With the acquisition of CoreTrace assets, Lumension says it will add more than 130 customers, key development staff, and additional OEM and reseller partners. Patch management vendor Lumension has acquired CoreTrace Corp., saying the move will enhance its application control feature set, grow its software and patent/IP portfolio and extend its customer, OEM and reseller bases. “The threat of advanced persistent attacks is growing at a significant rate,” Pat Clawson, chairman and CEO of Lumension, said in a statement. “Lumension felt a strategic acquisition of CoreTrace would further equip both current and prospective customers in the ever-evolving threat landscape and cement Lumension’s leadership in next generation technologies.” With the acquisition of CoreTrace assets, Lumension will add more than 130 customers, key development staff, and additional OEM and reseller partners. Key points: Lumension acquires key IP and patent portfolio from CoreTrace. Lumension will likely integrate key aspects of CoreTrace’s technology into Lumension® Application Control and continue to offer Lumension Application Control through the Lumension Endpoint Management Security Suite. Lumension will continue to provide technical and support services to CoreTrace’s current application control commercial customers. Lumension will provide existing CoreTrace customers with a seamless upgrade path to Lumension’s endpoint management platform once key features of the CoreTrace technology are integrated. Lumension will likely continue to offer the CoreTrace Bouncer product through existing commercial sales channels. Related content news Gwinnett Medical Center investigating possible data breach After being contacted by Salted Hash, Gwinnett Medical Center has confirmed they're investigating a security incident By Steve Ragan Oct 02, 2018 6 mins Regulation Data Breach Hacking news Facebook: 30 million accounts impacted by security flaw (updated) In a blog post, Facebook’s VP of product management Guy Rosen said the attackers exploited a flaw in the website's 'View As' function By Steve Ragan Sep 28, 2018 4 mins Data Breach Security news Scammers pose as CNN's Wolf Blitzer, target security professionals Did they really think this would work? By Steve Ragan Sep 04, 2018 2 mins Phishing Social Engineering Security news Congress pushes MITRE to fix CVE program, suggests regular reviews and stable funding After a year of investigation into the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, the Energy and Commerce Committee has some suggestions as to how it can be improved By Steve Ragan Aug 27, 2018 3 mins Vulnerabilities Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe