BearingPoint invests in Insignary to up security
Tech consultancy BearingPoint has invested in Insignary, an open-source software (OSS) security and compliance firm.
Patrick Palmgren, chief development officer at BearingPoint
This is BearingPoint’s first investment in an Asian start-up, with aims to meet the firm’s demands in the EU, US and Asia of OSS risk management.
According to BearingPoint, the investment builds on its partnership with Insignary, through which they became the first to offer managed binary code scanning service in Europe.
“Insignary has a unique capability of coping with one of the most pressing challenges companies face today: identifying and addressing known security vulnerabilities,” says Patrick Palmgren, chief development officer at BearingPoint.
He adds: “With OSS used in critical enterprise platforms, web and mobile apps, as well as internet of things (IoT), blockchain, cloud, open container and other fast-growth technologies, Insignary is at the forefront with its security solutions.”
Insignary’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and server-based security tool, Insignary Clarity, is designed to allow proactive scanning of software binaries for known, preventable security vulnerabilities, while also identifying potential licence compliance issues.
Insignary Clarity uses fingerprint-based technology, which it says it works on the binary-level without the need for source code or reverse engineering.
Financial details about the investment were not disclosed.
FinTech Futures also covered how BNG Bank, a public-sector bank in the Netherlands, implemented BearingPoint for regulatory compliance last year.
More recently, Citadele Bank Lithuania chose BearingPoint’s regtech platform Abacus too – giving the firm its debut in the Baltic country.
