Security News > 2020 > February > McAfee Buys Browser Isolation Firm Light Point Security
Santa Clara, Calif-based McAfee has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Baltimore, MD-based Light Point Security.
Financial details have not been disclosed, but on completion of the acquisition, the Light Point staff will join McAfee, while the Light Point technology will be integrated into the McAfee Secure Web Gateway.
Light Point Security, founded in 2010 by Beau Adkins and Zuly Gonzalez - both former employees with the NSA - offers full remote browser isolation technology.
"Light Point Security's technology enables users to browse any website safely, securely and without limitations, without having to keep up with website changes. This stops attacks launched against a web browser before they can even enter the network without hampering user experience," said Light Point's Gonzalez.
"Light Point Security's browser isolation technology takes the end user's web browsing session and isolates the page remotely in a secure location, then replicates an interactive image of the session in the user's browser with a technique called pixel mapping. This provides the end user with protection against web-based threats because malicious code can't leave the isolated browser, which is remote from their endpoint."