US tech start - up , Quadium , has raised $ 20 million in a Series A funding round to build a search engine for Internet of Things To prevent these large scale attacks from happening, CIA and DARPA alumni ( IoT ) devices to help users stay ahead of cyber - criminals . Quadium is a user - centred , web - scanning company comprised of a global network of servers which have processed large volumes of data to build a significant library of internet - connected machines . Organisations that subscribe to Quadium 's $ 1 m ##t . Expander programme will scan their entire connected networks and receive warnings on potential vulnerabilities , unauthorised IT usage , out of date anti - virus software , and poor - performing firewalls .
US tech start - up , Quadium , has raised $ 20 million in a Series A funding round to build a search engine for Internet of Things ( IoT ) devices to help users stay ahead of cyber - criminals . Quadium is a user - centred , web - scanning company comprised of a global network of servers which have processed large volumes of data to build a significant library of internet - connected machines . Organisations that subscribe to Quadium 's $ 1 m ##t . Expander programme will scan their entire connected networks and receive warnings on potential vulnerabilities , unauthorised IT usage , out of date anti - virus software , and poor - performing firewalls .