Koch Industries, Inc. Improves Network Visibility and Vulnerability Response with Cloud-Based Endpoint Management & Security Solutions

Aligning to its mission to deliver 'outcomes that make life better,' Koch has been focused on transforming its organization and disrupting how it typically manages business operations. A key part of this initiative has been transforming current processes and adopting new digital technologies that push the boundaries on what’s been done before in order to move Koch’s business into the future. Transitioning its organization to the cloud has been a huge driver for their digital transformation. As a part of the transition to the cloud, Koch needed to decentralize its network which in turn required them to rethink the company’s network security model. It was struggling with visibility amidst an actively growing corporate footprint and needed a way to easily see what was happening on the expanded infrastructure. Koch chose the cloud-based endpoint security platform, Crowdstrike, because it allowed the company to easily drop the agent on every server or endpoint to know its status. Similarly, Koch’s legacy patching and endpoint hardening solutions no longer worked with the new network architecture. Again, visibility was the main issue as well as having trouble patching and updating a diverse environment. Koch Business Solutions, LP (KBS) discovered Automox, the cloud-native companion to Crowdstrike that could accommodate its needs and offer the same level of visibility for patching and updating its vastly distributed servers. Recognizing Automox’s unique solutions and what it could offer the Koch enterprise, KBS introduced the Automox team to KDT, whose origination and investment strategy involves identifying technologies that create value for Koch Industries more broadly.

Koch Industries, Inc. is dedicated to helping people improve their lives by making and innovating products and services that its customers value. The company focuses on delivering mutual benefit, creating win-win outcomes that enhance life for both its customers and itself. Koch’s venture investment arm, Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), identified Automox as a disruptive leader in the cybersecurity industry and led a $30 million Series B investment in February 2020 to accelerate Automox’s vision of making corporate endpoint and server infrastructure more resilient to cyberattacks. KDT seeks out principled entrepreneurs whose technology has the potential to transform Koch’s core capabilities, create new capabilities, or expand Koch into new platforms. KDT thrives on being the spearhead for innovation at Koch Industries.