The security outfit which knows no vowels, Snyk, has bought a start-up that snoops on live applications, Helios.
For those not in the know, Helios is named after the Roman sun god and has developed some fancy technology to spot security bugs in running apps.
Snyk did not say how much it paid for Helios or how many staff it would keep.
Snyk said the acquisition was a “milestone” in its quest to dominate the application security posture management (ASPM) market. ASPM is a buzzword that means keeping track of all the apps in your environment and ensuring they are secure.
Helios will help it to offer “comprehensive visibility” across app environments, “more effective” prioritisation of risk, and “full-stack” runtime data. In other words, the company said that Snyk will be able to see everything, tell you what to fix, and collect a lot of data.
