Knocknoc Secures Seed Funding to Expand JIT Network Access Control Tech

Fast Summary

• Sydney-based cybersecurity company Knocknoc raised a seed funding round supported by US venture capital firm Decibel Partners, CoAct, and SomethingReal.
• Teh funding will be used for go-to-market operations,onboarding new staff,customer integration efforts,and product development.
• Adam pointon was appointed as the company’s CEO. Patrick Gray of Decibel Partners joined its board as Founder Advisor.
• Knocknoc specializes in network infrastructure protection by tying access to authentication status via single sign-on (SSO).
• The technology eliminates risk exposure with just-in-time network access control and adds multifactor authentication to legacy systems for compliance needs.
• Current use cases include safeguarding vpns, firewalls, IP cameras, payroll systems, file transfer appliances, internal networks in organizations across Australia and the US.
• Company Founders are Andrew Foster,David kempe,and Adam Pointon.

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Indian Opinion Analysis

Knocknoc’s innovative approach to network security holds significant implications for global enterprises battling cyber threats.Its technology-simplistic yet solution-oriented-could influence Indian businesses operating critical infrastructure industries such as telecommunications or financial services that face ongoing security risks. By addressing compliance pain points through multifactor authentication on legacy systems while reducing attack surfaces with just-in-time access controls operationalized via SSO integration mechanisms its potential adoption offers scalability/security partnerships beneficial longer-term