▁stored ▁on ▁its ▁networks ▁and ▁reduce ▁costs . ▁When ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁customers , ▁a ▁large ▁ins urance ▁company , ▁requested ▁Ver das ys ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁the ▁job ▁of ▁monitoring ▁and ▁protect ing ▁the ▁data , ▁Ver das ys ▁introduced ▁two ▁new ▁offer ings : ▁Man aged ▁Service ▁for ▁Information ▁Prote ction ▁( MS IP ) ▁and ▁Information ▁Prote ction ▁as ▁a ▁Service ▁( IP aa S ), ▁offering ▁data ▁protection ▁as ▁a ▁managed ▁service . ▁The ▁Digital ▁Guardian ▁platform ▁completed ▁E AL 2 + ▁evaluation ▁under ▁the ▁Communic ations ▁Security ▁Est ab lish ment ' s ▁Common ▁C riteria ▁E valu ation ▁and ▁Cert ification ▁Sch eme ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁Ver das ys ▁introduced ▁a ▁data ▁conne ctor ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁that ▁contained ▁mal ware ▁thre ats ▁detected ▁by ▁Fire E ye ' s ▁platform . ▁Before ▁Ver das ys ' ▁conne ctor , ▁the ▁mal ware ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁handled ▁manually . ▁In ▁December , ▁G art ner ' s ▁Magic ▁Qu adr ant ▁placed ▁Digital ▁Guardian ▁among ▁the ▁five ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁global ▁data ▁loss ▁prevent ion ▁market . ▁ ▁Ken ▁Lev ine , ▁previously ▁a ▁Mc A fe e ▁executive , ▁joined ▁the ▁company ▁as ▁CE O ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁and ▁focused ▁on ▁simpl ifying ▁its ▁product . ▁In ▁March , ▁Ver das ys ▁raised ▁$ 1 2 ▁million ▁in ▁a ▁vent ure ▁fund ing , ▁bringing ▁the ▁company ' s ▁total ▁raised ▁capital ▁to ▁$