AWS beefs up threat detection with Sqrrl acquisition

AWS has purchased Sqrrl, a security company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which has its roots in the NSA. The company helps analyze different sources to quickly track and understand security threats with machine learning.

The announcement appeared on the Sqrrl homepage in the note from the CEO of Mark Terenzoni. "We are pleased to announce that Sqrrl has been acquired by Amazon, we will join the Amazon Web Services family and we look forward to working together on future customer offers," he writes.

The question with this type of purchase is what happens to customers. The statement suggests that Sqrrl will, at least for the time being, continue to cooperate with existing customers.

According to a Computerworld 2016 review, the solution collects data from different sources and presents the threat results in a dashboard for security analysts, which can visualize a visual representation of potential vulnerabilities.

Security is definitely at the forefront of just about everyone these days with major violations emerging. From the hacking of Equifax at the end of last year to the vulnerabilities of the Specter and Meltdown chip discovered earlier this month, security threats are clearly on the rise. This has not escaped AWS, the cloud branch of Amazon, which tries to keep up to date with all technological trends.

Sqrrl was co-founded in 2012 by former US security officers with training in computer security from the NSA and the White House. The company has raised more than $ 26 million. His most recent round was $ 12.3 million in June 2017, led by Spring Lake Equity partners.

The announcement confirmed a December report from Axios that the company was negotiating with Amazon for an announced retail price of $ 40 million. We have been unable to confirm a purchase price at this time.

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