Carbon Black has bought Confer to boost its protection for network endpoints using a behavioral form of antivirus combined with cloud analysis of threats. Cb Defense uses behavior-based techniques to prevent attacks from getting started and blends in attack-detection and response as a way to halt ongoing attacks. Carbon Black is a big player in endpoint protection software, facing competition from the likes of Symantec, Cylance, Kaspersky, Intel Security, Trend Micro, Eset and a host of others.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3097466/carbon-black-buys-confer-for-next-gen-anti-virus.html