Cisco Expects to Close Kenna Security Buy by Q4

Cisco said Friday it's buying Kenna Security. Combining Kenna’s “vulnerability management” expertise with Cisco’s SecureX “threat intelligence” platform can help reduce the cyber risk “attack surface” and the time it takes to detect cyberattacks and respond, it said. “As we shift to a work-from-anywhere model, employees are connecting to the network with company-owned and personal devices and are increasingly reliant on cloud technologies,” said Cisco. “These trends have significantly expanded the attack surface and increased the complexity of security.” The transaction is expected to close in fiscal Q4, said Cisco.