Cyber threats. Advanced Persistent Threats. Advanced Malware. Cyber Espionage. Whatever you call it, the bad guys want corporate financial information, customer data, intellectual property, or access to enterprise networks to launch cyber attacks on other organizations. It happened to Google, Adobe, and hundreds of other companies that did not report the incidents. And for the first time in history, Fortune 500 companies are now disclosing this threat in their SEC filings, alongside other global risks to shareholder value.
The threat has evolved; so should corporate security practices. There is only one company that has been focused on analyzing and preparing for this threat since 2005.
Damballa is revolutionizing network security. Cyber crime is orchestrated using remote control communications via the internet, also known as command-and-control (C&C). Cut the cord and you terminate the threat. That is what Damballa does.
Working ‘out-of-band’, so that network performance is not impacted and the bad guys cannot detect or evade our solution, Damballa sensors automatically detect and terminate the C&C communication that is required for the criminals to operate the malware or bot agents on breached assets. Once terminated, we provide the necessary forensics to track, plan and execute timely remediation.
Damballa protects corporations, ISPs and telecommunications service providers from cyber threat attacks used for organized, online crime. Our unique, global approach rapidly isolates the command-and-control needed to launch cyber attacks. Our signatureless solutions improve security both inside and outside the network perimeter and stop threats other technologies miss. Damballa identifies the severity and intent of these targeted attacks, even when malware can’t be detected. Our products and services provide a critical window for orderly remediation and integrate easily into existing infrastructure without requiring additional headcount or complexity.
Led by Val Rahmani, a 28-year IBM veteran and most recently the General Manager of IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS), the Damballa team consists of world renowned experts in cyber crime and the criminal infrastructure behind these attacks. The Damballa research team is led by Gunter Ollmann, formerly the Chief Security Strategist for IBM ISS and Director of the ISS X-Force Research and Development. The Damballa team includes respected industry veterans from Trend Micro, F-Secure, Secure Computing, McAfee and the U.S. intelligence community.
No one understands this threat better than Damballa, and no other company has the technology or intelligence capable of terminating these cyber attacks. If they want to break in, they will. Damballa can keep them from doing harm.
Damballa is privately held, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
At-A-Glance |
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Solution: |
Damballa solutions automatically identify and terminate cyber threat activity across enterprise and communications service provider networks in real-time, without relying on malware signatures. The Damballa solution deploys as out-of-band appliances with a management console. Damballa has six patents pending for innovations related to the processing, correlation and presentation of threat intelligence. |
Benefits: |
Fast, accurate detection of cyber threats, and other remote-controlled criminal threats. Real-time termination of malicious command-and-control (C&C) communications. Detailed forensics for reporting, remediation and e-discovery. |
Customers: |
Global corporations, internet service providers, telecommunications service providers, universities and government agencies. |
Established: |
April 2006 with core technology and inventions from Georgia Tech. |
Investors: |
Sigma Partners, Interwest Partners, Palomar Ventures, Noro-Moseley Partners, Imlay Investments, GRA Venture Fund, Paladin Capital Group. |
Leadership: |
Val Rahmani, CEO. Former GM of industry pioneer IBM Internet Security Systems (IBM ISS). Val Rahmani brings over 25 years of customer-driven business and technical leadership to Damballa. Prior to IBM ISS, Val held several general management roles within IBM, including multi-billion dollar hardware, software and services businesses. |
Founders: |
Dr. Merrick Furst. Dr. Furst holds an endowed chair as Georgia Institute of Technology’s "Distinguished Professor of Computing" and is an associate dean in the College of Computing. Dr. Furst was the founder and CEO of Essential Surfing Gear, an Internet software company that provided technology to bring information to people as they browsed the Web. |
Contact: |
Damballa Inc. |