Twitter Acquires Online Security Firm Dasient To Beef Up Malware Protection
In a bid to strengthen its resolve against malware and other malicious attacks, Twitter has acquired Dasient, an internet security company founded by ex-Google staffers Neil Daswani, Shariq Rizvi and Ameet Ranadive, for an undisclosed sum.
The move appears to be largely a talent purchase, and Dasient will be bringing their “technology, tools, and team” to the revenue engineering team at Twitter, effective immediately.
Dasient announced the acquisition on their blog:
Since its inception, Dasient has been focused on solving web-scale security problems involving malware and other types of online abuse.
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