Security News > 2021 > July > DNSFilter Raises $30 Million in Series A Funding
Cybersecurity firm raises $30 Million to support growth of its AI-based DNS threat protection system.
Washington, DC-based DNS security firm DNSFilter has closed a $30 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners, and supported by original seed investor, Arthur Ventures.
Ken Carnesi, CEO and founder of DNSFilter, told SecurityWeek that the Series A funding will be used on further product R&D, and expansion of the firm's global reach.
With the continuing growth of globalization and remote working, DNSFilter is based on the premise that it is more efficient to prevent local devices connecting to bad domains than it is to simply build traditional defenses around devices.
DNSFilter recognizes the bad domains by continuously scanning billions of domains using its own AI-based recognition system.
The DNS resolver aspect means that DNSFilter sits between the user and these dangerous domains, and can prevent the two from meeting.