CloudLock, a Waltham-based enterprise cloud security company, today announced it had raised $8.7 million in Series B financing from new investor Ascent Venture Partners and existing investor Cedar Fund.

CloudLock provides additional security offerings for enterprise cloud solutions like Google Apps, and is focused on medium and large scale businesses.

“We’re very excited about this round,” Gil Zimmermann, co-founder and CEO, tells me. “We’ve built a business model that works and scales. This will allow us to grow both in terms of our market reach as well as to continue to invest and double down on our technology investments.”

“Every business cares about their data,” he continues, comparing cloud data security to banking, saying that customers must hold themselves responsible for securing their money, beyond just completely trusting their bank.

Zimmermann believes enterprise cloud solutions like Google Apps are “the new platforms,” and compared Google Apps in particular to Android, suggesting that many other adjacent business opportunities exist in the space.

The financing will also allow CloudLock to expand its Waltham team.

“There’s a lot of innovation coming from New England, more specifically from here in the Boston area,” he says. “The cloud is a great opportunity for New England to own. This is hopefully one small piece of a very large movement to own a huge market opportunity.”

We certainly hope so.