Red Balloon Security
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Embedded device security |
| Founded 📆 | 2011 |
| Founder 👔 | Ang Cui |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | New York, NY |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Ang Cui, CEO and Chief Scientist |
| Products 📟 | Symbiote, FRAK |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | redballoonsecurity.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Red Balloon Security (RBS) is a privately owned embedded device security company headquartered in New York City. It is the developer of Symbiote,[1] an operating system agnostic intrusion defense technology for embedded devices.[2]
History[edit]
The company was founded in 2011 by Ang Cui, PhD, a former security researcher at Columbia University’s Intrusion Detection Systems Lab.[3]
While at Columbia, Cui conducted much of the early research and software development for Symbiote and other technologies now provided by RBS, including FRAK, a firmware analysis tool.[4] Cui’s development of these technologies was supported by research grants through DARPA[5] and the Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate.[6]
In 2015, the company’s Symbiote Defense technology was licensed by Hewlett Packard[7] to provide cybersecurity for its complete line of LaserJet Enterprise printers and multifunction printers.[8] On June 21, 2017, Red Balloon Security announced[9] the launch of Symbiote for Automotive Defense, an automotive version of the standard Symbiote technology, at the Escar USA Conference in Detroit.[10]
Symbiote[edit]
Symbiote is an operating system and vendor agnostic host-based defense designed specifically for proprietary embedded systems. It is able to secure any type of embedded device[11] against malware, ransomware, zero-day exploits, malicious code and commands and malicious firmware modifications.
It was developed by Cui at Columbia University under support from DARPA’s Cyber Fast Track and CRASH programs, as well as IARPA’s STONESOUP and DHS’s S&T Research programs.[12]
Symbiote is currently deployed in many different types of devices, including HP Enterprise LaserJet printers, Cisco routers, switches and firewalls, Cisco and Avaya IP phones, programmable logic controllers, avionic platforms, and robotic platforms.[13]
In 2016, Popular Science named Symbiote one of the “9 Most Important Security Innovations of the Year.”[14]
FRAK[edit]
FRAK is a firmware reverse engineering and analysis console developed by Cui under a DARPA Cyber Fast Track SBIR Phase 1 contract.[15]
Government Funded Research[edit]
RBS has been the recipient of multiple research grants by the US government, including DARPA, IARPA and DHS S&T:[16]
- Hybrid Prediction for Embedded Malware, awarded by Department of Homeland Security - Phase I 2016, Phase II 2017
- Automated Embedded Vulnerability Identification and Exploitation Mitigation System Using FRAK, Symbiote and Autotomic Binary Structure Randomization, awarded by Department of Homeland Security - Phase I 2014, Phase II 2015
- Symbiote Technology to Repair Vulnerable Firmware, awarded by Department of Defense, DARPA - Phase 1 2013
References[edit]
- ↑ "From Hacker to IoT Security Hero? Red Balloon Floats New Solution". EnterpriseTech. September 22, 2015.
- ↑ "The Internet of Things Needs Anti-Virus Protection". Slate. March 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Cisco VoIP Phones Affected By On Hook Security Vulnerability". Forbes. December 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Startup Offers to Protect Printers, Phones, and Other Devices from Hackers". MIT Technology Review. February 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Defending Embedded Systems with Software Symbiotes" (PDF). Columbia University's Computer Science Department.
- ↑ "DHS S&T Funded Technology Helps Protect Devices from Cyber Attacks". DHS Science and Technology Directorate. November 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Red Balloon Security Announces Advanced Host Based Security For Embedded Devices". Dark Reading. September 22, 2015.
- ↑ "HP to Use Prof. Sal Stolfo's Cybersecurity Technology for Embedded Devices". Columbia University. September 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Red Balloon Security Launches Military-Grade Cyber Defense Tool for Auto Industry". PRWeb. June 21, 2017.
- ↑ "This software wants to protect millions of cars from hackers". CNET. June 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Meet the Symbiote: The Ironclad, Adaptable Future of Antivirus Protection". Gizmodo. February 26, 2013.
- ↑ "STEPPING P3WNS: ADVENTURES IN FULL-SPECTRUM EMBEDDED EXPLOITATION (AND DEFENSE!)". Black Hat Briefings. 2013.
- ↑ "Cyber Security Division Technology Guide" (PDF). Department of Homeland Security.
- ↑ "The 9 Most Important Security Innovations Of The Year". Popular Science. October 19, 2016.
- ↑ "Cyber Fast Track". DARPA.
- ↑ "SBIR-STTR Red Balloon Security, Inc". Small Business Innovation Research. 2017.
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