EMC on Monday announced the acquisition of NetWitness, a company whose technology monitors computer networks to detect and re-mediate security threats while also automating the process of investigating security incidents. NetWitness will operate as part of EMC’s security business, RSA. Coincidentally, the acquisition closed on April 1, the same day RSA disclosed that its own systems were the target of a phishing attack. RSA categorized the event as an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT).
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