SOPHOS Group Plc. announced recently the addition of advanced machine learning (AML) capabilities in its products after entering last month into a deal to acquire Invincea Inc.
In a statement, the Abingdon, England-headquartered firm said Invincea’s endpoint security portfolio is designed to detect and prevent unknown malware and sophisticated attacks via its patented deep learning neural-network algorithms.
Sophos CEO Kris Hagerman was quoted in a statement as saying the purchase of Invincea “will strengthen Sophos’s leading next-gen endpoint protection with complementary predictive defenses that we believe will become increasingly important to the future of endpoint protection and allow us to take full advantage of this significant new growth opportunity.”
Sophos has said in its 2016 annual report that the information-technology (IT) security market will continue to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of approximately 7 percent over the next few years.
“Industry analysts also agree that IT spending in the small-to mid-size enterprise will continue to grow at a rate above that of the enterprise market, particularly on mobile and tablet investment,” Sophos said. “Achieving data security and compliance with government regulation is seen as key driver for investment by CIOs in Europe and the US in particular.”