Check Point plugs threat gap with Hyperwise buy

Security vendor says latest acquisition will allow it to address threat gap in early phases of an attack

Security juggernaut Check Point has dipped into its wallet to buy exploit-prevention start-up Hyperwise.

The early-stage outfit, which is based in Check Point's native Tel Aviv, has developed a CPU-level threat prevention engine designed to eliminate threats at the point of pre-infection.

Check Point said its new stablemate will allow it to plug an unaddressed threat gap in the early phases of an attack. Current approaches to threat prevention, it said, have focused on detecting and blocking malware only after it is already active.

The Hyperwise founders and team will immediately be folded into Check Point's operations, while its technology will become part of the Israeli giant's Threat Emulation line-up.

"Security technology innovation needs to outpace threat innovation," said Check Point chief executive Gil Shwed.

"The acquisition of Hyperwise brings important technology and deep expertise that will extend Check Point's threat-prevention leadership. As we integrate the next-generation OS- and CPU-level threat protection into our Threat Emulation offering, Check Point bolsters customers' cyber defence strategies to identify and stop the broadest range of attacks at the first point of contact."