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From humble beginnings to unparalleled hits, Carbon Black helped create a chart-topping category<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019re 25 years into the 21st century, yet today\u2019s security landscape echoes much of the same uncertainty and challenges of the early 2000s. Back then, security teams lacked comprehensive, real-time visibility into endpoint activity, making breaches harder to detect and leaving organizations vulnerable for months. This meant unrelenting malware attacks, operational downtime and billions of dollars in mitigations.<\/p>\n

It was in the face of this adversity that a legend was born \u2014 Carbon Black Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)<\/span><\/a>. Forged through innovation and a commitment to redefining endpoint security, Carbon Black transformed the cybersecurity industry by creating a category.<\/p>\n

Keep reading to discover Carbon Black EDR\u2019s epic evolution, from inception to becoming an industry-leading solution through the milestones, key features and recognitions that made Carbon Black legendary.<\/p>\n

The genesis of a legend: Carbon Black\u2019s origins<\/h4>\n

Carbon Black\u2019s journey began (and then evolved) like many others in the tech and cybersecurity space\u2014as a culmination of innovative problem solving and strategic acquisitions. It begins with a company called Bit9, founded in 2002 on a U.S. government hunch that traditional, \u201cnegative\u201d security models couldn\u2019t keep up, but a zero trust, positive security model could protect against skyrocketing threats and vulnerabilities. Organizations needed a way to whitelist their mission-critical applications, and Bit9 offered just the solution.<\/p>\n

In 2011, a team of former NSA offensive hackers founded Carbon Black, and introduced a groundbreaking concept: proactively recording endpoint activity. Through comprehensive visibility during investigations, security teams could hunt for threats that may have sidestepped frontline protections like antivirus scans before they became a problem. The subsequent merger of Bit9 and Carbon Black marked a pivotal union of protection with visibility. And with it, the landscape of security changed.<\/p>\n

Key Milestones<\/h4>\n