FireMon, a provider of network security policy management solutions, has agreed to buy Lumeta.
The company, which is backed by Insight Venture Partners, has not disclosed how much it will purchase the business for. In today’s ‘dynamic environment’ where new devices, cloud resources and other assets can join, depart and move within a network at any moment, it can be difficult to achieve full cyber situational awareness according to FireMon.
To help solve this problem FireMon has agreed to bring in Lumeta’s technology, which discovers, maps and analyses all enterprise connectivity, both on-premise and in the cloud.
This continuous identification of new devices, routers, cloud connectivity and more, enables FireMon customers to extend the capabilities of the FireMon platform to previously unknown network elements and cloud resources. This reduces enterprise attack surfaces and exposes elements and activity that represent a security risk.
FireMon CEO Satin Mirchandani said: “Companies typically face two major security challenges: 1) identifying the applications and assets on their network and 2) solving the people and process issues that lead to security vulnerabilities.
“The Lumeta acquisition provides a path for customers to discover previously unknown, rogue and shadow IT networks and assets, and then leverage FireMon’s capabilities to manage policies and implement security controls across heterogeneous security infrastructure. Together, FireMon and Lumeta provide a powerful one-two punch that results in more effective and efficient security that reduces risk while providing stronger compliance.”
The FireMon platform translates business language to the language spoken by the variety of firewalls, UTMs, load balancers, etc. in corporate environments. This results in more effective and compliant security, while allowing DevOps teams to focus on growing the business according to the company.
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