NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Atlanta-based startup Damballa Inc. is among the many vendors seeking to position itself at the forefront of advanced attack detection and prevention. Not only is it endeavoring to do this with copious research and an ongoing public relations effort, but also by hiring big names. Most recently the company added Sameer Bhalotra, former White House senior director of cybersecurity under President Barack H. Obama, to its board of advisors.

At the recent 2013 Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit, SearchSecurity spoke with Bhalotra and Damballa CEO David Scholtz about the benefits of