. the discussion was closed on 7 october 2016 with a consensus to merge the content into the article core security technologies . if you find that such action has not been taken promptly please consider assisting in the merger instead of re nominating the article for deletion . to discuss the merger please use the destination article s talk page . october 2016 for the vodou spirit see damballa . damballa type corporation industry computer security founded 2006 founder merrick furst wenke lee david dagon richard lipton headquarters atlanta ga united states of america key people david scholtz ; tom savini ; stephen newman ; paul rolfe ; ron wilson ; david fortune ; julie preiss products advanced threat protection website https www.damballa.com damballa is an american computer security company focused on advanced cyber threats such as zero day attacks and advanced persistent threats apt . 1 2 the company s system uses massive data sets and machine learning to identify malicious activity based on network behavior content analysis and threat intelligence . the system constantly trains on new data which enables it to detect previously unknown threats . damballa was acquired by core security technologies in july 2016 for us 9 million a significant loss on the us 60 million in funding it had received . 3 contents 1 origins 2 funding 3 offerings 3.1 advanced threat protection 3.2 isp subscriber protection 4 patents 5 see also 6 references origins edit damballa was founded in 2006 in atlanta georgia by merrick furst an associate dean in the georgia institute of technology georgia tech college of computing ; 4 he was joined by two georgia tech colleagues wenke lee and david dagon . 5 the company is named after damballa a vodou snake god 6 that protects against zombies with the implication that damballa protects against zombie computers operating as part of botnets . according to its site damballa now seeks primarily corporate clients and isp . funding edit in april 2014 damballa secured us 13 million from its existing investors to grow sales and marketing efforts along with global expansion . 7 since the company was founded in 2006 damballa has raised a total of us 57.5 million in venture capital funding led by the following firms sigma prime ventures ; interwest partners ; palomar ventures ; paladin capital group ; and adams street partners . additional investors include gra venture fund ; noro moseley partners ; and imlay investments . 4 8 9 offerings edit damballa s current product offerings are advanced threat protection edit damballa s advanced threat protection solution for enterprises damballa failsafe detects successful infections with certainty terminates their threat activity and gives incident response the intelligence needed to rapidly prevent data breaches . damballa failsafe is able to detection malicious files malware and track suspicious behavior over time in the network delivering actionable information about known and unknown threats regardless of the infection s source entry vector or os of the device . it provides incident responders with definitive evidence so they can rapidly prevent loss on high risk devices while blocking activity on the rest . 10 it was recommended on the advanced threat protection shortlist buyer s guide for 2015 . 11 isp subscriber protection edit damballa csp which is designed for service providers and isps identifies malicious activity originating from subscriber s devices whether pc tablet or mobile . damballa csp sits out of band inside the service provider s network and monitors dns requests non pii traffic from the subscriber s ip address which enables it to identify subscriber devices infected with advanced malware . 12 patents edit in 2013 damballa was granted its first two patents 13 related to detecting advanced threats . patent 8 566 928 14 describes methods for detecting a first network of compromised computers in a second network of computers while patent 8 578 497 15 describes methods for analyzing domain names that are not registered that are collected from an asset in a real network . in february 2014 the company was granted a third patent us20120198549 for its method and system for detecting malicious domain names at an upper dns hierarchy which describes a methodology for identifying potential malicious domain names used to propagate threats . 16 see also edit computer security portal asset computing computer security countermeasure computer it risk threat computer vulnerability computing references edit markoff john 2007 01 07 . attack of the zombie computers is growing threat . the new york times . retrieved 2007 01 07 . enterprise botnet and malware detection . damballa inc. retrieved 2007 01 07 . atlanta s damballa sold for nearly 9 million atlanta business chronicle . retrieved 30 september 2016 . a b startup aims to detect and thwart botnets . nerd twilight . 2006 08 17 . retrieved 2007 01 07 . wilson tim 2006 08 15 . startup to challenge botnets . dark reading . retrieved 2007 01 07 . rubner justin april 7 2006 . tech spinoff gets 2.5 m to go after zombies . atlanta business chronicle . retrieved 2007 01 07 . atlanta internet security firm damballa raises 13m . the atlanta business chronicle . 2014 06 02 . retrieved 2014 06 01 . internet security firm lands 6m in new financing . wral.com . 2007 08 29 . retrieved 2007 09 01 . the daily start up damballa locks down 15m series e to fight cyberattacks . the wall street journal . 2012 09 17 . retrieved 2013 09 05 . advanced threat detection and apt detection . retrieved 30 september 2016 . advanced threat detection buying guide . esecurity planet . 2015 09 03 . retrieved 2016 09 30 . advanced protection for service providers and their subscribers damballa . retrieved 30 september 2016 . jacques couret 2014 01 07 . damballa adds two patents . atlanta business chronicle . retrieved 2 june 2014 . google patents . patent search . google . retrieved 2 june 2014 . google patents . method and system for detecting malware . google . retrieved 2 june 2014 . damballa granted third new patent for detecting advanced threats . dark reading . 2014 02 04 . retrieved 2014 06 02 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title damballa company & oldid 743263916 categories computer security companies specializing in botnetscomputer security companiescompanies based in atlantahidden categories articles to be merged after an articles for deletion discussionarticles to be merged from october 2016pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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