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Network security giant Palo Alto Networks announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire attack surface management firm Expanse in a deal valued at roughly $800 million. As its largest acquisition to date, Palo Alto will pay $670 million in cash and stock and approximately $130 million in equity awards.
PAS Global, a technology company with deep roots in software solutions for process safety and asset reliability for industrial firms, announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to be acquired by Hexagon AB, a provider of sensor, software, and autonomous solutions based in Sweden. "The relationship began as part of a capital raise, with Hexagon initially being evaluated as one of several potential investors interested in helping PAS continue their massive growth," a PAS spokesperson told SecurityWeek.
ACI Worldwide announced ACI Fraud Management in the cloud enables Indian banks to protect the rapidly growing number of Unified Payments Interface transactions across the region. "A supportive regulatory environment, coupled with ever-increasing smartphone usage, internet access and customer acceptance, has powered rapid UPI transaction growth. However, surging transaction volumes pose a complex challenge to banks and financial institutions when it comes to upgrading and maintaining their back-end risk management systems," said Kaushik Roy, vice president and country leader - South Asia, ACI Worldwide.
New capabilities extend endpoint management features for Windows, Android, Mac, iOS and Linux devices while giving IT teams the ability to deliver a more ambient, personalized device experience for their end-users. "Our latest releases of Unified Endpoint Manager and User Workspace Manager further simplify the IT management experience while adding robust support for devices of all types, securing and controlling them no matter where and how they are accessing corporate data - all from a single and intuitive console."
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McAfee announced extended detection and response capabilities with the introduction of MVISION XDR platform, a cloud-based advanced threat management solution with complete coverage across the attack lifecycle, prioritization to protect what matters, easy orchestration and efficient response. MVISION XDR improves security operations centers effectiveness with quick risk mitigation and delivers total cost of ownership for threat response with the inclusion of MVISION Insight's proactive threat analytics.
Trenton Systems has partnered with cybersecurity solutions company FUTURA Cyber to provide customers with access control security management for FIPS 140-2 self-encrypting drives. "FUTURA Cyber is led by people with an unparalleled depth and experience in cybersecurity, software, and systems engineering," said Sean Campbell, Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development at Trenton Systems.
Enso Security, a company that claims to have built the first application security posture management platform, emerged from stealth mode on Wednesday with $6 million in seed funding. Enso Security says it has developed a platform designed to help organizations manage application security at scale, providing all the capabilities the company's founders wished for as application security practitioners.
Vulnerability management technology addresses the threat landscape, which is in a constant state of flux. The leading VM platforms provide a complete picture of a client's security posture, correlating the client organization's assets, classifying their importance with the vulnerabilities identified in the scan, and offering information for remediation.