ManTech buys HBGary to battle advanced persistent threats

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/022812-mantech-hbgary-256748.html

By Tim Greene
Network World
February 28, 2012

National security tech provider ManTech International is buying HBGary 
Inc., with an eye toward its software that fights advanced persistent 
threats and other malware.

In addition to its technology, HBGary also has a customer list including 
financial services, energy, critical infrastructure and technology 
businesses. ManTech caters mainly to government agencies, and its 
President and COO L. William Varner says the combination of the 
businesses will help both groups of customers. "The combination of 
ManTech and HBGary will create a broader cyber security solution 
capability for both our commercial and government customers," Varner 
says in a written statement.

The upside for HBGary customers will be the addition of ManTech's 
incident response services, says HBGary CEO Greg Hoglund, and the flip 
side is that ManTech customers gain HBGary's line of software, which 
include Active Defense threat detection software for enterprises and 
Responder, forensics software for analyzing individual computers.

HBGary's 40-plus employees will remain with the company after the deal 
is finalized next month, Hoglund says. The HBGary name will be kept at 
least in the short term and the business will be run as a unit of 
ManTech by Ken Silva, who was hired specifically to run the group.

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