Tenable CEO Ron Gula
Tenable CEO Ron Gula

Columbia-based Tenable Network Security closed a $250 million investment round, the cybersecurity company announced Tuesday.

The Series B round was led by Insight Venture Partners and Accel, and brings the companyโ€™s total capital raise to $300 million. Accel previously invested $50 million in the companyโ€™s 2012 Series A.

Reuters confirms that the round is a record raise in the cybersecurity industry. And itโ€™s a huge deal by Maryland standards, where all companies receiving investment combined to total $144 million in the third quarter of 2015.

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