January 2022 Summaries

Osquery, an open-source endpoint solution developed at Facebook, has grown significantly in usage among independent security professionals, startups, and Fortune 50 companies, necessitating a scalable management system. To address this need, Fleet was developed in 2016 as an open-source platform to simplify the deployment and management of osquery in enterprise environments, providing an accessible UI, a standard library for queries, and a command-line tool for installation. Recently, Fleet Device Management, co-founded by former lead maintainers, secured a $5 million seed round from prominent investors to advance its mission of enhancing device management. Currently managing 1.65 million devices for companies like Uber and Dropbox, Fleet aims to foster collaboration between IT and security teams by improving transparency and trust through its open-source model. The platform is set to expand its features for vulnerability management and policy compliance, reinforcing its commitment to openness and collaboration in device management.