DomainTools and Farsight Security: Partners Ahead of M&A
So what do MSSPs potentially gain from this M&A deal? For starters, DomainTools and Farsight Security have a history of working together, calling this deal a “natural extension” of their longstanding partnership.Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Farsight’s flagship solution is its DNSDB offering – a passive DNS database. This type of database is a allows security teams to collect data in order to identify potential threats across global networks. DomainTools delivers the passive DNS data via its Iris investigation platform.The combination of Farsight’s DNS observation data and DomainTools active DNS data gives customers "an early and comprehensive look at threats emerging from outside their network," according to DomainTools.DomainTools Acquires Farsight: A Unified Solution

“DomainTools and Farsight have proven the value of our combined data sets and integrated intelligence solutions over many years. Our unified solution is used by some of the most sophisticated security organizations worldwide to increase the effectiveness of their threat intelligence and incident response capabilities. This acquisition enhances our ability to drive security-forward detection, investigation, enrichment, and mitigation outcomes for our joint customers while accelerating our data science advancements for predictive risk scoring of domain names, hostnames, IP addresses, nameservers, and other DNS indicators.”
"Over the years, DomainTools and Farsight have consistently delivered market-leading DNS intelligence and real-time security telemetry needed to defend against today’s cyberattacks. We recognize the immense opportunity this acquisition presents not only for both companies, but also for our global customers. We are thrilled to join DomainTools at this next stage of the company’s growth and, together, help to make the internet safer for everyone.”