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Lookingglass Acquires Cyber Security Firm CloudShield

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, March 6th, 2015

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Lookingglass Acquires Cyber Security Firm CloudShield

Lookingglass CEO Chris Coleman. Before joining the company in 2013, he was director of Cyber Security for Cisco's U.S. Public Sector Sales organization. Photo: Lookingglass

Lookingglass Cyber Solutions on Monday said it has acquired CloudShield, a developer of hardware and software for cyber security solutions, expanding its capabilities and solutions offerings.Terms of the deal, which closed on Feb. 27, were not disclosed. CloudShield was previously owned by Leidos [LDOS], which bought the small cyber security firm in 2010 when it was part of Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC]. Leidos announced one year ago that it planned to divest CloudShield as part of portfolio reshaping initiatives.Lookingglass’…

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