Cybersecurity Acquisitions in New Hampshire

PDQ has acquired CODA Intelligence and launched PDQ Detect, a vulnerability scanning and management solution that integrates CODA's threat-detection capabilities into PDQ's IT asset management suite. The acquisition expands PDQ's product capabilities to include prioritized vulnerability discovery and remediation for MSPs and IT/security teams.

Private equity firm Bluff Point Associates has acquired True North Networks, a Swanzey, New Hampshire-based managed services and MSSP focused on SEC-compliant IT for registered investment advisors. The deal (closed March 12, 2021) adds private cloud hosting, managed IT and cybersecurity capabilities to Bluff Point's portfolio of technology companies serving the financial services industry; terms were not disclosed.

McAfee, Inc. completed its acquisition of NitroSecurity, a Portsmouth-based provider of security information and event management (SIEM) solutions. The deal brings NitroSecurity's SIEM technology and team into McAfee's Risk and Compliance/business unit to expand McAfee's visibility, analytics and remediation capabilities across endpoint, network and application environments.

Viisage acquired Imaging Automation (iA), a Bedford, New Hampshire–based provider of document scanning and authentication hardware and software, in a transaction valued at approximately $5 million in cash plus 3.9 million shares and assumption of $2.9 million of debt. The deal expands Viisage’s identity-document authentication capabilities and global installed base and is expected to be accretive to EBITDA, cash flow and EPS in 2005.