Additional Info

Company size25 employees
Websitehttps://darknetgroup.com/

Nomination Highlights

DBI, has grown 100% organically one client at a time. Zero investor money for growth. Traditional Silicon Valley start-up from a basement to 7,800 sq ft. class A suite overlooking San Francisco Bay, less than 2 years. DBI’s revenue forecast quarter after quarter has doubled, and on target for 2016 second quarter earnings to exceed $5 million.

CYBER HUMAN INTELLIGENCE – CyberHUMINT

DBI’s CyberHUMINT methodologies provides an organization with preemptive, actionable threat intelligence collected directly from bad actors. A key advantage of DBI’s CyberHUMINT tradecraft application is its ability to collaborate with law enforcement and an organization.

Can your threat intelligence vendor execute criminal intelligence collection and evidentiary case management that supports the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of bad actors? DBI can and has.

http://www.databreachtoday.com/blogs/breached-dating-site-missed-alerts-p-1865

Threat-intelligence firm DarkNet BlackOps Intelligence in San Francisco shared with me copies of emails that it sent to top executives at FriendFinder, including the firm’s president, lead attorney and head of engineering, as well as the chairman of the board. The first emailed alert, dated March 12, includes the subject line “BREACH ALERT! URGENT!” and the following information: [omitted]

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1371899-fight-against-cybercrime-and-terrorism-moves-to-the-darknet/

A co-founder of Darknet security company DBI, said the marketplace for cybercrime on the Darknet is massive and growing.

“The next day they called and said, we have been breached and they needed our help,” the source said. Over 800,000 of the bank’s records were stolen.

As a testament to the value of the Darknet for cybersecurity, the source said they were able to “get on the Darknet, remediate all the stolen records, and get them back without damage to the institution, and more importantly there were no victims.”

http://kxan.com/2015/01/30/round-rock-man-sentenced-for-stealing-36000-credit-card-numbers/

An online security company [DBI] alerted The Home Depot after an undercover employee noticed a person by the name of “admiralchucky” advertising the credit card numbers.

How we are different

- 100% organic growth, zero investor funding


- Less than 24 months from Silicon Valley basement, to class A suites overlooking San Francisco Bay


- Largest cyberHUMINT army of operatives supporting law enforcement worldwide


About this category: Fastest Growing Cybersecurity Company

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