Cybersecurity : FireEye's latest corporate buyout

12/06/2019
Diego Gutiérrez
Cybersecurity : FireEye's latest corporate buyout

We analyse the latest mergers and acquisitions into the cybersecurity industry. This is a market that is constantly growing and that will continue to grow the greater the penetration of technological devices, which seems to be immovable.

The pervasiveness of the internet, both in our private and professional lives, is completely affecting the way we function.

In the past, important information was archived and even armoured vans were available in case they were needed. Today, however, almost all information is stored directly in a technological format.

This change has led to an increasing number of attacks on the security of technological devices in an attempt to gain access to this information, a phenomenon that tends to become more professional and to set more ambitious goals.

Acquisitions in cybersecurity companies

One of the companies dedicated to the protection of online security is FireEyean American company dedicated to the cybersecurity and secure information storage using artificial intelligence.

This company has grown inorganically with more than 7 mergers and acquisitions in recent years. The latest are as follows:

The Email Laundry

It is a company dedicated to the email securityand which has been able to win international awards due to the frontline security it offers its customers in both opening and shipping security.

The Email Laundry offers an easy-to-access cloud platform that allows you to maintain a network of emails protected from malware.

X15 Software

X15 Software is a company dedicated to the cyber protection of access to platforms. It takes care of the security of profile data, helping to control such protection through the use of advanced analytics. In addition, it has a pioneering operational intelligence platform, with which it is able to correlate access device information with common patterns to be able to find anomalies.

Invotas

It is a cyber security company. leader in the automation of verification processes and customised solutions for each clientThe firm's solutions are therefore not homogeneous, and allow a degree of adaptability to the processes of each company that is not found in the market.

To this end, Invotas works closely with customers to be able to build and execute a digital library of approved courses of action, enabling them to transform their responses and create an iterative process that drives continuous improvement in cyber security.

Due to the increasing complexity of cyber attacks, the company is committed to automation and real-time information gathering in order to be able to anticipate upcoming attacks by regularly updating internal defence systems.

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