Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] has acquired Atlan, Inc., a small laboratory company that conducts cyber security product testing as well as Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 and 201 validations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Atlan, which is based in Northern Virginia, has about 10 employees, half of which have security clearances. The company’s sales in its last fiscal year were about $2.3 million. “The addition of Atlan’s FIPS testing capabilities enhances SAIC’s overall cyber security capabilities as well as our portfolio of Common Criteria, FIPS, and SCAP (secure content application protocol) testing services,” says Larry Cox, senior vice president and business unit general manager at SAIC. Atlan on its web site says it is the leading provider of FIPS 140-2 validations, conducting four out of every 10 validations in 2008. For its part, Atlan says the deal would enable it to extend its work to the Common Criteria market as well as provide FIPS 140-2 and SACAP testing to a larger marketplace. Atlan’s customers include IBM [IBM], ITT Corp. [ITT], Canada’s SafeNet, Microsoft [MSFT], Cisco [CSCO] and Sun Microsystems [SUNW]. Atlan’s employees will join SAIC’s Accredited Testing and Evaluation Laboratories under the company’s Intelligence and Information Solutions Business unit led by Cox.
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