

Skyhigh Networks
Cloud Security
Founded 2011
Headquarters Campbell, California, U.S.
Area served
 worldwide
Key people
 Rajiv Gupta
Founder and CEO
Sekhar Sarukkai
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
Kaushik Narayan
Co-Founder and Chief Architect
Kamal Shah
SVP of Products and Marketing
Website www.skyhighnetworks.com

Skyhigh Networks, Inc. is a cloud security company based in Campbell, California. The company delivers a service used by companies to discover the cloud services being used by employees, analyze usage patterns to detect anomalies and malware, and encrypt data stored in the cloud.

History

The company was founded by serial entrepreneur Rajiv Gupta in 2011. The venture capital firm Greylock Partners invested $6.75 million in March 2012. In May 2013, Sequoia Capital led a Series B round joined by Greylock Partners, to invest $20 million in the company.[1] In September 2013 the company published a report on cloud adoption and security trends in which it identified significant risks facing companies and governments using cloud computing.[2] After evaluating cloud usage patterns by over 3 million users, it found that companies block well-known but low-risk services 40 percent more often than services that pose high risks to the company's data security.[3] High risk services include tracking services which can make internet users vulnerable to watering hole attacks.[4]

Recognition

In 2013, the Gartner Cool Vendors in Security: Security Services report identified Skyhigh as an innovative security provider. NetworkWorld granted short list status to Skyhigh Networks as one of the top 10 security startups,[5]

Lawsuits

In July 2014, Skyhigh Networks filed a lawsuit against Protegrity with respect to cloud usage analytics that allow for its customers to institute privacy, security and/or compliance policies with respect to cloud-based services used by its customers. Protegrity has asserted that it is the owner of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,321,201 and 8,402,281.[6]

At present, all claims in these Protegrity patents have initially been determined invalid by the USPTO based upon 35 USC 101, which rejection is based upon the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in Alice v. CLS, which held that certain software-based inventions with algorithms therein are ineligible subject matter for patents.[7] Additionally, the Court in California has stayed the litigation against all parties, including Skyhigh, based upon these CBM proceedings.

References

  1. ↑ Geron, Tomio (22 May 2013) "Skyhigh Networks Raises $20M Series B To Find, Manage Cloud Services" Forbes. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Lemos, Robert (September 29, 2013) "Enterprises Apply Wrong Policies When Blocking Cloud Sites, Says Study" eWeek. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ Butler, Brandon (September 26, 2013) "Vendor to IT: You're blocking the wrong services" Network World. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ Ragan, Steve (October 8, 2013) "Risk considerations: Tracking services monitor your every move" CSO Magazine. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ Messmer, Ellen (10 July 2013) "10 Hot Security Startups to Watch" Network Work. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Skyhigh Network v. Protegrity". United States District Court Northern District of California. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "ALICE CORPORATION PTY. LTD. v. CLS BANK INTERNATIONAL ET AL." (PDF). SupremeCourt.gov. US Supreme Court. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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