Symantec buys Gideon Technologies, Trustwave buys BitArmor
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As the new year gets underway, more of the big fish in the security pond are gobbling up smaller ones known for their expertise in specialised fields. SCAP has become a required standard in the US government for use with Windows desktops and other computer systems to enable security information sharing in heterogeneous environments. “Gideon’s SecureFusion is a compliance and vulnerability assessment tool, and we intend to integrate it with our Altiris environment,” says Gigi Schumm, vice president and general manager of Symantec’s public sector division. Symantec expects to complete the Gideon Technologies acquisition by the end of March and plans to keep the company, which has about 15 employees, intact in its Alpharetta, Ga. headquarters. Chicago-based Trustwave, which counts roughly 1 million businesses as customers, offers products and services to meet security-compliance requirements, including the Payment Card Industry data-security standards.
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