EventTracker, a competitor in the 2016 AST Homeland Security Awards ‘ASTORS’ competition, and Netsurion have announced today that they have agreed to merge.
This transaction creates a combined company that will offer a broader suite of complementary and powerful cybersecurity solutions to its customers.
Under the terms of the agreement, Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners and majority shareholder of Netsurion, has made a significant equity investment to accelerate the growth of the combined company.
Netsurion and EventTracker will continue to operate as distinct brands and deliver their products and services in the same manners they have historically.
Kevin Watson, CEO of Netsurion, will serve as CEO of the parent organization, and A.N. Ananth, CEO of EventTracker, will continue in his current role.
“Our two businesses complement each other in many ways,” said Watson. “As a combined firm, we are better positioned to serve our customers as the sophistication of network breaches increases. Over the past year, we have seen more network intrusions take place that require the type of security SIEM brings.”
“Unfortunately, many small and multi-location businesses cannot afford and do not have the knowledge to manage such complex systems. Providing a managed network security service coupled with a managed SIEM product will enable us to best protect our clients from current and emerging threats.”
EventTracker is a leader in the SIEM space and is unique as the only provider that also operates its own in-house managed SIEM offering.
(Find out what is EventTracker, and how can it help your organization, Courtesy of EventTracker and YouTube)
Netsurion’s managed security services protect multi-location businesses’ information, payment systems, and on-premise public and private Wi-Fi networks from data breaches, data loss, and other risks posed by hackers.
“Netsurion and EventTracker are strongly positioned in the managed services technology sector,” said Matthew Stone, vice president at PSG and Netsurion board member.
“With a combined solutions portfolio and continued investment, they can advance their disruptive approach to cybersecurity together to seize the significant growth opportunities driven by the realities of modern cyberthreats.”
The two companies are poised to increase their performance in the managed security services market, estimated to grow at 14.8 percent CAGR to $35 billion by 2020.[1]
“Over the past nine years, we have consistently been recognized as a technology leader and market innovator in the SIEM sector,” said Ananth.
“In addition to the revenue and marketing advantages, the investment by Providence will help us to accelerate our growth and the development of our product roadmap to the benefit of both Netsurion’s and EventTracker’s customers.”
(Managed network security, advanced wireless access, and fully managed PCI compliance come together in our Brand Guard solution to provide enterprise-class network functionality and the strongest data threat protection. Courtesy of Netsurion and YouTube)
Combining EventTracker’s cloud-based SIEM capabilities with Netsurion’s expertise in managed security services will enable SIEM to be delivered to a class of businesses that previously was unable to afford and manage such sophisticated security measures.
Now any sized branch or remote office, franchise, or sole proprietor operation can use Netsurion’s managed network security service or EventTracker’s SIEM services without the costs and complexity of fulltime dedicated resources.
The two companies serve the retail, hospitality, healthcare, legal, and insurance sectors.
Fueling the growth are the facts that cybercrime has grown to epidemic proportions and that the impact of data breaches on multi-location brands, individual franchisees and other small businesses can be devastating and unrecoverable.
The National Small Business Association stated that 42 percent of small businesses reported they were the victim of a cyberattack last year, with losses averaging $32,000 for firms whose bank accounts were hacked.
And the FBI warned that cyber crooks steal small business information to do things like rob bank accounts via wire transfers, steal customers’ personal identity information, file for fraudulent tax refunds, commit health insurance or Medicare fraud, or even steal intellectual property.
EventTracker enables its customers to stop attacks and pass IT audits.
EventTracker’s award-winning product suite includes EventTracker Security Center and EventTracker Log Manager, which transform high-volume, cryptic log data into actionable and prioritized intelligence to optimize IT operations, detect and deter costly security breaches, and comply with multiple regulatory mandates.
EventTracker clients include government agencies, commercial enterprises, and the healthcare and financial sectors.
In addition to best-in-class product features, EventTracker offers SIEM Simplified, a professional services engagement to guarantee successful outcomes.
EventTracker’s experienced staff assumes as much or as little responsibility for all SIEM-related tasks as clients require, including planning, scoping, and installing the implementation, as well as performing run, watch, and tune functions of the implementation on each client’s behalf.
As the only SIEM vendor to own both product and service delivery functions, EventTracker’s solutions are tailored to customer need, resulting in superior quality at competitive pricing to the SME market.
Netsurion is a leading provider of remotely-managed data security services that protect multi-location businesses’ information, payment systems, and on-premise public and private Wi-Fi networks from data breaches and other risks posed by hackers.
Netsurion’s patented remote installation process and PCI compliance solutions simplify the implementation process and ongoing support.
Any sized branch or remote office, franchise, or sole proprietor operation can use Netsurion without the costs of onsite support. The company serves the retail, hospitality, healthcare, legal, and insurance sectors.
Good luck to EventTracker on becoming a Winner of the American Security Today’s Homeland Security Awards Program!
[1] “Managed Security Services Market Worth 35.53 Billion USD by 2020,” Markets and Markets, company press release, http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/managed-security-services.asp.
