Corsha said its platform can discover and audit machine-to-machine connections for security. Source: Corsha
While cybersecurity has traditionally focused on protecting humans, the protection of machines and operational technology has been neglected, according to Corsha Inc. The Vienna, Va.-based company today said it has received funding from Cybernetix Ventures to advance its mission to secure machine-to-machine, or M2M, connections across robotics and industrial automation.
“Robotics, automation, and physical AI are transforming how the industrial world operates,” said Anusha Iyer, CEO and Founder of Corsha. “This shift demands an identity infrastructure purpose-built for machines. Cybernetix brings both capital and deep connections across this emerging frontier, and we’re excited to partner with them as we scale our platform to secure the next generation of connected, autonomous systems.”
Corsha claimed that it is “the first and only machine identity platform purpose-built to secure operational systems and critical infrastructure.” Founded in 2017, the company said its patented Machine Identity Provider (m-IdP) allows enterprises to securely connect systems, move data, and automate with confidence from anywhere to anywhere.
Corsha m-IdP offers dynamic M2M security
As industrial systems become increasingly autonomous and interconnected, Corsha said m-IdP ensures that every connection is continuously verified and authorized at machine speed and scale. The company asserted that it brings the proven security benefits of dynamic machine identity into manufacturing application programming interfaces (APIs) and protocols.
Corsha said its platform can provide “continuous verification as a core pillar of zero trust for cloud, edge, and complex hybrid environments.” It added that m-IdP delivers:
- Strong, cryptographic machine identities for every system
- Dynamic authentication/authorization at every connection
- Automated lifecycle management for millions of machine identities
- Secure deployments in diverse environments from cloud to air-gapped, hybrid, and industrial
Cybernetix joins Series A-1 round
The Cybernetix Ventures investment joins Sinewave, Razor’s Edge Ventures, Ten Eleven Ventures, and Booz Allen Ventures in Corsha’s $18 million Series A-1 round. This funding comes as the need for secure identity and access management grows in the rapidly evolving world of robotics, connected machines, and physical AI, said Boston-based Cybernetix.
“Robotics and industrial systems are under constant threat, yet most companies are still treating machine security as an afterthought,” stated Mark Martin, general partner at Cybernetix Ventures. “Corsha has solved the fundamental challenge of machine-to-machine authentication — delivering enterprise-grade identity management that seamlessly integrates into existing infrastructure.”
“Anusha and her team aren’t just building another security tool; they’re establishing the foundational trust layer that every connected system will depend on,” he added. “This is exactly the kind of infrastructure play that defines decades of industrial innovation.”
Corsha said the investment will help it ensure that industrial systems operate safely, autonomously, and at scale.
The m-IDP machine identity platform is designed to enable secure deployments. Source: Corsha
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