{"66305":{"#nid":"66305","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech-Based Startup Wins Business Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPindrop Security, a new company based on technology developed by School of Computer Science researchers to verify caller ID, has won the 2011 GRA\/TAG Business Launch Competition. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECosponsored by the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the competition facilitates connections between the younger entrepreneurial community and more seasoned entrepreneurs. Pindrop, founded by primary researcher and Ph.D. student Vijay Balasubramaniyan, beat out three other finalists to claim the $50,000 cash first prize, as well as more than $200,000 in donated services from the Atlanta business community. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOriginally called \u201cPinDr0p,\u201d the technology works by analyzing audio imprints left on calls by the multiple networks\u2014cellular, voiceover IP, public switched telephone networks\u2014through which they travel. It uses these imprints to positively identify the calling phone with high accuracy. Equally important is that the identification is made within 15 seconds of initial call placement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBalasubramaniyan developed Pindrop in collaboration with School of Computer Science and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtisc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Information Security Center\u003C\/a\u003E (GTISC) faculty, including Assistant Professor Patrick Traynor and Professor and GTISC Director Mustaque Ahamad. Earlier this year, TAG named Pindrop Security a Georgia Top 40 Innovation Company, and it also finished second in the 2011 Startup Riot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWinning the prize feels great, particularly because there were 88 other great companies competing for it,\u201d Balasubramaniyan said. \u201cIt provides great validation for the technology, the efforts of the team and the market potential. Georgia is a great place to start and build a security-focused technology company, and we\u2019re pleased to work with the local community to support economic growth and development as we expand our reach into the financial services, government and consumer markets.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGTISC researchers are leaders in understanding emerging cyber security threats and in developing innovative techniques that can provide effective solutions for real-world problems,\u201d said Ahamad. \u201cPindrop is just another example of this, and it will help maintain Atlanta\u0027s reputation as a security industry hub.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBalasubramaniyan said the company\u2019s next step will be to use its GRA\/TAG competition winnings to hire staff, with plans underway for the next software release in the fourth quarter of this year. For more information, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pindropsecurity.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPindrop Security website\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@pindropsecurity\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efollow the company on Twitter.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPindrop Security, a new company based on technology developed by School \nof Computer Science researchers to verify caller ID, has won the 2011 \nGRA\/TAG Business Launch Competition. \u003Cem\u003ESource: Office of Communications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Pindrop technology uses audio imprints to ID calls traveling through multiple global networks."}],"uid":"27174","created_gmt":"2011-05-26 10:55:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:45","author":"Mike Terrazas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"39933":{"id":"39933","type":"image","title":"Klaus Advanced Computing Building","body":null,"created":"1449174136","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:22:16","changed":"1475894241","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:21"}},"media_ids":["39933"],"groups":[{"id":"1217","name":"Digital Lounge - Digital Life"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10567","name":"Georgia Tech Information Security Center"},{"id":"2678","name":"information security"},{"id":"11017","name":"Mustaque Ahamad"},{"id":"13274","name":"patrick traynor"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrendan Streich\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing, Office of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bstreich%40cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebstreich@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-7253\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bstreich@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}