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Symantec To Acquire Israeli Cyber Security Firm Fireglass

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 6th, 2017

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Symantec To Acquire Israeli Cyber Security Firm Fireglass

Symantec [SYMC] on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire Fireglass, an Israel-based firm that will strengthen the company’s position in secure web gateway and email protection in local networks and the cloud.Terms of the deal, which is expected to close during the third quarter of 2017, were not disclosed. The company has 43 employees.Fireglass provides a threat isolation platform isolates attack vectors such as web sites, emails and documents, thereby eliminating malware and phishing, it says on its website.“Integrating…

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