Wiz | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights
Wiz is a leading cloud security platform that helps organizations of all sizes identify and mitigate critical risks in their cloud...

Wiz is a leading cloud security platform that helps organizations of all sizes identify and mitigate critical risks in their cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and Kubernetes. The platform employs an agentless approach to provide deep visibility and risk prioritization, enabling security and development teams to build faster and more securely.
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Headquarters
New York, NY
Size
501-1000 employees
Industry
Computer and Network Security
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🛍️ Wiz Product and Pricing News
- Wiz now integrates with the Slack AI Assistant and has introduced a Slack bot for enhanced issue management.
- Wiz has introduced a new feature for ASPM that extends security beyond code scanning to protect the entire software supply chain.
- Wiz announced a new Snowflake Connector to expand its cloud security coverage to Snowflake environments.
- Wiz has expanded its 'Cloud Threat Landscape' database with over 300 updates, including 11 new incidents uncovered by the Wiz Threat Research Team.
- Wiz expanded its integrations, adding five new services including one in Application Security and one in Cyber Risk Quantification.
- Wiz is launching in New Zealand on February 20th with an event featuring insights from 2degrees and Air New Zealand.
- Wiz is expanding its sales team in Spain to support growth across LATAM, focusing on cloud security solutions for enterprise clients.
- Wiz launched a new website highlighting its integration with Harness.
👔 Wiz CEO, Management and Leadership Team
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Director of Product Management
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Director of Field Marketing, Americas
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Senior Director of Product Marketing
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Director
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Director Public Sector Channels and Alliances
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Director of products, Wiz
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Co-Founder & CEO
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Co-Founder & CTO
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Chief Business Officer
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Chief Software Architect
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Regional Vice President UK&I
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Vice President
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CTO of Container Security
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Field CTO
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CTO of Enterprise Solutions
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⚔️ Wiz Alternatives and Competitors
- Singularity Cloud Security |
- Prisma Cloud |
- Sysdig Secure |
- Trend Vision One - Cloud Security |
- Lacework Polygraph Data Platform |
- Orca Security |
- Check Point CloudGuard |
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud |
- P0 Security |
- Sweet Security |
- Aqua Security |
- Cloudflare |
- OneLogin |
- Ghostery |
- Druva Security Cloud |
- CrowdStrike Falcon |
- Cisco Duo |
- Trend Micro Deep Security |
- AWS CloudTrail |
- Datadog |
- Veracode |
- Qualys


💼 Wiz Hiring and Layoffs
- Wiz appointed Fazal Merchant, former Co-CEO of Tanium, as President and CFO to lead financial strategy and prepare for an IPO.
- Yuki Okamoto has joined Wiz as a CTO Office Solution Architect, previously serving as a Senior Technical Solutions Engineer at Google in Japan.
- Tim Larkins has joined Wiz as Director, FSI Program Business Development in the United States, previously working at Palo Alto Networks as Federal Systems Integrators.
- Maria Papas 🐝 has joined Wiz as Region Director - Southern Region (APAC Founding Team) in Australia, previously holding a position at another company.
- Anil Bhasin has joined Wiz as Area Vice President in India, previously serving as Vice President - India and South Asia at Databricks.
- Joe Schoenfeld has joined Wiz as Legal Director, GTM Public Sector, relocating from Splunk where he served as Sr. Legal Counsel, Global Public Sector Commercial & Compliance.
- Meghan Carpenter has joined Wiz as Director Talent Acquisition in the United States, previously serving as Director, Talent Acquisition (North America + Chennai) at Appian Corporation.
- Matthew Zwolenski has joined Wiz as Senior Director, Solutions Engineering (SE), Asia Pacific & Japan, relocating from his previous role as Director & CTO at Google Cloud Australia & NZ in Australia.
🤖 Wiz Developer, Integration and Automation News
- Grammarly has chosen Wiz to secure its cloud environment, achieving 100% coverage of cloud accounts and zero critical/high risks.
- Hackuity has partnered with Wiz to join the Wiz Integration Network, enhancing cloud risk management and improving vulnerability oversight for clients.
- Wiz has partnered with Commvault to enhance identity management by securing cloud infrastructure and resolving vulnerabilities.
- Tines has been named a launch partner for Wiz Defend, recognized for their leadership in workflow orchestration and automation.
- Torq announced a strategic alliance with Wiz as a launch partner for Wiz Defend to enhance cloud threat detection.
- Wiz is partnering with Cribl for the New York City Technology Forum 2024.
- Wiz announced a new collaboration with NVIDIA to enhance ML-based data classification using Llama 3 models and NVIDIA NIM microservices.
- Wiz helped Datavant centralize security across six companies.
📈 Wiz Financials, Fundraising and Valuation News
- Wiz, led by CEO Assaf Rappaport, is recognized as one of CRN's 10 Cloud Startups To Watch in 2025, following a $1 billion funding round and the acquisition of Dazz in late 2024.
- Wiz plans to purchase TransmitSec, followed by Cato Networks acquiring both, and then Thoma Bravo will buy all of them.
- Wiz has acquired companies like Raftt and Gem Security, with minimal employee departures to competitors like Palo Alto Networks and Akamai.
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