Case Study: D.A. Davidson Companies achieves ransomware & fileless-attack protection and improved endpoint visibility with Carbon Black CB Defense

D.A. Davidson Blocks Ransomware & Fileless Attacks with CB Defense

D.A. Davidson, a financial services firm with offices in 26 states, faced repeated ransomware, remote access Trojans and fileless attacks and lacked visibility into endpoints. To replace traditional AV and meet requirements for NGAV, incident response and transparent deployment, the company selected Carbon Black’s CB Defense.

Carbon Black implemented CB Defense’s streaming-prevention NGAV and detection-and-response capabilities, giving D.A. Davidson real-time endpoint visibility and automated blocking of malicious activity. Since full production rollout there have been no outbreaks of zero‑day ransomware or RATs, PowerShell fileless commands were blocked and flagged, internal penetration-test attacks were stopped, and the cloud-deployable solution was deployed in minutes with virtually no end‑user impact.

D.A. Davidson Companies

Fulcanelli Chavez

Sr Security Ops Analyst