What's behind the security acquisition spree?
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Blog: The logic behind the recent purchases in the security industry is simple--if you can't build security in, then at least layer it on.
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Acquisition is to provide Symantec with new tools to help customers take manual Web-based policy compliance assessments.
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The $86 million deal for the private business security software maker might be a steal.
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After having had its $2.1bn takeover of RSA Security Inc formally approved by the security vendor's shareholders, EMC Corp is rumored to be in the market for Network Intelligence Corp, a supplier of so-called security event management appliances.
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A new key acquisition will bolster its RSA division.
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Security software maker announces plans to acquire Hacker Safe site certifier in a cash deal worth approximately $51 million.
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The plethora of security technologies on the market is enough to overwhelm even the most knowledgeable IT managers, but in sorting through all of the options, it may be helpful to look at what is not needed.
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Special incentives offered to steal customers from Internet Security Systems after it was bought by IBM.
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For sale: A technology security company. Which one? Pretty much any of them.
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Symantec Corp.'s reported interest in acquiring Veritas Software Corp. for more than $13 billion would represent the computer security giant's biggest step yet beyond its core businesses of defending against viruses and thwarting hackers. Investors weren't impressed, though, and Symantec's shares plunged 16 percent.
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(InfoWorld) - EMC Corp. will spend US$175 million to acquire security information provider Network Intelligence Corp. The privately held Westwood, Massachusetts, company sells appliances that probe computer networks, providing security and compliance analysis. EMC's latest acquisition, expected to close late Monday, underscores the growing importance of security technology to the storage vendor. Also on Monday, EMC announced that it had completed its $2.1 billion purchase of RSA Security, which will form the basis of a new RSA-branded security division within the company. Former RSA CEO Art Coviello will head up this division, which will absorb the Network Intelligence business unit, EMC said in a statement. Founded in 1996, Network Intelligence has more than 125 employees, according to the company's Web site. With these latest acquisitions, EMC hopes to be able to sell security as part of a broader product portfolio, said Joe Tucci, EMC's chairman, president and chief executive officer. "It's becoming critical that security move beyond a point product solution," he said. Analysts say security companies will find it increasingly difficult to go it alone, with technology giants such as Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and IBM Corp. moving quickly to add security features to their broader product platforms. Just last month, IBM said it would spend $1.3 billion to acquire managed security vendor Internet Security Systems (ISS).ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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Can Ned Hooper keep the magic of Cisco's acquisition machine alive? A lot depends on the answer to that question.
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One of Russia's fastest growing markets, and quite possibly a contributor to stabilizing that country's fickle economy, is cut-rate, self-deploying Trojan horse packages.  This morning, security engineers are sounding the alarm about one such package that customers appear to be purchasing in order to conduct possible identity theft attacks, by leveraging Italian media sites as unsuspecting middlemen...with the equally unsuspecting help of Google.
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Networking leader buys Protego Networks, which makes a line of security-monitoring and threat-management appliances. By Paul Travis.
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Some business software vendors are determined to steer their own ships in a sea of acquisitions.
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A new managed security behemoth has been created by the merger of three security vendors. Betrusted Holdings, TruSecure Corporation and Ubizen (a subsidiary of Betrusted) will amalgamate and form a new company, known as Cybertrust.
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With its recent acquisition, the software maker may have found something its customers are looking for.