#privatecore

Facebook to acquire Internet security company PrivateCore

<a target="_blank" … iPmart® forum – Tech News and previews◄ Click to View Complete thread with replies

Facebook Buys Security Startup Firm PrivateCore

Facebook announced Thursday it was acquiring PrivateCore, a security startup that focuses on securing remote servers. The company is hoping to protect users from malware and other security threats.

Facebook hopes that this acquisition will help to make it’s own systems more secure according to Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan, in this Facebook post.

Joe Sullivan wrote “Their vCage technology…

Facebook buys PrivateCore to protect the servers from cyberattacks

Facebook has bought PrivateCore, a startup that specializes in data encryption to protect servers. Thus, the company will improve the security of its platform against malware, unauthorized access and malicious hardware devices. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, but we assume that it has not been one of the companies that have cost so much.

PrivateCore has a technology called vCage

New Post has been published on http://newsworldtoday.net/facebook-buys-tech-security-startup-privatecore/

Facebook Buys Tech-Security Startup PrivateCore

An employee fixes element of a web server inside Facebook’s information center in Prineville, Ore., on April 28, 2014 Bloomberg/Getty Images

Facebook has acquired cybersecurity firm PrivateCore in the hope of thwarting off safety threats against its servers and customers.

“I’ve observed how significantly people care about the safety of information they entrust to services like Facebook,” wrote Joe Sullivan, Facebook’s chief security officer, in a Facebook post on Thursday.

“[PrivateCore’s] vCage technologies protects servers from persistent malware, unauthorized physical access, and malicious hardware devices, producing it safer to run any application in outsourced, hosted or cloud environments,” he added.

Terms of the deal have been not announced, but media reports say Palo Alto, Calif.–based PrivateCore received $ 2.3 million in investment from TEEC Angel Fund and Foundation Capital.

Oded Horovitz, CEO and founder of PrivateCore, expressed his excitement over the acquisition in a statement. “Working collectively with Facebook, there is a huge opportunity to pursue our joint vision at scale with incredible effect.”

“Over time, Facebook plans to deploy our technology into the Facebook stack to assist protect the people who use Facebook,” he added.

Facebook seems to secure user data of Facebook, so they made a public statement on Thursday that it had acquired security frim named PrivateCore.

PrivateCore is California-based firm, was founded in the year 2012. It was formed to develop software which secures the server data. The target of the company is to protect servers from malware, unauthorized access and malicious hardware devices.

This…

El día de hoy Facebook anuncio la compra de la empresa de seguridad virtual PrivateCore con el objetivo de reforzar la seguridad de sus servidores.

PrivateCore ofrece un servicio que asegura servidores en entornos no confiables desde el malware persistente, dispositivos de hardware maliciosos y amenazas internas. Protege la infraestructura de las amenazas persistentes, protege los servidores para…