Ziften

Ziften
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Company type	Private
Industry	Endpoint Security Software
Founded	2009;15 years ago
Headquarters	Austin , United States
Key people	Mike Hamilton (CEO); Al Hartmann (Chief Scientist); Mickey DiPietro (VP of Sales); Roark Pollock (CMO); Michael Ritsema (CTO);
Products	Zenith; ZFlow; Ziften Services;
Website	ziften.com

Last updated July 10, 2024

Ziften was a cybersecurity software company based in Austin, Texas, United States.^[1] The organization's endpoint protection platform is designed to provide advanced anti-virus, endpoint detection and response, and endpoint visibility and hardening for enterprise laptops, desktops, servers and the cloud.^[2] As of 2020, Ziften is out of business.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

Ziften was founded in 2009 by Mark Obrecht who previously founded WholeSecurity, a behavior-based security and anti-phishing company that sold to Symantec in 2005.^[3]

In May 2012, Ziften raised $5.5 million in capital in a Series B round from Fayez Sarofim & Co. In July 2015, Ziften raised $24 million in capital from New York-based Spring Mountain Capital LP and Fayez Sarofim & Co. In April 2017, Ziften raised an additional $14.7M from Trousdale Ventures. The organization's total funding to date is $50M.

Mike Hamilton, previously Ziften's chief product officer, was appointed CEO in June 2018.^{[ citation needed ]}

Product and Services

In September 2017, Ziften announced a series of managed security services, called Managed Assess Service, Managed Hunt Service, and Managed Respond Service, all designed to help organizations augment their security teams by getting additional help in monitoring EDR, analytics, and security forensics.^[4]

In November 2017, Microsoft announced new partnerships for its Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service, including integration with Ziften's Zenith security platform for macOS and Linux operating system support. The integration provides security events from onboarded macOS and Linux devices and surfaces them all within the Windows Defender ATP console.^[5] Ziften was later included as a member in the initial formation of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association.^[6]

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References

↑ Lori Hawkins (July 15, 2015). "Austin software maker Ziften raises $24 million for expansion". Austin American Statesman. Retrieved July 29, 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Ziften Zenith Product Page". Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
↑ Kirk Ladendorf (July 15, 2011). "Austin software startup Ziften Technologies raises $5.8 million in venture capital". Austin American Statesman. Retrieved March 11, 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ R. Scott Raynovich (October 2, 2017). "AI Security Startups Target Talent Crunch". Futuriom. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
↑ Duncan Riley (November 8, 2017). "Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection comes to iOS, macOS, and Linux". Silicon Angle. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
↑ Rene Millman (April 18, 2018). "RSA: Major tech companies band together to fight cyber-attacks". SC Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2019.

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[1] Lori Hawkins (July 15, 2015). "Austin software maker Ziften raises $24 million for expansion". Austin American Statesman. Retrieved July 29, 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[2] "Ziften Zenith Product Page". Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.

[3] Kirk Ladendorf (July 15, 2011). "Austin software startup Ziften Technologies raises $5.8 million in venture capital". Austin American Statesman. Retrieved March 11, 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[4] R. Scott Raynovich (October 2, 2017). "AI Security Startups Target Talent Crunch". Futuriom. Retrieved March 11, 2019.

[5] Duncan Riley (November 8, 2017). "Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection comes to iOS, macOS, and Linux". Silicon Angle. Retrieved March 11, 2019.

[6] Rene Millman (April 18, 2018). "RSA: Major tech companies band together to fight cyber-attacks". SC Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2019.

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