
Cisco [CSCO] intends to acquire Lancope, Inc., a privately held networks security company, Cisco said Tuesday.Lancope, based in Alpharetta, Ga., provides network behavior analytics, threat visibility, and security intelligence to help protect companies against cyber security threats.“Like our customers, Cisco clearly recognizes Lancope’s ability to unlock security intelligence embedded in the network. Our two companies enjoy a shared ideology of the network as the source of truth, and the similarity in our cultures has made this union especially appealing,” Mike…