Interset

The Interset company founded in 2015 proposes solutions  of the class UEBA      (User and Entity Behavior Analytics) which allow to predict previously possible threats of information security, using algorithms of machine learning. The software of Interset analyzes the level of cyber defense of the enterprises and organizations, helping them to be protected from cracking threats.

History

2019: Micro Focus purchased Interset

In the middle of February, 2019 Micro Focus announced Interset acquisition, but the cost of purchase decided not to open. The transaction is already closed.

According to the statement of Micro Focus, the company, having absorbed Interset, will be able to analyze more deeply data both to help clients quickly and precisely to estimate cyberrisks. In turn, for Interset the transaction will allow to implement the initial tasks and vision connected with cyber security. Also the company will receive wider platform for expansion of the vision, the senior vice president for strategy and the transactions Interset Ross Sonnabend said.

Micro Focus purchased the software developer predicting cyberthreats

Sonnabend began to direct activity of Interset as a part of Micro Focus, and the CEO of the first Mark Smialowicz resigned.

According to Sonnabend, before signing of the contract on sale of Interset of Micro Focus company they cooperated more than a year within the OEM agreement. Thus, to the transaction of Interset she was familiar with employees and the culture of Micro Focus and understood that both companies are concentrated on software development, he noted.

Some time of Interset will continue to work as the separate organization and will sell the products independent of the solutions Micro Focus. Further integration of Interset technologies with an information management system and events about security (SEIM) of ArcSight and the tool for management of identification and access of NetIQ is planned.^[1]

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