McAfee Buys Out Data Loss Prevention Specialist Reconnex

Posted: 125 days ago

McAfee snaps up Reconnex to add deeper data loss prevention capabilities. The move, which follows several acquisitions in the DLP space by Symantec, EMC and others in 2007, is part of a broader data protection strategy for McAfee. - McAfee is making a play in the data loss prevention space with its July 31 buyout of Reconnex. The $46 million deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2008. McAfee's move comes after a number of prominent acquisitions in the DLP space in 2007. These include Symantec's purchase of Vo...