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British security firm Sophos has acquired unified threat management provider Astaro to round out its networking security
portfolio.
Financial terms of the deal were not
disclosed.
Sophos will be able to provide complete
data and threat protection for IT, regardless of device type, user location or
network boundaries, Sophos said on May 6. The combined company will offer
endpoint Web security protection and Web filtering with integrated policy
management and reporting on the gateway, Arabella Hallawell, vice president of
corporate strategy at Sophos, told eWEEK.
“The combination of Astaro’s comprehensive
portfolio of network security solutions alongside our endpoint, mobile, and
email and Web threat and data protection capabilities will enable us to continue
to deliver on our vision of providing complete security without complexity
wherever the user and company data resides,” said Steve Munford, CEO of
Sophos.
With this acquisition, Sophos now has
access to gateway security solutions. Astaro’s UTM appliance line is an
all-in-one box that includes firewall, intrusion prevention, URL blocking and
other security features. UTMs are designed to simplify security management and
are typically targeted for the small and medium enterprise and branch offices of
large corporations.
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