EU to counter growing cyber threats with new cyber defence policy
The new security policy and action plan have come in the wake of Russia's military action against Ukraine…
Cyber security
Vista Equity Partners to acquire cybersecurity firm KnowBe4 for $4.6bn
13 Oct 22As per the terms of the transaction, shareholders of the publicly-listed cybersecurity firm, which provides security awareness training…
KnowBe4 gets $4.2bn takeover offer from Vista Equity Partners
20 Sep 22The company, which provides security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, said that the offer price represents a…
Google closes $5.4bn acquisition of cybersecurity firm Mandiant
13 Sep 22Google Cloud and Mandiant are expected to offer a suite of end-to-end security operations with even better capabilities…
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace, Thoma Bravo terminate acquisition talks
09 Sep 22The London Stock Exchange-listed Darktrace claimed that it had got a number of unsolicited, preliminary and conditional proposals…
UK CMA clears $8.6bn NortonLifeLock, Avast deal
05 Sep 22The final approval follows CMA's provisional clearance in August 2022, which concluded the deal between the two cyber…
Resecurity, ECOMIL SAS partner to expedite cybersecurity in Colombia
29 Aug 22Resecurity, together with ECOMIL SA, aims to expedite the adoption of AI-driven cybersecurity solutions to offer managed threat…
Check Point partners with BBT.Live for secure network communications
22 Aug 22BBT.Live's software will be integrated with the Check Point Quantum IoT Protect nano agent, enhancing the security of…
Thoma Bravo wraps up $6.9bn acquisition of SailPoint
17 Aug 22SailPoint, now a privately-held company, will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange; Thoma Bravo will pay…
QinetiQ to acquire Avantus Federal from NewSpring for $590m
08 Aug 22Avantus Federal offers mission-focused cyber, data analytics, and software development solutions to US defence and intelligence departments and…