Invincea Explained

Invincea
Type:Subsidiary
Founder:Anup K. Ghosh
Location City:Fairfax
Location Country:United States
Parent:Sophos
Subsid:Invincea Labs

Invincea, Inc. was a company that offered a suite of endpoint protection software products. Originally called Secure Command LLC, Invincea, Inc. was a venture-backed software company that provided malware threat detection, prevention, and analysis to stop advanced threats. It was acquired by Sophos in February 2017.[1] [2] [3]

History

The company was founded in 2006 by Dr. Anup Ghosh and was based in Fairfax, Virginia.[4] Major investors included Dell Ventures, New Atlantic Ventures, Grotech Ventures, Aeris Capital, and Harbert Venture Partners.[5]

In 2012, Invincea used a $21 million grant from DARPA to improve the security of the US military's Android-based devices such as tablet PCs and smartphones. The Invincea software secured data from unauthorized access and protect devices from malicious applications.[6]

In June 2013, Dell announced an OEM partnership with Invincea and began shipping new endpoint security software dubbed "Dell Data Protection | Protected Workspace" on all of its commercial tablets and PCs worldwide. Dell Data Protection included Invincea container technology to put a shield - or virtualized container around each browser or application instance to protect it from the rest of the device and the network on which it resided.[7]

In December 2013, Invincea acquired Sandboxie for an undisclosed amount. Sandboxie was a pioneer in the Windows Containment and sandboxing market, also called “container” technology, and the acquisition was made to consolidate Sandboxie and Invincea's own container solution.[8]

In May 2016, Invincea launched X by Invincea.[9] X by Invincea was a suite of products that protected endpoints by detecting and blocking known and unknown malware without signatures in real-time. X combined deep learning, an advanced form of machine learning, behavioral analysis and the legacy Invincea container technology, also known as isolation technology, in one lightweight agent.[10]

In February 2017, Invincea was acquired by Sophos, a security software and hardware company. In August that year, the subsidiary Invincea Labs was renamed Two Six Labs.[11]

In January 2018, Sophos announced that Invincea's deep learning technology would be integrated with the Sophos Intercept X endpoint security product.[12] On April 16, 2018, Invincea announced the end of selling the X by Invincea suite of products. The Sophos products did not integrate with the Invincea container technology. Support and maintenance remained available under existing contracts through December 31, 2019, at which point, support and maintenance for Invincea products ceased.[13] [14] Sophos did not include the Invincea container technology in Intercept X. For that reason, Sandboxie was released as a free tool, and Sophos released its container technology to be open source.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sophos Adds Advanced Machine Learning to Its Next-Generation Endpoint Protection Portfolio with Acquisition of Invincea. Sophos. 2017-02-08. 2017-02-11. 2017-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20170509141535/https://www.sophos.com/en-us/press-office/press-releases/2017/02/sophos-adds-advanced-machine-learning-to-its-next-generation-endpoint-protection-portfolio.aspx. dead.
  2. Web site: Sophos grows anti-malware ensemble with Invincea. Sophos. One may ask, if you already have great next-generation technology, why do you need Invincea’s technology?...Think of Invincea as the superhero that takes our ensemble to the next level – the entity that adds neural network-based machine learning to the team.. 2017-02-08. 2017-02-11. 2017-02-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170210000126/https://blogs.sophos.com/2017/02/08/sophos-grows-anti-malware-ensemble-with-invincea/. live.
  3. Web site: Sophos to Acquire Invincea to Add Industry Leading Machine Learning to its Next Generation Endpoint Protection Portfolio. https://web.archive.org/web/20170808234044/https://www.invincea.com/2017/02/sophos-to-acquire-invincea-to-add-industry-leading-machine-learning-to-its-next-generation-endpoint-protection-portfolio/. 2017-08-08. Invincea. 2017-02-08. 2017-02-11.
  4. Web site: Fairfax City cyber start-up Invincea sells to a British firm for up to $120 million. Gregg. Aaron. 2017-02-08. Washington Post. en. 2020-05-05. 2017-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312130854/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-business/wp/2017/02/08/fairfax-cyber-start-up-invincea-sells-to-a-british-firm-for-up-to-120-million/. live.
  5. Web site: Dell Invests in 'Zero-day' Security Startup Invincea - The CIO Report - WSJ . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006191420/https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/12/16/dell-invests-in-zero-day-security-startup-invincea/ . 2014-10-06 . 27 October 2014 . WSJ.
  6. Web site: Acohido . Byron . 4 July 2012 . Military enlists Invincea to beef up Android security . https://web.archive.org/web/20141014061746/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-07-01/android-security/56020462/1 . 2014-10-14 . 8 October 2014 . usatoday.com . USA Today.
  7. Web site: Invincea Lands Container Deal On Dell Commercial Laptops. Robert Westervelt. CRN. 27 October 2014. 6 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124517/http://www.crn.com/news/security/240157259/invincea-lands-container-deal-on-dell-commercial-laptops.htm. live.
  8. Web site: Sandboxie acquired by invincea: what it means. gHacks Technology News. 27 October 2014. 6 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006080950/http://www.ghacks.net/2013/12/26/sandboxie-acquired-invincea-means/. live.
  9. Web site: Invincea Launches X-as-a-Service Managed Security. eWEEK. 2020-05-05. 2024-03-16. https://archive.today/20240316065854/https://www.eweek.com/security/invincea-launches-x-as-a-service-managed-security/. live.
  10. Web site: Preimesberger. Chris. Invincea Debuts New Invisible Endpoint Security Agent. eWeek. 28 January 2017. 16 May 2016. 16 March 2024. https://archive.today/20240316065904/https://www.eweek.com/security/invincea-debuts-new-invisible-endpoint-security-agent/. live.
  11. Invincea Labs announces corporate name change to Two Six Labs . 4 April 2019 . GlobeNewswire News Room . 14 August 2017 . 4 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404133043/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/08/14/1084453/0/en/Invincea-Labs-announces-corporate-name-change-to-Two-Six-Labs.html . live .
  12. News: Wright . Tom . Sophos integrates $100m acquisition into new next-gen offering . 17 January 2019 . CRN . 31 January 2018 . en . 31 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180131182104/https://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/news/3025749/sophos-integrates-usd100m-into-new-offering . live .
  13. Web site: Invincea End of Service. 26 September 2018. 26 September 2018. 27 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180927041010/https://www.sophos.com/en-us/lp/invincea.aspx. live.
  14. Web site: Invincea: A Sophos Company. 4 April 2019. www.sophos.com. On April 16th 2018 Sophos announced the immediate end of sale for all Invincea-related products. Support and maintenance would be available under existing contracts through December 31st, 2019, at which point support and maintenance for Invincea products would cease.. 4 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190404155024/https://www.sophos.com/en-us/lp/invincea.aspx. live.
  15. Web site: The Sandboxie Windows sandbox isolation tool is now a open-source!. 2020-06-15. BleepingComputer. en-us. 2020-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200411105435/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/the-sandboxie-windows-sandbox-isolation-tool-is-now-open-source/. live.

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