Cylance Inc Is an American software firm based in Irvine, California that developed antivirus programs and other kinds of computer software that sought to prevent, rather than reactively detect, viruses and malware.
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10 Facts About Cylance
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Cylance stated that their goal has been to "block computer viruses or malware before they have an effect on a user's computer".
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Cylance was founded by Stuart McClure and Ryan Permeh in 2012.
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Cylance sold Foundstone to McAfee in 2004, and became that firm's Chief Tech Officer.
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Cylance's founding came about as a result of McClure's speeches on cybersecurity.
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Cylance noted that he lacked trust in any security technology since it was all reactive in nature, meaning it only cleaned up after an attack or prevented it a second time.
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Cylance published a report about the operation in late 2014.
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In October 2017, Cylance was certified as a "Great Place to Work" on GreatPlaceToWork.
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In September 2017, Cylance was announced a winner of the Gartner Peer Insights Customer Choice Award for Endpoint Protection Platforms by Gartner Inc.
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In May 2017, Cylance made the CNBC Disruptor 50 list for the second year in a row.
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