Dasient was an internet security company headquartered in

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. It was founded in 2008 and launched its first product in June 2009. Dasient was acquired by

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in January 2012.

Products

Dasient provides cloud-based anti-malware services for protecting businesses against web-based

malware Malware (a portmanteau for ''malicious software'') is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, depri ...

and

malvertising Malvertising (a portmanteau of "malicious software (malware) advertising") is the use of online advertising to spread malware. It typically involves injecting malicious or malware-laden advertisements into legitimate online advertising networks ...

. 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

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personnel

Neil Daswani Neil Daswani is a co-director of the Stanford Advanced Security Certification Program, and an expert in web application security. He is the lead author of the book "''Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs To Know.''" In 2008, he c ...

and Shariq Rizvi, and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. Dasient was named by

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as one of ten startups to watch in 2010. The company received seed funding from Mike Maples, ex-Verisign CEO

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, and ex-3Com/Palm chairman Eric Benhamou. In February 2011, it was announced that

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invested in Dasient. Dasient was acquired by

in January 2012.

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