Written by: Wyatt Carlson
Source URL: https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/palo-alto-networks-acquires-lightcyber-105m/2017/03/?utm_source=sdnc_slider&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=links/
Security company Palo Alto Networks announced that it has acquired privately held security company LightCyber for $105 million in cash.
LightCyber makes an automated behavioral analytics technology that uses machine learning to identify attacks based on behavioral anomalies inside the network.
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Palo Alto will continue to sell LightCyber products and support customer implementations while it integrates the technology into its next-generation security platform, which it plans to do by year-end. This will provide Palo Alto customers with more insight and analytics into its security platform.
Palo Alto plans to offer LightCyber’s technology as an optional subscription-based service on top of its existing threat prevention capabilities.
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