Cylance

Cylance Inc. | November 22, 2016

Here's what happened when a former McAfee executive started a cybersecurity software firm and told customers the truth. In 2011, cybersecurity researcher and entrepreneur Stuart McClure spent his last year working at McAfee, as the company's global chief technology officer, apologizing a lot. McClure said hackers were slipping into McAfee customer networks and each subsequent breach seemed worse than the last. McClure would have to meet with each of the big McAfee corporate customers to ...

eWeek | November 16, 2018

A week after the first rumors of the acquisition began to surface, BlackBerry confirmed on Nov. 16 that it is acquiring cyber-security vendor Cylance for $1.4 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close before BlackBerry's fiscal year end in February 2019. Cylance is best known for its suite of endpoint detection and response (EDR) security capabilities, including the company's Protect, Optics, ThreatZero and Smart Antivirus products. "Cylance’s leadership in artificial int...

Cylance Inc. | November 02, 2016

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, November 2, 2016 - Cylance® Inc, the company that is revolutionizing cybersecurity through the use of artificial intelligence to proactively prevent advanced persistent threats and malware, today announces that its Chief Data Scientist, Matt Wolff, will moderate a panel at AI World Conference & Expo on how artificial intelligence and machine learning can increase corporate security. The panel will take place on November 8 from 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM at the Parc Hotel in Sa...

SecurityWeek | June 19, 2018

Endpoint security firm Cylance announced Tuesday afternoon that it has closed a $120 million funding round led by funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and including other investors. The announcement was made hours after endpoint security rival CrowdStrike announced that it had raised more than $200 million in a Series E round of funding at a $3 billion valuation. Given the timing of the announcement—just after 1PM ET—it is likely that Cylance had been preparing to annou...