VMware is acquiring antimalware company Lastline to boost its network security offerings.
The virtualization giant announced on Thursday that it has agreed to terms with the privately-held Lastline, which specializes in sandbox analysis of malware and network detection and response (NDR) products.
As Lastline is privately held, terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
In making the deal, VMware says it hopes to add better malware and attack detection abilities to its NSX network virtualization platform. In particular, VMware says, the AI-powered detection tools and malware analysis features of Lastline should prove useful for NSX.
"The NSX architecture will allow Lastline to perform network analytics at massive scale, across tens of thousands of cores, without the burden of tapping network traffic," VMware networking and security senior ..
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