Carbon Black Acquires Confer to offer next-gen platform to battle threats

Carbon Black, acquires Confer. Confer’s software solution will be renamed “Cb Defense.”

“With the acquisition of Confer, organizations of every size can now address their endpoint-security requirements through a single platform,” said Patrick Morley, CEO of Carbon Black. “This extension of the Carbon Black platform is a significant step forward in our vision to create a world safe from cyber-attacks.”

“The emerging next generation endpoint security market is about more than prevention. Security vendors who offer a comprehensive security platform comprised of prevention, detection and response capabilities will lead the transition from prior generation solutions,” said Doug Cahill, Senior Analyst at ESG. “With the addition of Confer, Carbon Black is offering such a next-gen platform to address the ever evolving threat landscape.”

“NGAV solutions need to take a far more innovative approach in stopping attacks and be much more effective than legacy AV” said Mark Quinlivan, Co-founder and CEO at Confer.

With the acquisition of Confer, customers will have access to a single platform designed to replace ineffective antivirus, lock down critical systems, and arm incident-response teams with the most advanced tools to proactively hunt down threats.

Confer Co-founders Paul Morville and Jeff Kraemer will be joining the Carbon Black product and engineering teams respectively. Confer employees will join the Carbon Black team. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.