Palo Alto to acquire Israel based Secdo security company

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the next-generation security company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Israel-based Secdo. The acquisition brings sophisticated endpoint detection and response, or EDR, capabilities – including unique data collection and visualization – to Palo Alto Networks Traps™ advanced endpoint protection and the Application Framework in order to enhance their ability to rapidly detect and stop even the stealthiest attacks. Secdo enables security teams to cut the incident response time to minutes, by using automation. Secdo continuously collects data from all endpoints in the system and responds to attacks without affecting business continuity. HIH has been incremental in establishing Secdo’s partnership with the Marubeni group, which is one of the five biggest trading companies in Japan, and supports Secdo in their penetration to Japan.