M&A Deal Summary

Gen Digital Acquires 4FrontSecurity

On February 23, 2007, Gen Digital acquired software company 4FrontSecurity for 7M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Gen Digital’s 30th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Gen Digital’s 42nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Gen Digital’s 39th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Gen Digital’s 4th transaction in Vermont.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-02-23
Target 4FrontSecurity
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Gen Digital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 7M USD

Target

4FrontSecurity

Reston, Vermont, United States
4FrontSecurity, Inc. provides software and content rich assessment modules that map to regulations, standards and best practices, enabling organizations to measure how they are performing against key criteria. The management reports provide gap analysis and trend reporting that dramatically improves and accelerates management's insight of risk, regulatory, compliance and security control criteria to meet organizational information and business objectives.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Gen Digital

Tempe, Arizona, United States
Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Information Technology
Employees2,700
Revenue 3.8B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Gen Digital is a cyber safety company that is dedicated to helping secure the devices, identities, online privacy, and home and family needs of approximately 50 million consumers, providing them with a trusted ally in a complex digital world. Gen Digital was founded in 1982 and is based in Tempe, Arizona.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 46 of 77
Sector (Software) 30 of 49
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 45 of 72
State (Vermont) 4 of 5
Country (United States) 39 of 60
Year (2007) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 42 of 44
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-01 Company85

London, United Kingdom

Company85 Ltd. is a provider of data centre, workspace, cloud, security and network services. Company85 Ltd. is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-09 Altiris

Lindon, Utah, United States

Altiris, Inc. is a leading provider of service-oriented management software that enables IT organizations to easily manage, secure and service heterogeneous IT assets. Flexible solutions from Altiris help IT align services to drive business objectives, deliver audit-ready security, automate tasks, and reduce the cost and complexity of management.

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Company

Legal