36 Krypton learned that the network security manufacturer “Zhangba Wangan” has recently completed the A round of financing. According to reports, the amount of this round of financing is tens of millions of yuan, jointly invested by Hongfeng Beijing Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Baiyun Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd.
Zhangba Network Security was established in 2021 and is currently focusing on building the next generation of network security shooting range products. Talking about entrepreneurial opportunities, the company founder and CEO Wang Heng said that personal feelings and industry needs are the reasons why he chose the cyber security shooting range as the starting point for entrepreneurship. Wang Heng said that he was born in the military, and after changing jobs, he entered an enterprise and started a business. In the past 20 years, he came into contact with the concept of network shooting range when he was engaged in network attack and defense technology research and network security product development, and became interested in this field. “The shooting range is the product that is closest to the essence of offense and defense in the field of network security.” Wang Heng said. On the other hand, he also observed that compared with foreign countries, domestic network security shooting range products took shape around 2015, but the application scenarios are narrow, and the product structure has many disadvantages, making it difficult to meet market demand. So in 2021, Wang Heng founded Zhangba Wangan, hoping to provide new network security shooting range products.
From the perspective of the overall market, the main reason for the rise of network security shooting ranges in recent years is that in the face of increasingly complex network environments and security situations, security personnel need a network security platform for training, improving network security skills, and conducting network security-related activities. Ideally, the range can provide a fully simulated environment to meet the above requirements.
Wang Heng said that in the past, the underlying architecture of many products was based on cloud computing frameworks such as Open Stack, which did not fit the simulation scenarios, resulting in problems such as weak simulation and limited functions in the network security shooting range. Zhangba Wangan’s shooting range product “Huotian Network Environment” adopts an independent and controllable underlying architecture designed and developed specifically for the needs of shooting ranges. Based on NFV (Network Function Virtualization) The device is simulated. “The previous shooting range could only teach people how to attack and how to exploit some vulnerabilities. But the shooting range we built hopes to be used by more people in security operation and maintenance.” Wang Heng concluded. In his view, the current needs of customers are to improve security protection capabilities, so he hopes that the network, operation and maintenance, security and other tools he uses daily can be simulated in the shooting range. In order to further meet this demand, Zhangba Network Security will also provide access functions for security devices that cannot be simulated at present, and perform virtual + physical hybrid orchestration.
Emulation can put pressure on network resources. In order to solve this problem, Wang Heng said that Zhangba Network Security also develops ultra-lightweight network applications through digital modeling technology (Meta Computing), modeling and business abstraction for simulation targets. Based on this, the company’s products can realize super-large-scale network node simulation, special equipment simulation and network attack and defense simulation deduction. In terms of data, he introduced that Zhangba Network Security has improved the network performance of the network shooting range simulation network to the operator level based on independent and controllable technology, which can solve the technical bottlenecks in the network shooting range’s telecommunications core network and global Internet simulation.
Currently, the company has derived four standardized products based on the Huotian Network Environment shooting range platform, which respectively address the needs of training, competition, offensive and defensive drills, and testing and evaluation. “This is also the most mainstream demand in the shooting range industry at present.” Wang Heng said.
In addition to the four standard products relying on a set of architecture, Huotian Network Environment can also meet more customized needs, which is related to the flexibility of its original network shooting range architecture. According to Wang Heng, the biggest feature of Zhangba Wangan’s native simulation digital shooting range is that it is autonomous, flexible and controllable, and all “simulation resources” can be modularly assembled according to actual needs. At present, based on the underlying loosely coupled architecture, Huotian Net Mirror has accumulated more than 300 modules that can be freely assembled, corresponding to more than 3,000 scenarios. For example, Wang Heng said that course training and test evaluation all belong to different scenarios and different modules, and customers can choose the corresponding modules according to their own needs.
Wang Heng further introduced that so far, a major problem in the online shooting ranges in the domestic market is that there is no standard to follow, which makes it difficult for manufacturers to form a large-scale effect due to the lack of standardized products. The idea of product assembly and modular delivery (modular assembly technology) proposed by Zhangba Wangan is also to deal with this problem. Moreover, in order to further improve delivery efficiency, Zhangba Network Security has also equipped its delivery personnel with a management platform for deploying these 300 modules. “Product functions can be changed and adjusted according to actual needs. Only in this way can it become an enterprise-level product.” Wang Heng said.
In the dimension of scene construction, Zhangba Wangan is also constantly innovating. For example, Zhangba Network Security currently has a full-time network security team “Snake Spear Lab”, which focuses on network attack and defense technology research, network security research, and network security attack and defense solution output based on the original digital shooting range platform “Huotian Network Environment”. Technical research and related services. Wang Heng introduced that the laboratory has the ability to reproduce security incidents in the first time, and can help customers conduct security operation exercises in a timely manner.
In terms of commercialization, the current customers of Zhangba Network Security are mainly distributed in key infrastructure industries such as special industries, education and finance. The company has been established for more than a year, and its revenue has reached tens of millions of yuan, serving nearly a hundred customers. In terms of profit model, Zhangba Network Security currently focuses on standard products plus customized delivery, as well as some scene development and value-added services.
Talking about the plan for 2023, Wang Heng said that from the application space of the network shooting range, from the traditional training and competition needs, it gradually extends to the direction of the simulation platform to solve practical security problems. In terms of form, there will be out-of-the-box lightweight in the future software, and a professional online SaaS shooting range. In the face of these industry changes, after this round of financing, Zhangba Wangan will increase investment in research and development of shooting range products and simulation technology, and serve more customers who need shooting ranges while improving product strength.
About investment:
Lv Junfeng, CEO of Fanghong Capital, which invested Zhangba Wangan this time, said: “Network shooting range products are basic products to improve the safety awareness and security defense capabilities of people from all walks of life. The market has accelerated in recent years. Although Zhangba Wangan is not the first to enter the network An enterprise in the field of security shooting range, but its team’s deep understanding of network attack and defense, brand-new product design logic, and its high-simulation and vivid shooting range scenes have won the recognition of many customers in a short period of time, and have achieved success in many fields. application, which allows us to see more possibilities in this industry.”
Zhan Shan, general manager of Baiyun Financial Holdings, the investor, said: “Independence and controllability of key technologies is a major prerequisite for national network security. The fighting spirit and innovative achievements of Zhangba Network Security are important factors that impress us. I hope that Zhangba will continue to Deeply cultivating the original network shooting range technology will bring more surprises to the industry.”
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