- Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) is buying AccelOps, a provider of integrated network security, performance, and availability monitoring software and security analytics tools, for an undisclosed sum.
- AccelOps claims it provides the first solution to simultaneously address both security operations centers (SOCs) and network operations centers (NOCs), and to correlate security and network data into a common view. The company provides both on-premise and cloud-based versions of its software.
- Fortinet argues the purchase will give customers "greater visibility across both Fortinet and multi-vendor security solutions." The purchase strengthens Fortinet's recently-unveiled Security Fabric strategy, through which the company is looking to feed threat intelligence from both Fortinet and non-Fortinet hardware and software into a common security policy engine.
- Security correlation data and analytics produced by AccelOps' software will feed into Fortinet's Security Fabric. In addition, AccelOps will help power a new subscription service that will "provide customers with automated security and performance audits of their specific security infrastructure."