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IronNet Cybersecurity Merging With Special Acquisition Company For Investment With Plans To Go Public

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 15th, 2021

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IronNet Cybersecurity Merging With Special Acquisition Company For Investment With Plans To Go Public

Keith Alexander, chairman, founder and co-CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity. Photo: IronNet

IronNet Cybersecurity, a pureplay cyber security firm founded and co-led by former National Security Agency Director and the first Commander of U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Keith Alexander, on Monday said it is merging with an investment company and plans to become publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “IRNT.” Under the arrangement, LGL Systems Acquisition Corp. [DFNS], a blank check company formed in 2019 to target businesses in the aerospace, defense and communications industries, will…

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