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The volume of software code being written by companies for new and existing software applications is exploding today\u2014and growing even more due to Covid-19. Many enterprises are speeding up digital-transformation efforts that were in the works before the pandemic, owing to the need to move more services online, improve online products for customers and connect a workforce that is, in many instances, still toiling at home. \n\nBut there\u2019s a downside here that companies must manage, too: all the security risks that come with rapid application development. Enter Contrast Security*. The Los Altos, Calif. firm specializes in baking security into application development and extending it all the way through to production\u2014in industry lingo, \u201cDevSecOps\u201d\u2014which helps companies digitize more quickly and securely. In a recent interview with Powered by Battery, Contrast\u2019s CEO, Alan Naumann, talks through the company\u2019s mission as well as the special challenges, and opportunities, he\u2019s faced as a leader this year. Have a listen.\n\nThe information provided in this podcast is solely intended for the use of entrepreneurs, corporate CEOs and founders regarding Battery Ventures\u2019 potential financing capabilities for prospective portfolio companies. The information is current as of the date it was published. The contents are not intended to be used in the investment decision making process related to any product or fund managed by Battery Ventures. Battery Ventures provides investment advisory services solely to privately offered funds. Battery Ventures neither solicits nor makes its services available to the public or other advisory clients.\n\n*Contrast Security is a Battery portfolio company. Investments identified above are for illustrative purposes only. No assumptions should be made that any investments identified above were or will be profitable. It should not be assumed that recommendations in the future will be profitable or equal the performance of the companies identified above. For more information about Battery Ventures\u2019 potential financing capabilities for prospective portfolio companies, please refer to our website. For a complete list of portfolio companies, please go to: https://www.battery.com/our-companies/list/\n\nContent obtained from third-party sources, although believed to be reliable, has not been independently verified as to its accuracy or completeness and cannot be guaranteed. Battery Ventures has no obligation to update, modify or amend the content of this podcast nor notify its audience in the event that any information, opinion, projection, forecast or estimate included, changes or subsequently becomes inaccurate.