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Raytheon’s Forcepoint Cyber Company Acquires Behavior Analytics Firm RedOwl

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017

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Raytheon’s Forcepoint Cyber Company Acquires Behavior Analytics Firm RedOwl

Forcepoint CEO Matthew Moynahan. Photo: Forcepoint

Raytheon’s [RTN] Forcepoint company on Monday said it has acquired a cyber security firm that focuses on human behaviors, a deal that Forcepoint said complements its own human-centric approach to cyber security.Terms of the deal for Maryland-based RedOwl were not disclosed. The Baltimore Sun reported on Tuesday that Red Owl has about 60 employees.RedOwl’s technology platform is called user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) and provides a “holistic” view of personal behavior, including cyber, physical and financial activities, Forcepoint said.…

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