Symantec Acquires Mi5 Networks

Symantec has acquired Web security firm Mi5 Networks and also announced Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition and Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition are comprehensive solutions designed to secure firms against security risks and business interruptions, ensuring systems and critical information are readily available. The Symantec Protection Suites are scheduled to be available in summer 2009.

Mi5 is a Web security company which offers the industry’s most innovative approach to Web gateway security by providing streaming technology that examines traffic coming into and leaving the enterprise. Symantec will integrate Mi5 security technology in Symantec’s email gateway and endpoint security solutions and this combined solution will provide protection at the most common entry points to secure organizations against evolving Web-based malware.

Source: Symantec Expands Portfolio with New Protection Suites and Web Security