Cisco plans to acquire by paying an undisclosed amount for Kenna Security, a privately owned cybersecurity firm based in California.
Commenting on the development, Jeetu Patel, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cisco Security and Collaboration, said “Hybrid work is here to stay, and the increasing complexity of cybersecurity is our customers’ biggest challenge. We must radically simplify security to stay ahead of the evolving threat landscape,”
“Our goal is to unify all critical control points into a single platform. With the addition of Kenna Security, we will fundamentally strengthen our platform experience by giving customers the ability to prioritise vulnerabilities based on a robust risk methodology that is tuned to their unique needs.”
Cisco Security’s SecureX platform includes threat and risk-based vulnerability management, extending the platform and allowing robust scorecards for security controls and threat response.
Furthermore, this integration can assist consumers in prioritising vulnerabilities, accelerating and automating decision-making with tailored information, and accelerating response time for cyber readiness.
Speaking on the latest developments, Karim Toubba, CEO of Kenna Security, said “Cisco is on a mission to reshape the way we think about security, and together we have a unique opportunity to fundamentally transform how organisations effectively manage risk at scale,”
“As malicious actors continue to evolve their methods, we need to make it easier than ever for customers to predict, detect, prioritise and respond to the security threats that matter. The breadth and scale of Cisco coupled with Kenna Security’s mastery of machine-learning and data science will reshape how the entire industry addresses cyber risk.”