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BlackBerry acquires Cylance for $1.4 billion in cash. BlackBerry gains artificial intelligence endpoint security company with growing MSSP & MSP partner ecosystem.

IT management tech firm Verismic unveils Cloud Management Suite Realtime Security to provide security teams with control over their organizations' endpoints.

Plus: SonicWall unveils Capture Security Center Risk Meters that deliver company-specific, real-time threat intelligence & risk scoring.

Symantec acquires Javelin Networks & Appthority. The former offers security software designed to protect organizations against Active Directory (AD) attacks; the latter is a mobile application security analysis provider.

Symantec top-line revenues are shrinking but CEO Greg Clark describes endpoint security optimism -- even as rivals like AlienVault, Carbon Black, Cylance & CrowdStrike keep growing.

Cylance integrates threat prevention & endpoint detection & response software with ConnectWise Automate. Meanwhile, ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini preps cybersecurity partner push at IT Nation Connect 2018.

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet acquires ZoneFox, a Scottish threat detection & response solutions company, & upgrades its SIEM & endpoint protection offerings.

Endpoint security provider Bitdefender acquires RedSocks, a Netherlands-based startup in behavior and network security analytics.