Bit9, Inc. is the leading provider of application control and device
control solutions to achieve flexible Windows desktop lockdown and
business-friendly whitelisting. It's cornerstone application control and
device control product, Parity, is the only solution to detect,
identify, and approve or ban applications -- without relying on malware
signatures or behavioral patterns. Bit9 was founded in 2002
by Dr. Todd Brennan, Dr. Allen Hillery, ...
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Bit9, Inc. is the leading provider of application control and device
control solutions to achieve flexible Windows desktop lockdown and
business-friendly whitelisting. It's cornerstone application control and
device control product, Parity, is the only solution to detect,
identify, and approve or ban applications -- without relying on malware
signatures or behavioral patterns.
Bit9 was founded in 2002
by Dr. Todd Brennan, Dr. Allen Hillery, and John Hanratty. Previously,
Drs. Brennan and Hillery founded Okena, which was acquired by Cisco
Systems. John Hanratty was on the founding teams of Synernetics
(acquired by 3Com), and Agile Networks (acquired by Lucent).
In
July 2003, Bit9 was awarded a prestigious $2M federal research grant
from the National Institute of Standards and Technology-Advanced
Technology Program (NIST ATP). The company raised $6 million in
December 2004 from Atlas Venture and Highland Capital, and another $9.8
million from those investors and Kleiner Perkins in June 2006.
Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bit9 is a privately held
company.
