Cisco acquired security company IronPort Systems

On June 26, Cisco said it had completed the acquisition of IronPort Systems, Inc. - a leading provider of web and email security services, currently provides security services for businesses of all sizes operating against threats of spam, spyware, phishing and threats Other Internet security - in the amount of 830 million USD.

The acquisition of IronPort Systems marks an important step in Cisco's development as a security leader and defines the future for IT security. IronPort products and technologies allow Cisco to expand its "self-defense network" strategy to the ability to combine traffic control functions that connect Wide Traffic Inspection.

According to Richard Palmer, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco's Security Technology Group, this development in the "self-defense network" strategy will enable Cisco to provide customers with IT security. Full integration has never been and has never been provided by any firm.

The core factor that empowers IronPort is SenderBase, the world's first and largest web and e-mail traffic monitoring service. SenderBase is a unique database that collects information from more than 100,000 Internet service providers, universities and corporations worldwide. The service evaluates more than 110 parameters for any active email and web server on the Internet, helping to determine the reliability of the origin of any email or web traffic. This massive database accepts more than 5 billion requests every day, and with such a large size and scope of operation, this service can provide an extremely accurate global view of how to handle it. of e-mail and web servers across the Internet.