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 information assets from malicious activity such as

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, and malicious software attacks.

History

Founded in 2012, Arctic Wolf focused on providing managed security services to small and midmarket organizations. The company was listed as a Gartner Cool Vendor in security for mid sized enterprises in June 2018. In 2019 and again in 2020, the company was named to the Deloitte Fast 500 list of fast-growing companies. In 2021, the company became part of IDC MarketScape Leader and was part of CRN Security 100 List. In 2022, CRN listed the company number 1 in its Top 10 Cybersecurity products and tool. 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. In March 2020, following a $60M D Round of funding, the company announced moving its headquarters from

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in October 2020. In October 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. On February 1, 2022, Arctic Wolf acquired Tetra Defense.

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