Breach, Data Security, Encryption

Check Point buys security startup Liquid Machines

Check Point Software Technologies on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Waltham, Mass.-based security startup Liquid Machines. Israel-based CheckPoint made the acquisition to bolster its existing data security portfolio. Liquid Machines' technology is expected to be integrated into a future Check Point product suite, due out in 2011, that would enable the secure sharing of documents. Terms of the deal were not announced. — AM

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