Nico Popp, former senior vice president for cloud and information protection at Symantec, has been named chief product officer of cybersecurity company Forcepoint.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to purchase Symantec’s cybersecurity services business from Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) for an undisclosed sum.

Aubrey Merchant-Dest, federal chief technology officer at Symantec, has said government agencies should work to achieve interoperability to improve their security posture, address tool complexity, reduce costs and establish a framework to leverage automation.

Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has wrapped up its acquisition of Symantec’s (Nasdaq: SYMC) enterprise security assets for approximately $10.7B.

Chris Townsend, former vice president of Symantec's (Nasdaq: SYMC) federal sales and operations, has been appointed as area VP for federal at robotic process automation software developer UiPath, G2XChange ETC reported Thursday.

Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has agreed to acquire Symantec's (Nasdaq: SYMC) enterprise security assets for approximately $10.7B in cash. The transaction includes the acquisition of the Symantec name and is expected to conclude before the end of calendar year 2019, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, Symantec said Thursday.

Joseph Mara, who held public sector sales positions at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC), has returned to the company as vice president for state and local government and education markets in the Americas.

Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has determined cost savings and received financing to support its plan to acquire cybersecurity firm Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) in an all-cash transaction including debt valued at more than $22B, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Richard Hill, a board member at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) since January, has been named interim president and CEO of the Mountain View, Calif.-based cybersecurity company. He replaces Greg Clark, who stepped down after three years at the helm, as the company begins its search for a full-time CEO, Symantec said …

Andrew Borene, a certified information systems security professional and former IBM (NYSE: IBM) executive, has been appointed senior director of the federal national security group at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC). He will lead a team that offers integrated technology platforms and services meant to help government clients defend against cyber threats, …