Arctic Wolf Networks is a

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company that provides security monitoring to detect and respond to cyber threats. The company monitors on-premises computers, networks and

cloud-based Cloud computing is "a paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand," according to International Organization for ...

information assets from malicious activity such as

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ransomware Ransomware is a type of malware that Encryption, encrypts the victim's personal data until a ransom is paid. Difficult-to-trace Digital currency, digital currencies such as paysafecard or Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency, cryptocurrencies are com ...

, and malicious software attacks.

History

Founded in 2012, Arctic Wolf focused on providing managed security services to small and mid-market organizations. The company was listed as a

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Cool Vendor in security for mid-sized enterprises in June 2018.

Acquisitions

In December 2018, Arctic Wolf announced the acquisition of the company RootSecure, and subsequently turned the RootSecure product offering into a

vulnerability management Vulnerability management is the "cyclical practice of identifying, classifying, prioritizing, remediating, and mitigating" software vulnerabilities. Vulnerability management is integral to computer security and network security, and must not be ...

service. On February 1, 2022, Arctic Wolf acquired Tetra Defense. In October 2023, Arctic Wolf acquired Revelstoke, a cybersecurity company.

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was acquired from

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by Arctic Wolf in December 2024.

Funding

In March 2020, following a $60M D Round of funding, the company announced moving its headquarters from

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in October 2020. Also in 2020, Arctic Wolf announced a $200M E Round of funding at a valuation of 1.3B$. On July 19, 2021, Arctic Wolf secured $150M at Series F, tripling its valuation to $4.3B.

References

External links

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