Security in 2009 became a huge topic regardless of budget cuts. One thing is for sure there was, and still is, plenty of movement in the security sector. Looking back at 2009, we saw some a number of acquisitions and these would be the top 7 as noted by eWeek.
- McAfee Buys MX Logic
- Trend Micro Grabs Third Brigade
- Cisco Takes ScanSafe
- VeriSign Sells Security to AT&T and SecureWorks
- IBM Buys Guardium
- Rapid7 buys Metasploit Project
- M86 Acquires Finjan