Axonius, a cybersecurity firm that brings visibility to firms’ IT environments to raised safe their infrastructure, has raised $200 million in a sequence E spherical of funding.

Even with one of the best of intentions, firms can’t defend their digital belongings in the event that they don’t know that they’re even there — and that’s the place asset stock administration enters the fray. Based in 2017, Axonius integrates with myriad information sources to provide firms a full stock of all their belongings, enabling them to mitigate any threats as a consequence of safety gaps they uncover.

An “asset” could possibly be something from a bodily gadget to a cloud occasion or person account — something that kinds a part of a possible assault floor. As of January, Axonius additionally provides SaaS administration smarts, giving organizations a “single supply of reality” for his or her cloud software program panorama.

In it quick historical past up to now, Axonius has amassed a roster of consumers that embrace Schneider Electrical, The New York Instances, Wacom, and AB InBev.

Distant management

Before now, Axonius had raised round $195 million, together with a $100 million tranche final yr, and with one other $200 million within the financial institution — valuing the corporate at a cool $2.6 billion — the corporate is well-financed to capitalize on trade’s fast transition to remote- or hybrid working.

Certainly, with IT “belongings” now doubtlessly unfold out over hundreds of particular person areas, it’s more durable for IT and safety groups to maintain observe of all the pieces, resembling what software program staff are operating on firm units, and whether or not their software program is appropriately configured in step with an organization’s safety insurance policies.

Axonius’ sequence E spherical was led by Accel, with participation from Bessemer Enterprise Companions, Lightspeed Enterprise Companions, Alkeon, Stripes, ICONIQ, DTCP, Silver Lake Waterman, Alta Park Capital, and Owl Rock.