Lacework is a security platform for cloud generation that provides automated threat defense and intrusion detection for cloud workloads. Its platform automates every aspect of security, including configuration assessment, behavior monitoring, anomaly, and threat detection as well as incident investigation and provides continuous monitoring of all cloud components such as workloads, applications, processes, containers, machines, users, and accounts that enable security teams to protect data and workloads in the cloud and maintain continuous compliance. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Mountain View, California.