Cyber security solutions provider FireEye, Inc. [FEYE] this week agreed to acquire network forensics firm nPulse Technologies, allowing it to provide what it says is the industry’s first enterprise forensics solution across the cyber attack lifecycle.
FireEye said it is paying $60 million in cash for nPulse plus the potential for $10 million in stock consideration if certain milestones are met.
“With the addition of the nPulse solution, the FireEye platform will have a ‘flight recorder’ for security analytics,” David DeWalt, chairman and CEO of FireEye, said in a statement. “By incorporating real-time breach information from the endpoint and the network, we’re building a single platform to provide the most in-depth attack information and the right data to protect and remediate before a compromise turns catastrophic.”
A key feature of nPulse’s portfolio of solutions is the rapid performance speed, up to 10 gigabytes per second, which means faster incident response capabilities and a quicker understanding of the impact of a breach, FireEye said.
nPulse says it has more than 50 customers in 10 countries with its customers primarily being financial institutions, federal government agencies and telecommunications carriers.
Earlier this year, the two companies began partnering to explore how “bringing our technologies closer together could deliver higher quality alerts, reduce investigation times and quickly move customers down the path to remediation, while providing comprehensive breach information,” Randy Caldejon, the founder and chief technology officer of nPulse, said in a note on his companies website. The acquisition is expected to close during the second quarter.
The nPulse deal is the second for FireEye in the past five months. In late December, it acquired Mandiant, giving it a more comprehensive portfolio of cyber threat detection and mitigation capabilities and solutions (Defense Daily, Jan. 3).