VMware is to buy network detection and response vendor Lastline.
The agreement is set to close by 31 July and VMware will run Lastline’s malware analysis as a “critical feed” for its Carbon Black EDR platform.
VMware’s Networking and Security Business Unit, general manager Tom Gillis, VMware said: “This is an important step forward for VMware’s vision of Intrinsic Security, as it will allow us to further take advantage of the intrinsic attributes of our virtualisation platform to yield innovative security capabilities.
