Dasient was an internet security company headquartered in
Sunnyvale, California. It was founded in 2008 and launched its first product in June 2009.
Dasient was acquired by
Twitter
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in January 2012.
Products
Dasient provides cloud-based anti-malware services for protecting businesses against web-based
malware and
malvertising.
Dasient's Web Malware Analysis Platform uses a dynamic, behavioral-based engine - based on sophisticated algorithms and anomaly detection technology - to defend against the latest attacks using up-to-date intelligence about malware. This platform includes a system of highly instrumented virtual machines to simulate what actual users would experience when visiting a particular web page or viewing a specific online ad.
History
The company was founded by former
Google
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personnel
Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi, and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive.
Dasient was named by
Network World as one of ten startups to watch in 2010.
The company received seed funding from Mike Maples, ex-Verisign CEO
Stratton Sclavos
Stratton Sclavos (born 1961) is an entrepreneur, chief executive, and venture investor in the technology, professional sports and lifestyle industries. He is currently a partner at Vision Venture Partners.
He served as chairman and CEO of VeriSig ...
, and ex-3Com/Palm chairman Eric Benhamou. In February 2011, it was announced that
Google Ventures invested in Dasient.
Dasient was acquired by
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...
in January 2012.
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2008 establishments in California
Companies based in Sunnyvale, California
Software companies established in 2008
Computer security companies
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2012 mergers and acquisitions