Publicly traded log analytics company Splunk announced today that it has acquired Caspida, a cybersecurity startup, for a total of $190 million.
“Splunk customers now have out-of-the-box user behavioral analytics to help detect, respond to and mitigate these threats,” Splunk said in a statement on the news.
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Caspida started last year and was based in Palo Alto, California. First Round Capital, Redpoint Ventures, and True Ventures have invested in the startup.
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Caspida chief executive Muddu Sudhakar was previously an executive at VMware, Pivotal, and EMC.
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