Magnet Forensics Acquires Cybersecurity Software Firm Comae Technologies.

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Canada-based digital investigation solutions Magnet Forensics (TSX: MAGT), serving enterprises and public safety organizations, has acquired the strategic IP assets of cybersecurity firm Comae Technologies, the company said.

Comae Technologies specializes in incident response and memory analysis.

As part of the acquisition, Comae founder Matt Suiche will lead a memory analysis and incident response research and development team at Magnet Forensics, where he will further develop a memory analysis platform and integrate the technology into the company's existing solutions.

Suiche's team at Comae will also work closely with Magnet Forensics going forward.

Comae is a UAE-based cybersecurity company that specializes in cloud-based memory analysis used to recover evidence from the volatile memory of devices.

The acquisition will allow Magnet Forensics to accelerate the development of the memory analysis platform within the Magnet Idea Lab, an incubator made up of hundreds of investigators and analysts from leading police agencies and enterprises.

Enterprises and police agencies are both looking to use memory analysis to respond to increases in the volume and complexity of cyber incidents. For enterprises, memory analysis can be the key to identifying the compromised devices in a malware or ransomware attack.

In a digital investigation, analysts will often...

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