CloudKnox Security
Cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) — manage and reduce cloud permissions.
Outcome
Acquired by Microsoft in 2021; became Microsoft Entra Permissions Management
Lesson Learned
CIEM became a critical cloud security capability. Lesson: identity-centric cloud security is a must-have, and Microsoft buys what it can't build fast enough.
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