AVG Acquires ID Protection Company Sana Security
AVG Technologies, a global anti-virus and Internet security software provider with over 80 million users in 167 countries, today announced the acquisition of Sana Security, a leading developer in identity theft prevention software. Sanas forward-looking technology in the industry comes from its behavior-based security software that proactively protects against threats in a similar way to the human immune system. The transaction marks another successful milestone as AVG continues its corporate growth strategy to continually improve Internet security coverage for individuals and small businesses and expand its global footprint. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Sana also provides AVG with its first offices in Silicon Valley.
As the threat landscape evolves with more sophisticated online attacks to steal personal information, Sanas technology complements AVGs existing portfolio by delivering continuous threat detection and automatic removal of malicious software proactively. Tens of thousands of new computer threats including increasingly complex bots, rootkits, spyware, and Trojan horses are released every day; Sanas technology helps computer users to simplify and streamline protection against identity theft.
AVGs acquisition of Sana is one of the most exciting accomplishments in identity theft prevention. Sanas unique behavioral software, combined with AVGs existing security technology, will provide the most comprehensive online identity protection in the industry, delivering continuous real-time protection. At the same time, AVG will continue to maintain low PC resource utilization for optimal system performance, a critical requirement both for the individual at home and for the business user, said J.R. Smith, CEO of AVG Technologies.
Sana Securitys personnel, together with its research organization Sana Labs, will be integrated into the AVG organization and maintain offices in Silicon Valley.
Sanas products use advanced behavioral technology to protect users personal informationincluding logins, passwords and account informationand other critical data stored on the computer. By mimicking the approach used by the human immune system to repel attackers, the software prevents hackers from capturing and transmitting sensitive information away from the users machine, compromising their online security.
Sanas technology learns normal application behavior by observing the way those applications interact with each other (their code paths). Vulnerabilities in the form of software bugs, user configuration errors, malware infections, and other forms of attack force applications down unexpected code paths. The behavioral technology recognizes this misdirection and eliminates the threats before they can affect the users data.
