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Bitsight buys dark web security specialist Cybersixgill for $115M
More consolidation is afoot in the world of cybersecurity. BitSight, the startup last valued at $2.4 billion when ratings firm Moody's took a majority
It works with enterprises to assess their risk profiles and specifically the likelihood that they will be breached, which covers not just evaluating a company’s attack surface across its network and other digital assets, but also the products that it uses to defend these. Cybersixgill will give BitSight another level of visibility in that effort: the smaller startup specifically analyzes dark web activity to proactively look for data leaks and indicators of potential breaches and new techniques. The collective area it focuses on is called “cyber threat intelligence” and it says it covers invite-only messaging groups, code repositories, paste sites, and clear web platforms.
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