Cobalt Iron builds Compass, a SaaS platform that transforms and optimizes legacy backup systems for enterprise customers, replacing aging infrastructure with a cloud-delivered approach to data protection. Founded in 2013, the company works with customers across multiple regions rather than a single market.
Services extend beyond backup and disaster recovery into cloud architecture, security audits, penetration testing, vulnerability management, and WAF configuration, reflecting the reality that data protection now spans multiple cloud environments. Compass protects workloads running in AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud, including AWS RDS database instances across all compatible AWS regions, unifying what would otherwise be separate backup strategies for each platform. Cobalt Iron's go-to-market model runs entirely through channel partners, so customers work with local providers rather than dealing with the company directly. The ability to protect such a varied mix of workloads, legacy and cloud-native alike, inside one system is what distinguishes Compass from point solutions built for a single environment.