Backline is a newly launched security startup that has raised $9 million in seed funding, aiming to alleviate the burden of security alerts for developers and security teams. Founded by tech entrepreneur Maor Goldberg, who previously had notable exits with Whitebox Security and Apolicy, Backline leverages AI agents to automatically identify and remediate security vulnerabilities. The startup's approach involves integrating notifications from various security tools, implementing fixes, and thoroughly testing them, thereby enhancing trust in the solutions provided.
The one thing we've seen constantly, almost day-in, day-out, is that we as an industry drown large organizations with problems. They buy Sysdig, they buy Wizz, they buy Snyk - all of these great companies and great names. Their job is to go to customers and tell them where they have problems. The reality is that these security teams are buying these tools, but they can't fix most of these problems.
There's always a need for security teams to go and chase someone else in the organization. And all of these teams, without exception, just don't have the time.
Backline can essentially take notifications from all of these security tools and start remediating many of the issues. The service's AI agents look at the vulnerability, create a proposal for how to fix it, implement the necessary changes, and then test them.
This testing step is crucial, Backline says, and was inspired by the way hardware teams use formal methods to test their products. This, Goldberg said, is the only way to generate trust with potential users.
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