• The strongest security solutions are built by pioneers who read the landscape and act early.
• For over twenty years, Symantec and Carbon Black have united visibility, control, and zero trust into a living, evolving defense adept for anything thrown its way.
• The level of resilience needed to face tomorrow’s threats is battle-tested and constantly adapting to stay multiple steps ahead. 

As nation-state actors double down on their efforts, the threat landscape as we know it grows more complex and perilous by the day. Facilitated by generative AI models, attacks are reaching new levels of sophistication and speed, with zero discrimination for targets. No one’s off limits. 

And while defenders innovate at the speed of light to counter these threats, adversaries quietly play the long game, storing stolen encrypted traffic with full intention of one day using quantum computing to crack it open. 

The list goes on. And the well-worn cybersecurity mantra continues to age like a fine Chardonnay: It’s no longer a matter of when an attack will happen, but how. 

When facing uncertainty, proven is key. That’s why, for decades, organizations worldwide have relied on the defenses that have always been there for them—battle-ready solutions that easily slide into existing stacks and deliver the kind of layered protection proven to defend against unpredictable attacks. 

The stuff legends are made of. 

True legends prove their worth in times of uncertainty. Again and again.  

Throughout a decades-long, epic journey of innovation in cybersecurity, Symantec and Carbon Black understood a strong foundation both endures and adapts. 

As pioneers in endpoint detection, application control, and data loss prevention, we’ve pushed the boundaries to deliver market-leading solutions that address the challenges of the time, whether it was the proliferation of computer viruses of the early 90s or the shift from stopping known threats to the unknown in the 2000s. Among them, three have shaped the industry to what it is today.

The EDR that changed everything

Carbon Black Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) emerged before “EDR” was a familiar acronym, at a moment when defenders needed more than guesses and signatures. Its founders built a system that recorded everything happening on the endpoint, giving teams the visibility they’d been missing. Over a decade later, that foundation hasn’t wavered. Organizations still rely on Carbon Black for the same reason they did in its earliest days: endpoint clarity and defense as the landscape grows aggressive and unpredictable.

Real-world results back up its efficacy. In Forrester Consulting’s Total Economic Impact™ study, Carbon Black EDR cut MTTR by 75% and risk of a large-scale data breach by 40% in three years for the composite organization. Those gains and other security and productivity benefits translated into a 425% ROI and $4.45M NPV.

It’s no surprise this solution continues to rack up awards. Most recently, in an independent testing from SE Labs, it achieved a perfect AAA rating that reflects the same legacy—100% detection of attacks with 556 ransomware payloads blocked. This is the endpoint shield that has anchored security programs since the beginning of its category—and it keeps getting stronger.

Trust confidently—without needing to trust more 

Carbon Black App Control began as a direct answer to the shortcomings of early 2000s security, when denylisting couldn’t keep up and critical systems were left exposed. By championing a positive security model delivered in an application control solution that only allows trusted software to run, it reshaped how organizations protect overlooked, fixed-function, and legacy assets. That approach has held steady for more than 15 years, giving teams a reliable way to protect what matters most without disrupting operations.

Long-time users have become familiar with the reduced time addressing malware and investigating security issues. In Forrester Consulting’s Total Economic Impact™ study, these productivity savings with Carbon Black App Control added up to a 207% ROI, with a payback in under seven months. With file-integrity monitoring, memory protection, device control, and instant policy enforcement layered in over time, it remains a trusted safeguard for critical systems—even those air-gapped, outdated, or otherwise hard to protect.

It’s giving no blind spots, no data leaks 

Data lives everywhere, and so do its risks. The biggest risks may be the hardest to address, but Symantec never backs down from a challenge. From its early beginnings under Vontu—one of the first pioneers in data loss prevention (DLP)—we’ve spent decades perfecting protection that stays out of your users’ way, but is an unstoppable force when it comes to attackers.

Recognized as a Leader by IDC in the 2025 Marketscape and named a “Top Player” by the Radicati Group, Symantec DLP proves its strength and impact across the market it helped define. Its advanced inspection, unified policy enforcement and rich APIs integration simplify protection without sacrificing visibility, control, or speed. From insider threats to GenAI data exposure, Symantec DLP keeps every corner covered—scanning, classifying, and securing data with heroic accuracy. Nothing is left to chance.

Defenses that never rest + relentless innovation = outstanding protection 

Across the world, our side-by-side portfolios deliver wall-to-wall coverage that stops sophisticated threats at the door, strengthens resilience, and makes life easier for your security teams. We mean it when we say: No matter where your organization is on its security journey, Symantec and Carbon Black meets you there.  

Built on decades of collaboration, trials, and sweat, these defenses have always been there. And no matter what lies ahead, they’re ready. 

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