{"id":1948,"date":"2017-09-20T14:35:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T18:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2017-09-20T14:35:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T18:35:25","slug":"secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"SecureAuth and Core Security Announce Merger Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1950\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2017\/09\/Merger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2017\/09\/Merger.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2017\/09\/Merger-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2017\/09\/Merger-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2017\/09\/Merger-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2017\/09\/Merger-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2017\/09\/Merger-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\u00a0SecureAuth and\u00a0Core Security have announced plans to merge, pending regulatory approval from the U.S. Federal government. The merged company, which has not yet been named, will aim to combine the strengths of\u00a0security operations and\u00a0identity and access management (IAM) to offer a comprehensive platform for security operations, according to a release.\u00a0The newly merged\u00a0company will bring together\u00a0over 1,500 customers, 360 employees, and a network of global locations to become one of the largest independent security technology vendors in the market.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">In bringing together\u00a0network,\u00a0endpoint, vulnerability, and\u00a0identity security,\u00a0SecureAuth and Core Security aim to offer the industry\u2019s\u00a0first identity-based security automation\u00a0platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u201cThe security industry must deliver an integrated and relevant approach to our customers,\u201d says Jeff Kukowski, CEO of the combined company. \u201cDespite the incredible amount of money spent on security technology, front-line security professionals in the most sophisticated Security Operations Centers (SOC) are challenged in managing and visualizing the full attack surface. Including identity information into the threat landscape alongside traditional network, endpoint, and vulnerability information substantially reduces threat discovery and response time. We are protecting over 50 million people today with identity security solutions and monitoring network activity on over 750 million devices worldwide, and we can now deliver an entirely new approach to integrating security operations and deploying advanced machine learning to achieve real automation in the SOC.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">The combined company will have over 75 patents issued and pending, \u00a0over 50 million identities protected and over 750 million devices monitored daily, including 18 percent of the Fortune 1000 and every branch of the U.S. military.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">The new company is backed by K1 Investment Management and Toba Capital, and the merger is currently pending federal regulatory approval. Though the company has not yet been named, SecureAuth told Solutions Review that they have &#8220;begun a process to determine a new brand identity consistent with our respective histories and values. Expect a new corporate brand to roll out in 2018.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0SecureAuth and\u00a0Core Security have announced plans to merge, pending regulatory approval from the U.S. Federal government. The merged company, which has not yet been named, will aim to combine the strengths of\u00a0security operations and\u00a0identity and access management (IAM) to offer a comprehensive platform for security operations, according to a release.\u00a0The newly merged\u00a0company will bring together\u00a0over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[552,290,229,286,118,294,208,553],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SecureAuth and Core Security Announce Merger Plans<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeff Edwards\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans\/\",\"name\":\"SecureAuth and Core Security Announce Merger Plans\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2017\/09\/Merger.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-20T18:35:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-20T18:35:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/#\/schema\/person\/3d31b4b6a777a91476a65c087be260e6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2017\/09\/Merger.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/files\/2017\/09\/Merger.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/secureauth-and-core-security-announce-merger-plans\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SecureAuth and Core Security Announce Merger Plans\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/identity-management\/\",\"name\":\"Best Identity Access Management (IAM) Software, Tools, Vendors, Solutions, &amp; 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