Sqrrl
Sqrrl is a graph database management system (DBMS) . It uses secure, adatable NoSQL built from Apache Accumulo. Originally founded by former employees of the National Security Agency (NSA), Sqrrl focuses on cybersecurity. A Sqrrl whitepaper describes Sqrrl Enterprise as a threat hunting tool that uses large amounts of data with linked data analysis to aid users going through the 'hunting loop'. In particular, Sqrrl manages data and can display it to users raw or in the form of visualizations for analytics, finding threat patterns, or for further investigation.
History
Sqrrl development began in 2011. As a company, it was founded by Ely Kahn and Oren J. Falkowitz who worked in cybersecurity before creating Sqrrl. Sqrrl was built on Apache Accumulo. Customers using Sqrrl came from both the private and public sector.
In January of 2018, Sqrrl was acquired by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Existing users of Sqrrl were able to continue using the software without any changes. In late November 2018, Sqrrl co-founder Ely Kahn (who is now a Security Strategist at AWS) commented on the release of AWS Security Hub, which includes visualizations and security remediation recommendations. However, there were no statements made explicitly about Sqrrl's integration with AWS.
- https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sqrrl#section-overview
- https://twitter.com/ElyKahn
- http://archive.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2012/08/new_database_startup_sqrrl_rai.html
- https://gigaom.com/2015/02/18/nsa-linked-sqrrl-eyes-cyber-security-and-lands-7m-in-funding/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3PPzf9ePko&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=AmazonWebServices
Website
Developer
Sqrrl Data, Inc.
Country of Origin
Start Year
2012
Acquired By
Amazon
- https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/23/amazons-cloud-business-acquires-sqrrl-a-security-start-up-with-nsa-roots.html
- https://sqrrl.com/
Project Type
Written in
Supported languages
ActionScript, C, C#, C++, Cocoa, Delphi, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Ocaml, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk