# Sonrai Security

> Sonrai Security is a New York-based enterprise cloud security company that helps large organizations lock down identity and access risk across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Kubernetes. Founded in 2017 by the team behind Q1 Labs, Sonrai built its reputation on a graph that maps every relationship between identities, permissions and data in the public cloud. Its flagship Cloud Permissions Firewall enforces least privilege by automatically blocking unused permissions with cloud-native, org-level policies, and its 2025 WALLy AI agent extends that to autonomously fix privilege risk across humans, machines and AI agents.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Brendan Hannigan (CEO and Co-founder), Sandy Bird (CTO and Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 75 employees
- **Products:** Cloud Permissions Firewall, CIEM+ (Cloud Infrastructure Entitlements Management Plus), WALLy Cloud PAM Agent, Sonrai Dig Platform
- **Notable:** Raised $88.5M in total funding across Series A, B and C rounds, Closed 2025 with 4x ARR growth driven by Cloud Permissions Firewall adoption, Launched WALLy, positioned as the first AI agent that safely fixes cloud privilege risk

## Products & services

- **Cloud Permissions Firewall** — Continuously analyzes real permission usage across all identities and automatically blocks unused privileges using cloud-native, org-level policies, making permissions dynamic and on-demand.
- **CIEM+ (Cloud Infrastructure Entitlements Management Plus)** — An extension to the Cloud Permissions Firewall that identifies and disrupts hidden attack paths by analyzing toxic permission combinations across multi-cloud environments.
- **WALLy Cloud PAM Agent** — An AI security agent that autonomously removes unnecessary privileges, enforces just-in-time access and blocks risky permissions across humans, machines, AI agents and third parties.
- **Sonrai Dig Platform** — The original graph-based platform that identifies and monitors every relationship between identities and data across an organization's public cloud.

## Achievements

- Raised $88.5M in total funding across Series A, B and C rounds
- Closed 2025 with 4x ARR growth driven by Cloud Permissions Firewall adoption
- Launched WALLy, positioned as the first AI agent that safely fixes cloud privilege risk
- Reported 300%+ year-over-year revenue growth and doubled enterprise customers in 2021
- Founded by the Q1 Labs team, whose prior company was acquired by IBM

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Launched WALLy, an AI Cloud PAM agent that autonomously removes unnecessary privileges and enforces just-in-time access across humans, machines and AI agents; available in beta with GA planned for Q4 across AWS and Google Cloud.
- **2025-12** — Announced closing 2025 with 4x ARR growth as Cloud Permissions Firewall adoption surged, adding enterprise customers including Sandisk, Fiserv and PG&E.

## Links

- Website: https://sonraisecurity.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sonrai-security
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sonraisecurity
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sonraisecurity
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/category/Information-Technology-Company/Sonrai-Security-503095056741916/

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Last updated: 2026-07-18