Maybe IPS isn’t enough to keep the barbarians out of the gate. Sourcefire seems to think so, as it looks to expand its security technology with the $21 million acquisition of Immunet in an all-cash deal.
In Immunet, Sourcefire acquires a cloud-based anti-malware technology that is designed to work alongside conventional security applications. The deal follows on a longstanding partnership between the two companies. Datamation has the story on Sourcefire’s acquisition of Immunet.
Next generation firewall, IPS and anti-malware, anti-virus capabilities could be coming together soon. IPS vendor Sourcefire (NASDAQ:FIRE) announced that it is acquiring privately held anti-malware vendor Immunet for $21 million in cash.
Immunet develops cloud-based anti-malware capabilities for consumers. The two companies have been partners for several years with the joint ClamAV for Windows Desktop solution that debuted in March of 2010.