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Network Access Control technologies
- May 20, 2020
20 May'20
Forescout sues Advent for calling off acquisition
Forescout Technologies filed a lawsuit against Advent International, claiming the private equity firm violated the terms of its $1.9 billion acquisition agreement.
- May 18, 2020
18 May'20
Advent calls off Forescout acquisition
On what was scheduled to be the closing day, Forescout Technologies instead announced Advent International will not proceed with the $1.9 billion acquisition as planned.
- February 06, 2020
06 Feb'20
Forescout acquired by private equity firm for $1.9 billion
Network security vendor Forescout Technologies was acquired for $1.9 billion by Advent International, a private equity firm looking to increase its cybersecurity investments.
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- June 19, 2019
19 Jun'19
Fortinet launches new WAN and edge security platform
Fortinet's Secure SD-Branch platform uses Fortinet security products to converge WAN and security into an integrated platform and protect access edges.
- March 22, 2017
22 Mar'17
HTTPS interception, middlebox models under fire
HTTPS interception in security products and services may be reducing security rather than improving it, according to US-CERT, which puts middleboxes in a precarious position.
- February 01, 2017
01 Feb'17
Tatu Ylonen explains the risks of IoT SSH implementations
SSH creator Tatu Ylonen explains why IoT SSH implementations can be dangerous and presents real-world examples of threat actors abusing SSH keys to attack enterprises.
- January 27, 2017
27 Jan'17
How improper SSH key management is putting enterprises at risk
In part two of his interview with SearchSecurity, SSH creator Tatu Ylonen explains why proper SSH key management is crucial and how attackers can use lost or exposed keys.
- August 31, 2016
31 Aug'16
Windows 10 Anniversary update adds headaches for antivirus vendors
The antivirus industry has been under fire lately, and Microsoft's Windows 10 Anniversary update has added new troubles for antivirus software vendors.
- July 28, 2016
28 Jul'16
Dell: Signature-based detection must give way to machine learning
Dell's Brett Hansen discusses his company's new approach to advanced threat protection, which leaves behind signature-based detection and embraces machine learning.
- June 17, 2016
17 Jun'16
What Symantec's acquisition of Blue Coat says about the CASB market
Symantec's $4.65 billion acquisition of Blue Coat Systems could lead to a dramatic shift at the antivirus vendor, but what does the deal mean for the cloud access security broker space?
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- April 01, 2016
01 Apr'16
What endpoint protection software is on your short list?
Roughly half of survey respondents indicated that their organization is shifting away from static scanning as the primary protection for endpoints.
- January 05, 2015
05 Jan'15
Evolving mobile security management thwarts unified endpoint management
Experts say unified endpoint management for mobile devices, laptops and desktops will take more time due to the complex, evolving demands of mobile security management.