$9.5 million

Series A funding for Obsidian Security, a startup targeting the next wave of enterprise security challenges launched by three former top executives from competitors Carbon Black and Cylance. Obsidian, based in Newport Beach, Calif., was founded by Carbon Black co-founder and former CTO Ben Johnson; former Cylance CTO and product organization executive vice president Glenn Chisholm, and ex-Cylance Chief Data Scientist Matt Wolff. The funding is led by Greylock Partners. Johnson said the company will look to partner with other technology vendors, as well as VARs, to develop its technology.