Behavioural experts added to growing portfolio.
AVG
has announced the acquisition of behaviour-blocking firm
Sana Security
, adding another level to its fast-expanding security solution empire.
California-based
Sana
‘s technologies focus on monitoring the behaviour of software for anomalous or dangerous activity, providing a means of blocking zero-day malicious attacks beyond signature and heuristic scanning. The purchase should fit neatly into
AVG
‘s internet security suite, recently bolstered by the acquisition and merging of the
LinkScanner
web-filtering technology from
Exploit Prevention Labs
into the
AVG
product range.
No details on the financial transactions involved in the deal have yet emerged, but Czech-based
AVG
has highlighted the foothold the purchase gives it into the Silicon Valley high-tech region, confirming that existing
Sana
staff and offices will be maintained under the new ownership.
More details are in a release from
AVG
here
Posted on 13 January 2009 by
Virus Bulletin
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