Defence Intelligence (company)

Defence Intelligence
Company typePrivate company
IndustryInformation security
Founded2008 [1]
Headquarters
Ottawa, Ontario
,
Canada
Number of employees
< 25
Websitewww.defintel.com

Defence Intelligence, often referred to as Defintel, is an information security company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[2] The company characterizes itself as offering services for "advanced compromise protection." Their marketing materials describe their services as being for the detection and prevention of compromised systems on a network, and include their Nemesis Compromise Protection (Nemesis) and Harbinger Compromise Assessment (Harbinger) services.[3][4]

Defence Intelligence was the security company that discovered the Mariposa botnet[5] in 2008, which consisted of 8 to 12 million individual zombie computers at the time of its dismantling in 2009.[6]

  1. ^ "Defence Intelligence Announces New Anti-Malware Product, New Look". PRWeb.com. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  2. ^ "About The Company". Defence Intelligence. Archived from the original on December 17, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  3. ^ "Nemesis" (PDF). Defence Intelligence. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  4. ^ "Harbinger" (PDF). Defence Intelligence. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  5. ^ Corrons, Luis (March 3, 2010). "Mariposa Botnet". PandaLabs Blog. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  6. ^ "Mariposa botnet: - Dismantling". TonicBooks.com. November 9, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2012.