Proofpoint Buys Cloud-Based Anti-Malware Provider Armorize
September 9, 2013
Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Chris Talbot.
Security-as-a-service provider Proofpoint is extending its cloud-based security capabilities with the acquisition of Armorize Technologies, a provider of cloud-based anti-malware offerings. This comes just less than a month after Proofpoint signed a definitive agreement to acquire Armorize. Details of the transaction were not provided.
Armorize is an interesting company, at least from a security perspective. The company’s staff has more than 35 Certified Ethical Hackers on staff, and it specializes in cloud-based threat intelligence, detection of "zero-day" attacks and unknown vulnerabilities, real-time dynamic threat protection and advanced malware detection research…
It’s the overall anti-malware theme of Armorize that Proofpoint had its eye on, and it’s something the company’s channel partners should keep an eye on. Proofpoint is no stranger to anti-malware, but the purchase of Armorize will beef up its capabilities and its staff…
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