Whitelisting firm to be assimilated by security giant.
McAfee
has announced the acquisition of whitelisting firm
Solidcore
in a deal reported to be worth a base rate of $33 million, with an additional $14 million on the table if sales targets are reached.
Solidcore
, a privately owned firm founded in 2003 and based in Cupertino, California, provides a range of dynamic whitelisting technologies, with special emphasis on the embedded market, one of the prime areas for whitelisting currently. The technology will be merged into
McAfee
‘s modular line of security offerings alongside those of numerous other specialist firms snapped up of late.
The announcement of the deal is at
McAfee
here
, with a much more detailed statement from
Solidcore
here
. Further reports are at
CNET
here
,
eWeek
here
and
The Register
here
.
Posted on 20 May 2009 by
Virus Bulletin
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