Orkus launches scalable cloud data security
AWS re:Invent
Silicon Valley startup Orkus emerged from stealth mode this week with an IT security service designed to scale with cloud IT deployments and control data access and identities.
The Orkus Access Governance Platform was launched at the AWS re:Invent show in Las Vegas to demonstrate how it works to secure enterprise data in public cloud deployments such as Amazon Web Services.
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The complexity of the cloud is contributing to delays and higher costs for many enterprise IT projects. A recent survey by Softchoice found a serious skills gap reported by 96 percent of 250 companies surveyed. Most had exceeded their cloud IT budgets and this was contributing to problems achieving business goals.
Orkus and other services aimed at easing cloud deployments by automating key tasks will be key to successful cloud IT deployments and the business agility they can provide.
The company was founded in 2017 by veterans of cloud and cybersecurity companies and has raised a seed round of $3.2 million.