“We were impressed to see how successful Karamba Security has been in engaging and creating demand for its products from Tier-1 system providers and vehicle manufacturers. 'We've been following Karamba Security since its launch,” said Chris Thomas, a founder and partner at Fontinalis Partners, who will join Karamba’s board.

Carwall blocks operations outside of factory settings at the ECU level hardening the car against hackers that try to compromise the ECU in order to take control of the car’s safety systems, such as brakes and airbags.įive months after emerging from stealth and raising its first round of financing, Karamba Security has completed technology proofs of concept with several industry Tier-1 providers, and has been experiencing strong demand for its solutions from vehicle OEMs and Tier-1 providers. Carwall, Karamba Security’s software, secures vehicles from cyberattacks by automatically locking down electronic control units (ECUs), according to factory settings. Unlike enterprise and mobile technologies, whose greatest cybersecurity risk is data loss, the risk from a hacked connected or autonomous car is much greater. Israeli auto cybersecurity co Karamba raises $2.5mĮntrepreneurs Ami Dotan (CEO), Tal Ben David (VP R&D), David Barzilai (executive chairman), and Asaf Harel (CTO) founded Karamba, which has offices in Hod Hasharon and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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