Cybersecurity Acquisitions in 2012

KEYW Corporation announced it will acquire Sensage, Inc., a Redwood City-based provider of SIEM and event data warehousing software, to expand KEYW's commercial market opportunity and support its Project G Cyber Awareness and Response Platform. The transaction consideration is up to $34.5 million (cash and KEYW stock) and is expected to close in October 2012, subject to Sensage equity holder approval and customary closing conditions.

General Dynamics has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Fidelis Security Systems to enhance its cyber security solutions and incident response capabilities. The cash value was not disclosed; Fidelis employs approximately 70 people at locations in Waltham, Massachusetts and Bethesda, Maryland and will become part of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems.

Trustwave has signed a definitive agreement to acquire M86 Security, a provider of web and email security products and advanced anti-malware technology. The acquisition strengthens Trustwave's cloud-based managed security services and expands its threat intelligence, product portfolio and international reach; financial terms were not disclosed.

Twitter acquired Dasient, a Sunnyvale-based anti-malware startup, to strengthen the security of its advertising platform and prevent 'malvertising.' The Dasient team will join Twitter's revenue engineering efforts and Dasient will discontinue its standalone services as it integrates into Twitter.