http://www.darkreading.com/security-services/167801101/security/antivirus/229000168/sourcefire-buys-cloud-security-firm.html By Kelly Jackson Higgins Darkreading Jan 05, 2011 IPS maker Sourcefire today made its first official move to the cloud with the $21 million acquisition of cloud-based anti-malware startup Immunet. The publicly held Sourcefire says the deal not only expands its real-time detection to the cloud, but also adds to its portfolio endpoint protection from advanced persistent threats and other forms of client-side attacks. "IPS captures [these attacks] once they are there, so combining the two technologies felt like a natural fit," says Greg Fitzgerald, senior vice president of marketing at Sourcefire. It has been a big week for acquisitions in security. Sourcefire's purchase of Immunet follows Dell's Tuesday purchase of managed security services provider SecureWorks. "One reason this acquisition is interesting is that it is another strong sign of the acceleration in security market consolidation. There have been two acquisitions this week alone, and I'm sure we can expect more acquisition and merger announcements as [the] RSA [Conference] approaches," says Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle. Immunet, which has 750,000 users worldwide, launched two years ago with a new model of inoculating an entire community of users when one member is infected with a new piece of malware. The cloud-based approach since has been catching on even among some traditional AV firms given the heavy footprint of desktop AV and the infections missed by some of these products. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Thu Jan 06 2011 - 03:26:47 PST
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