Altor Networks raises $6,000,000

Altor Networks Inc., pioneering a new class of virtual network security solutions, today announced it has secured a $6 million second round of financing.  The funds will be used to accelerate the company’s market expansion being fueled by early market demand for its Virtual Network Security Analyzer (VNSA) and Virtual Network Firewall (VNF).  Altor’s VNSA and VNF provide unprecedented visibility into virtual switch traffic and control over virtual machines (VMs) being deployed by enterprises, government agencies and organizations in regulated industries. Altor’s VNSA and VNF solutions enable network administrators and security professionals to apply security best practices for virtual networks and help companies meet increasingly stringent HIPAA, PCI and SOX regulatory compliance requirements - at a fraction of the cost of legacy security products.  According to Jon Crotty, IDC research analyst, security products and services, “The proliferation of virtualization deployments worldwide is creating new traffic auditing, security best practices and regulatory compliance challenges. Consequently, there is a significant opportunity for a new class of security products, integrated tools and appliances, purpose-built for virtualized data centers, which can effectively address these emerging requirements.”