Cisco announced today that it plans to acquire California-based Kenna Security, a platform managementof vulnerabilities.
Kenna is the first major acquisition for the business better safetyof Cisco after its purchase Duo Security $ 2,35 billion in 2018. The financial terms of the Kenna acquisition were not disclosed.
Kenna Security uses machine learning and data science to track and predict actual exploits to help security teams manage the threat landscape as it evolves. THE Cisco reported that Kenna has protected more than 14 million assets and identified more than 12,7 billion vulnerabilities.
With Kenna's technology, Cisco plans to combine the vulnerability management of its own SecureX platform. Cisco said the integration will help customers prioritize vulnerabilities points, accelerate and automate decision-making and speed up response time to various cyber incidents.
"With Kenna Security as part of SecureX, we will bridge the top threat management capabilities with vulnerability management to improve our customer platform," said Gee Rittenhouse, head of Cisco Business Security Group.
"Additionally, the combination of Kenna Security and SecureX will enable our customers to address critical challenges by creating prioritized vulnerability lists, streamlining collaboration between security and IT teams, and automating remediation to improve overall attitudetheir safety."
SecureX was introduced in March 2020 and is the focus of Cisco's security portfolio. The cloud-native security platform aims to give businesses better visibility into their security infrastructure through analytics and automation.
The Cisco security group is becoming a key growth driver for the company. In the second quarter, Cisco Security Revenue rose 10 percent to $ 822 million.
