that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message carbon black formerly called bit9 type private company industry endpoint security founded 2002 headquarters waltham massachusetts united states key people patrick morley ceo products security software number of employees 500 2016 website carbonblack.com carbon black inc. formerly bit9 inc is a security company based in waltham massachusetts . carbon black develops endpoint security software that detects malicious behavior and prevents malicious files from attacking an organization . 1 the company is a leader in the antivirus endpoint detection and response and endpoint protection platform space . in 2012 the new york times called it one of the hottest security start ups today . 2 carbon black competitors in the endpoint security domain include cylance intel security tanium and symantec . to date the firm has raised 190m from investors including kleiner perkins highland capital sequoia accomplice and blackstone . 3 4 according to bloomberg the company is currently preparing for an ipo and has hired jpmorgan and morgan stanley to lead the offering . an ipo is expected as early as 2016 . 5 in september of 2016 the wall street journal reported the company filed their ipo privately by using the jumpstart our business startups act which allows companies with less than 1 billion in revenues to file in a confidential manner with limited public disclosure . 6 contents 1 history 2 products 3 acquisitions 4 awards 5 references 6 external links history edit carbon black was founded as bit9 inc in 2002 by todd brennan 7 allen hillery 8 and john hanratty . 9 carbon black s first ceo was george kassabgi . 10 patrick morley former corel chief operating officer is carbon black s ceo . he took over the position in 2007 . 11 in 2013 the company s network was broken into by malicious actors who copied a certificate and used it to sign malware . 12 in 2015 the firm announced it would partner with secureworks ernst & young kroll trustwave and rapid7 to provide managed security and incident response services . 13 14 in 2016 the company announced that it was changing its name from bit9 inc to carbon black inc. this change became official on february 1 2016 15 products edit cb protection formerly bit9 a comprehensive endpoint protection platform cb protection offers application control device control and advanced threat detection for desktops and servers . it is widely deployed on critical systems such as servers and point of sale devices for advanced threat prevention . cb response formerly carbon black a real time endpoint detection & response solution used for advanced threat detection and incident response . according to the sans institute cb response is currently used or being evaluated by 68 % of incident responders . 16 cb defense formerly confer a cloud based next generation antivirus solution leveraging behavioral based prevention . in addition to prevention cb defense also provides endpoint detection and response capabilities . cb collective defense cloud formerly threat intelligence cloud a cloud based threat intelligence and file analysis service hosted by carbon black that provides software and domain reputation advanced threat indicators attack classification services and file detonation and static analysis services leveraging behavioral analysis and machine learning . consisting of billions of attributes cb collective defense cloud is reported to be the world s largest database of hash and file reputation scores . 17 acquisitions edit carbon black in february 2014 bit9 announced it had merged with start up security firm carbon black . 18 at the time of the merger the company also raised 38.25 million is series e funding bringing bit9 s total venture capital raised to approximately 120 million . 19 objective logistics in may 2015 fortune announced that bit9 acqui hired a dozen member cloud engineering team from boston based objective logistics . 20 visitrend in august 2015 bit9 announced that it had acquired data analytics firm visitrend and will open a technology development center in downtown boston . confer in july 2016 carbon black announced it had acquired next generation antivirus provider confer for an undisclosed sum . confer had raised 25m in venture funding and had more than 50 employees at the time of the acquisition . according to the wall street journal the deal was valued at 100m . 21 awards edit 2010 winner best anti malware solution homeland security awards 22 2013 finalist best emerging technology sc magazine 23 2014 winner best endpoint protection sans institute 24 references edit advanced prevention nothing new just better . network world june 6 2014 . outmaneuvered at their own game antivirus makers struggle to adapt . the new 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