Intel Moves to Buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion

Rob Lalumondier, a more than 20-year industry veteran, has been named vice president of the federal business unit at cybersecurity company Sophos. He will be responsible for leading the segment’s strategy to help public sector clients automated platforms designed to protect agency data, networks and users against ransomware and cyber threats, Sophos said Wednesday. Lalumondier

Google’s cloud business has received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit to move its Secure Cloud Management platform into the production phase and implement the offering across DIU. The SCM offering, which Google Cloud developed with Palo Alto Networks (Nasdaq: PANW), adopts the zero trust approach and works to enable DIU users to gain

An investor group led by private equity firms Advent International and Permira Advisers has agreed to acquire McAfee (Nasdaq: MCFE) in a transaction valued at approximately $14 billion, including debt. McAfee’s board of directors approved the transaction that is expected to be completed in the first half of calendar year 2022, pending approval by McAfee’s