VMware Carbon Black

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VMware Carbon Black
FormerlyBit9
Bit9 + Carbon Black
Carbon Black
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Endpoint security
Founded2002;22 years ago (2002) (as Bit9)
FoundersTodd Brennan
Allen Hillery
John Hanratty
Headquarters
Waltham, Massachusetts
,
U.S.
Key people
Kal De, CEO
Products Security software
Number of employees
1000+ (2019)
Parent VMware
Website carbonblack.com

VMware Carbon Black (formerly Bit9, Bit9 + Carbon Black, and Carbon Black) is a cybersecurity company based in Waltham, Massachusetts. [1] The company develops cloud-native endpoint security software that is designed to detect malicious behavior and to help prevent malicious files from attacking an organization. [2] The company leverages technology known as the Predictive Security Cloud (PSC), a big data and analytics cloud platform that analyzes customers’ unfiltered data for threats. [3]

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The company has approximately 100 partners. [4] It has over 5,600 customers including approximately one-third of the Fortune 100. [5]

In October 2019, the company was acquired by VMware. [6] [7] [8]

History

Carbon Black was founded as Bit9 in 2002 by Todd Brennan, Allen Hillery, and John Hanratty. [9] [10] The company's first CEO was George Kassabgi. [11] In 2007, Patrick Morley, the former chief operating officer of Corel, took over as CEO. [12]

In 2013, the company's network was broken into by malicious actors who copied a private signing key for a certificate and used it to sign malware. [13]

In February 2014, Bit9 acquired start-up security firm Carbon Black. [14] [15] At the time of the acquisition, the company also raised $38.25 million in Series E funding, bringing Bit9’s total venture capital raised to approximately $120 million. [16] The company acquired Objective Logistics in June 2015. [17] In August 2015, the company announced that it had acquired data analytics firm Visitrend and would open a technology development center in downtown Boston. [18] A month later, the company announced it would partner with SecureWorks, Ernst & Young, Kroll, Trustwave, and Rapid7 to provide managed security and incident response services. [19] [20]

The company changed its name to Carbon Black on February 1, 2016, after being known as "Bit9 + Carbon Black" for approximately two years. [21]

In July 2016, Carbon Black announced it had acquired next-generation antivirus software provider Confer for an undisclosed sum. Prior to the deal, Confer had raised $25 million in venture funding and had more than 50 employees. According to The Wall Street Journal , the deal was valued at $100 million. [22]

On May 4, 2018, the company joined public markets, listing as "CBLK" on the Nasdaq exchange. As part of its initial public offering (IPO), Carbon Black raised approximately $152 million at a valuation of $1.25 billion. [23] Prior to its IPO, the firm had raised $190M from investors including Kleiner Perkins, Highland Capital, Sequoia, Accomplice, and Blackstone. [24]

In October 2019, the company was acquired by VMware for $2.1 billion. [6] [7]

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