Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
VMware Carbon Black
open-in-new
<p>VMware Carbon Black (formerly Bit9, Bit9 + Carbon Black, and Carbon Black) is a cybersecurity company based in <a href="/facts/Waltham%2c_Massachusetts/8URD13ks">Waltham, Massachusetts</a>. The company develops cloud-native <a href="/facts/Endpoint_security/0Lzwd3um">endpoint security</a> software that is designed to detect malicious behavior and to help prevent malicious files from attacking an organization. The company leverages technology known as the Predictive Security Cloud (PSC), a <a href="/facts/Big_data/XGtrVg4z">big data</a> and analytics <a href="/facts/Cloud_computing/guhg0FGV">cloud</a> platform that analyzes customers’ unfiltered data for threats. </p><p>The company has approximately 100 partners. It has over 5,600 customers including approximately one-third of the <a href="/facts/Fortune_100/BLeHWymz"><i>Fortune</i> 100</a>. </p><p>In October 2019, the company was acquired by <a href="/facts/VMware/lKHGULx3">VMware</a>. </p>